I'm taking my first step on my journey today.I have a seminar at 6pm today in ronoake va with dr.long I'am so excited I can't wait to start my journey wish me luck!

good luck and congratulations. i started this process last august and i will be banded on june 28th (my ins company threw a few obstacles in the way and then it was difficult to get an apt with the surgeon i wanted to use). anyway, if the road gets long, as mine did, just keep plugging away. now that i am so close, i am very excited and nervous. use your 'waiting time' to look deep inside yourself to make sure you are ready to make the changes this new lifestyle requires. i am 100% committed now, but i wsn't so sure at the beginning.

i wish you the best!!! please keep us posted.:smile2:

Good luck! After months of research, I dove in headfirst (and headstrong) 3/29, got denied 5/1 (would have been denied sooner, but PCP forgot to send in the referral). I'm preparing my appeal NOW, and will have it finished by Friday, and have another visit with my PCP on 5/25... hopefully this will be the last before my approval... if not, hopefull the 'supervised diet' start date is 3/29 and therefore have only one more month in addition - i'm going for the overkill approach, appeal and in the meantime take care of the other issues they may throw at me, without it slowing me down - though my insurance company is confident that my appeal will be approved.