Well it's been 6 months since I started this whole process and I'm still working with my nutritionist - 3 more visits!!! It's required by CIGNA for a 6 month nutrition program. I'm completely annoyed because the first nutritionist the surgeon sent me to kept canceling on me and that pushed me back to a first visit in Oct! Looks like I won't be getting banded till June now - since I will be done with the nutritionist in April - BUT I'm going on vacation in May (thinking I was going to be banded in March and good to go!) so now they think I should wait till after my trip!! I'm looking at almost a YEAR for this to get done! This is not what I signed up for! Losing my patience and my mind!! I won't lie that these past 6 months went by pretty quick, but I guess just knowing that I'm almost at the end - I'm just getting very anxious. Sorry to vent but I just needed to get that out. :smile2:

been there. My 6 month process took 9, and I was looking at this vacation scheduled. If it had been another week, I would have postponed my surgery until after my trip to WDW.

Hope all comes together for you. In the end, in my case, I am just glad it did come together, that I survived it all, and that I am on the other side of the surgery. At the time i was so frustrated and angry, and thought the world was coming to an end.

Thank you so much MissyMS for your kind words - I should be looking at it in a positive way - I will be banded soon enough. I too am going to WDW in May. I was hoping to be banded by then and down some weight, but that's not in the cards. But it will be here before I know it!

How funny. Hopefully you can lose a bit as you go along. i'm not where I was hoping to be, but i'm ahead of where I was!

Now, I have to admit, I'm a bit worried about still feeling a bit weak. I've 1 1/2 weeks to build up some energy!

A quick question if you don't mind, if you keep your current schedule, how long after banding would you be traveling?

Very funny MissyMS! I lost a little here and there. But I have polysistic syndrome and that's not helping me at the moment. That's why this band is my last attempt to lose weight. Hope you have a GREAT trip!! When are you going?

Hi Chapamar - if I finish in the first week of April and then wait for approval from CIGNA I'm probably looking at the end of April and I leave May 8. So that's not enough time. BUT I found a loop whole - which I hope will work - my nutritionist never saw me in November which would have been my 2nd visit, so if I can get 2 appt in in Feb and have my final visit in March I should be good! We are going to try it. I don't see it being an issue since it's been 6 consecutive months. :thumbup:

I have Cinga too. I didn't see my doctor 6 times in 6 months either. I saw him 6 times in 8 months. It was still approved. Good Luck, and don't let it get you down. It will happen.

I know just how you feel. My 1st appt w/ surgeon was 11/08. I had to have 6 months of scheduled weigh ins with my pcp doc. Surgery finally 9/09. I'm down 50 pounds and feel great. Everything happens for a reason or so they say. Hang in there, it will be here before you know it.:thumbup:

Hang in there girl...It will happen soon enough..I had to have 6 months of nutrition counseling before I could have mine. Then 1 week before my surgery, they found I had a pulmonary shunt, and it was put off another month. Talk about depressing..uughhhh. However, I was finally banded on the 7th month which was Dec 28 th, 2009. I think I am out about 17 days out and feeling great...Good luck, dont give up and may the force be with you.......onenuttynurse

I think I was the biggest complainer ever about how long it took to get my surgery. I complained every time i had an appointment and it took me 8 months. However, now that I am banded, I am glad it took that long because I was REALLY ready when it happened. If you read some of the posts from people who have a short period of time between their first appt and the surgery you will see a lot of them really struggle. It may not seem like it now, but it will happen and it will all be worth it!:thumbup: