I got my surgery date booked for July 2nd and so far everything looks good (crossing fingers...). What about you guys, anybody else getting banded this coming July?

Right now I'm busy soaking up information and I came across some great blogs of people I could relate to. Thanks to them and to the nice people on this forum, while I'm still a little apprehensive I now have a much better understanding of the journey that awaits me. Not to mention some great tricks and recipes! I have some unused vacation time that I'll be taking after the surgery, it should make for an interesting summer!

Keep in touch!

Peace : )

Right here! Im scheduled to be banded on 7/30! I am self pay which sucks but really excited to do this. I'm nervous and a little worried but keeping positive!

I also am scheduled for the 30th, hopefully nothing will change between now and then. Good luck to you on this journey.:thumbup:

My date is july 14th. I have my pre op appt on the 29th and then I am all set. I am a little nervous.My biggest concern is that it wont work, but I am hopeful that it will

Well I'm on day 5 of the pre-op diet and boy is my body missing carbs. Anyone else feeling crappy on the pre op?

I have my first official meeting (since the free seminar) on June 30th. I have to meet with a dietician, psychologist, and fitness person before I get approved. Then, I will have to see if insurance will approve me. I was told they require a 3 month doctor supervised diet before approving me. That stinks.:thumbup: I'm hoping to be banded before the end of summer. I'm really looking forward to dropping this weight. I've never been skinny before in my life and I want to know what it feels like!!!:Banane20:

July 21 !!!!! Can't believe it could really happen.

July 28th for me! I attended the free seminar May 24th, and was told right there and then that my insurance BCBS Federal will almost always approve the procedure as long as you have a BMI higher than 40.

My PCP wouldn't sign off on the letter, so I made an appointment to confront, uh I mean ask nicely, WHY THE HELL NOT??!! I've gained 25 lbs in a year and a half, AND to add insult to injury I found out I'm actually 5'6", not 5'8" like I always thought. So...I actually have a higher BMI than I thought I was. Really good/crappy news I guess.

So I've had my bloodwork, EKG, chest X-ray, psych eval and meeting with the nutitionist who by the way stuttered and repeated the first sentence of every paragraph. I suppose sometime before I actually have my preop on 7/6 I'll get an approval letter from the insurance company.

I'm holding onto that date though, 7/28. Hopefully in approximately two weeks I should be starving, uh prepping myself with the liquid diet. It's great to have all this information and support from this group!:thumbup:

You go girl, do this for you and no one else. He had his chance, you will look amazing and when you turn heads he will be in the back ground going.. man oh man, I should've hung on to that one. Good luck in your weight loss!

lol thank youuu

July 21 !!!!! Can't believe it could really happen.

yayyyyyyyyyy whooop whoooop

honeybrown, july 12th is my date too. that makes at least 3 of us.

Greetings to all! I just got approved today and have surgery schedulked for July 8th. Good luck to all.

July 10th for me... here I go... here I go... here I go again :smile2:

aggh Im only 9 days away! :smile2: I was not required to do a preop diet but im gonna try anyways. started all liquids on the middle of yesterday (i ate food for breakfast). Im really confused on which liquids are allowed though so Im just trying to do my best

I've been told to lose 12 lb before my surgery date and I'm 1/2 way there. Never been so motivated, believe me!

Hi there. My surgery date is July 13. Just wondering why your Dr. has asked you to lose weight? My doctor didn't even put me on the pre-op diet I keep reading about here. Also, I've become so complacent that I've actually gained a few pounds. Getting nervous now.

July 25th is my date. I need to lose 25-30 lbs before the surgery. Will start today my liquid diet.

It's to shrink your liver so that there's more room to move it while the banding is done. My Dr. insists on me losing weight before the op.