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 : )

Hi everyone, my date is July 21, 2010. My previous date was January 5, 2010 and I coud not go through with it. Too much negitivity from family. Called the Dr. three hours before surgery told him I was not comming. This time I decided to tell only three people. One is still not onboard (mom) but I told her if she had anything bad to say don't say it.

I start pre-op diet on 7/7/2010.

Good luck everyone.

Just found out I am scheduled for July 7th, just waiting for final approval from insurance. I just joined this site today I can see I came to the right place. Look forward to my journey with all of you.

My surgery was moved to July 7th! Closer then ever now!

How is everyone doing?

I am scheduled for July 2. I've done all the classes, had all the tests, waited on insurance, been told no, been told yes, read all the books and websites. I am ready to go! I'm hoping to make it to a July 3 party the day after surgery-haha. Probably not going to happen!

Keep me posted on your progress gang!

Yes, July 1st!!! I am super excited. :biggrin:

Whooo Hooo got my surgery date today....July 13th is the day. Been such a long journey I can't believe it is really going to happen. Kinda nervous only about something going wrong and the band being removed and going through all this for nothing :biggrin:. Wish me luck!!!

July 13th for me!

Me too, just got my date today! :biggrin:

My date has been finalized...July 6th. That's such a wonderful date to me because my daughter was born July 7th. That gives me two dates to Celebrate a new part of my life.

The only thing I'm dreading with the liquid diet are the weekends. If I'm busy, then I don't get to think about cravings. So....I'll be scheduling lots to do for the next two weeks.

Yes, I have been doing the low carb for two weeks now and the first few days were the worst!!! I felt like crap. I had no energy and I was mean as hell!!! LOL But it got better and I have lost 14 lbs as well. (maybe more but i dont have a scale here) Seems like this will be a way of life for me from now on. My doctor insist on a low carb life style post op. But hey its well worth it if I can just be comfortable.

In response to Hal's comment about keeping things secret.... This is one of my biggest fears right now - who will I tell? how will they respond? what if they criticize my choices? what will I say then?

My co-workers are all tiny little people who talk non-stop about fat grams and "being bad" when they eat .... so I don't feel safe talking to them about any of this.

Any ideas?

I'm being banded July 6th. Starting on Meditrim on June 22nd.

Since we're getting banded on the same day...we need to stay close to the treads.

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:

I am supposed to have my surgery on July 29th, Lord willing and the insurance sends out the final approval letter. I am dreading it if it comes back a NO.. I will be devastated for sure, but will appeal me case of course. I also found out I was shorter than originally told, I went from 4'10 to 4'8 1/2..I was like crap, I am already short, now I am even shorter..lol.. Good luck to you and hopefully we can keep in touch and stuff. :biggrin:

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 : )

Hi! I'll be banded on July 7th. I hope things go smoothly for you :biggrin:

I am scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, July 7th here in Phoenix. I am nervous, excited, anxious, and also scared at the same time! I can't believe that i'm finally having my Lap Band surgery after waiting for almost nearly 2 years. Lots of hard work and patience! I started my pre-op liquids only diet today (Tuesday, June 22) with protein shakes. This is very hard not being able to eat certain foods but only having liquids for 2 weeks before my Band surgery! :biggrin:

I got my surgery date today! July 2!! Whoo Hoo! I can't wait! :thumbup:

I am supposed to have my surgery on July 29th, Lord willing and the insurance sends out the final approval letter. I am dreading it if it comes back a NO.. I will be devastated for sure, but will appeal me case of course. I also found out I was shorter than originally told, I went from 4'10 to 4'8 1/2..I was like crap, I am already short, now I am even shorter..lol.. Good luck to you and hopefully we can keep in touch and stuff. :bored:

Hey here's to us "shorter" folks FTodd30263! Will you have to go on a liquid diet? I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow to check and see if he has sent in his approval letter. If not, it may be time to open a can of whoop a**! Good luck to us!