susaninnkc

I really like the idea of having a Northland support group. We could even go bowling on a saturday or sunday. What I learned from my psy evaluation is that she told me the key thing is to have a really good support group.

I have my date set for May 21st. And I am getting more and more excited every day. I am glad to see more people from the KC metro area on here. I will be banded by Dr. Opie and then after I lose most of my weight he is going to fix my very large hernia. But one thing I am ready for is to feel better. I know it won't happen overnight. I can't wait until the day I am ready to get out of bed with no pain. And I have plan to get rid of my "BIG" clothes as soon as they are hanging off of me.

I hope April and May go by fast. I turn 40 on the 11th of April, so this is a pretty good birthday present. I told my husband tonight "just think you are going to married to a new women" My whole family is very excited. I am just ready to feel better.

I don't see a thread for May 2007 yet. Or I am just blind. But yesterday I received my final approval from the insurance company. I scheduled for May 21st, because my is converting over to a new software in the first week in April and I have to be here for the full month. Little by little I am getting excited. I knew that I would be approved I just didn't know how long it was going to take. And that was the longest 2 weeks ever.

you are not suppose to wear nail polish so they can see the color of your nail beds just in case they turn blue. or something like that. whenever I have surgery before with nail polish. they just removed the color on one nail.

I haven't posted in awhile, but I might (if everything falls in the right place) have my surgery on the 19th of March. If the nurse can't get my letters from the nutrition, dr, and psy asap then I will have to wait until the last week of April. And this is not because of the dr. scheduling it is because of my work. We are getting a new accounting software the last week of March, so of course I have to be there and I can't take anytime off from March 26th until April 20th. So everyone keep good thoughts for me. If eveything goes right I start my pre op diet on Monday. :omg:

my lapband dr. called me today around 2:30pm and told me that he had spoken to my insurance and because of medical necisitty I should have no problem getting approved. So now I just have do my diet class and pys evaluation and then he puts everything through to the insurance. so he said I should have it by March. :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: can you tell I am excited

I haven't heard anything from my band dr., but he did say it would probably 2 weeks before I hear anything from. And it has only been a week--even though it seems longer. But I have started to see my regular dr. just in case I have to do my pre-op supervised by a dr. for a year. My husband and thought it was better to be safe then sorry.

I am hoping for March . I was aiming for February, but when I met with my Dr. on the 23rd he said if we can't get around the 1yr supervised diet i am going to have to wait a year. Today I go to my primary dr. to start my 1yr diet just in case. The reason I might have to wait it because I have fairly large hernia (basketball size) that needs to be fixed, but the dr. would like to repair it after I have some weight off. So he is call the medical director of my insurance and explaining my situation and see if I can get it done sooner.

mine is also from surgeries and it is the worst he has seen and this will be my 3rd repair. Mine is about the size of a basketball. Very painful at times. This does give me some hope. i will know in 2 weeks.

I just had my 1st dr. appt today. It went very well, but then we started to talk about my insurance. My dr. was shocked that they are requiring a year supervised weight lost program before I can have my surgery. but I have a very large hernia that has to be taken care of. He is going to call the Medical Director of the insurance and explain my health and hernia. Hopefully the insurance will let me get my lap band first lose my weight then get my hernia fixed or I am going to have to get my hernia fixed twice. I should know something in about 2weeks. so everyone cross their fingers for that the insurance will approve me without the year wls program.

i just got off the phone with a rep of my insurance. Plus I had him fax me everything he had on the precert. I have found out that I have to be on a medical supervised diet for a year or more preceding the surgery. :faint: My BMI is well over 40, diabetic, lower back pain, joint pains. I wondering if anyone has any experience with this insurance and how strick they are about being on diet for a year. I don't want to wait a year to get this done.

I scheduled my seminar for the 9th of January and I called back today to see if I can schedule my appointment or what I need to do. They schedule it for the 18th. My insurance says it only take 10-30days at the longest to get approve. so I am thinking end of February 1st of March. I am soo excited but yet so scared. also I found out that my diabetes is way out of wack and the dr. is putting me on insulin at night-time Ugh!!! What should I expect my 1st appointment???

Has anyone heard about DR. Opie in Olathe, ks??? I met with him in June 2006 for a hernia and he suggested gastric bypass or lapband. And I am going to the Seminar on Jan 9th of 2006

I have been looking at this website for about a month and decide to join. I don't have my Surgery scheduled yet, but I go to the seminar on January 9th. I didn't think I was going to be able to have the surgery because DH insurance wouldn't cover it what so ever. But I started a new job and my new insurance will cover it as long as I meet certain requirement. I found out what they were and the insurance company says it generally take 10-30days to get approved. I am excited but yet very nervous.