I don't have a date yet but paperwork was submitted this week for approval. I am hoping things go well and I'll be banded in September.

Looking for others who will be banded in September 2010.

Please chime in.

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Thank you for the warm welcomes!!!:thumbup:

I keep getting lost on this site.....i don't know how to find my way back here, i made it this time with my back browser..can someone help me with that?? i am not leaving unitl i get a reply....lol

Hi Cicigirl - sorry no one was able to get to you any faster. I'm sure others have several different ways to get to this thread but I go to google, search Lap Band Talk and under the link that google brings up has a hyperlink to Pre-Operation Lap-Band®®®® Surgery. I click on the Pre-op link which brings up that page and then I just search for the "Looking for September 2010 Bandsters" which is usually on the first page. There are 2 different threads for September 2010 going but this one is the larger of the 2.

There is another way that I have gone to older post and I use the Quick Links tab across the top and under that tab is a button for Subscribed Threads. Hope this helps.

I have a date of September 13....so now all I have to do is pray to the God Lord above that all my blood work will come back okay, and then I will be set.

I'm a teacher and will have to take a week off school, so that sucks, but I have a good sub ready to come in!

I am sooooo excited, I'm going to get my blood work takes tomorrow! Pray with me that all comes back well!:thumbup:

I am getting banded September 2nd. WOOHOO! :-D

I have a date of September 13....so now all I have to do is pray to the God Lord above that all my blood work will come back okay, and then I will be set.

I'm a teacher and will have to take a week off school, so that sucks, but I have a good sub ready to come in!

I am sooooo excited, I'm going to get my blood work takes tomorrow! Pray with me that all comes back well!:thumbup:

CalaCake: I will be thinking of you tomorrow. You will do fine. When I got mine done it came that my iron was low.. doctor put me on iron supp. and I'm doing good:thumbup:

I am getting banded September 2nd. WOOHOO! :-D

Spitfireleo: Congrats on your date... Let us know your progress. How exciting:thumbup:

Our Special Dates: (only 8 more days before our fun begins. We are now in the single digits )

September 1 - BandedNellie, karmaandkismet, cece1967

September 2 - rkwilliams1013, Run Girl Run, pooky032281, ahlmanfamily, Loyalfriend, spitfireleo*

September 3 - Freshstart2010, gracerev, ILUVFOOD

September 7 - danide, Nani4five, sannersplace72, swissnis, playermimi*

September 8 - NYsLegend78, donnalys, LadyT39

September 9 - Butterfly2010, aliciaj*

September 10 - jlr58, MrsFitand42, ally UK, angelpix*

September 13 - lillyegg, debrarh, ready4change10, CalaCake*

September 14 - KAS1971, TheMaxwellFamily, WAH.MOM, purplevix, Angel82

September 15 - Kysmith72, piperboo

September 16 - sunny day, fldanny, kimmila, onceuponaband

September 17 - Stateofzen, hserrra, blondeej

September 22 - ebonykisses, kittykat56, papoose, mom05

September 23 - emsbugbug, cicigirl

September 27 - babyk, LisaA

September 28 - Zippy74, kosy2, ebeeze824

September 29 - wanna.b.healthy

September 30 - sourmissg, mrsbure

*newest additions

I want everyone to be recognized for this journey, so please let me know if I overlooked you.

Those approved/self pay and waiting for dates:

sarwenc

TheLovelyMissJ

desperatelyw.loss

HeatherinCA

phershey

wendyhart

PitPat

Edited August 24, 201015 yr by Banded-Sept-2010

Hello September Bandsters! I am scheduled for surgery on Sept 9th.

spitfireleo -- So exciting. Just a week from tomorrow and your done.

CalaCake --Congratulations and let us know how your blood work comes out.

playermimi -- Hello. Congratulations. I have only told 2 co-works, my husband and daughter. No one else. Who have you told?

sourmissg -- CLOTHING EXCHANGE as we lose weight! - Band2gether.net LAP-BAND®®® Support Forums That is really a neat idea and especially in today's economy. I wonder if the support group at the hospital has something like that. I hope so. If not, I'll be offering them here. Mostly XL 16/18

lillyegg -- How did things go today?

aliciaj - Congratulations on your Sept 9 surgery date. Look forward to your posts.

Cathy

Hey September family :0) had my pre op appointment today. They did urine sample, EKG, Blood work and X-rays. They also informed me of what I have to bring with me and gave me some lung apparatus. GOD I can't wait to look like I did when I was in the Army HOAH

Hey September family :0) had my pre op appointment today. They did urine sample, EKG, Blood work and X-rays. They also informed me of what I have to bring with me and gave me some lung apparatus. GOD I can't wait to look like I did when I was in the Army HOAH

Hi NYsLegend78: getting close to your date:smile: Question for you? what is the lung apparatus for and I did my blood work and biginning of the process, do you have to do it again? thanks for any info

NYsLegend78 -- With your PX90 you'll be Army material again soon.

mom05 -- The breathing apparatus that NYsLegand78 is talking about is an Incentive Spirometer. I hated that plastic thing. The doctor will mark a line on the tube as your goal to hit. You will suck in the tube which will make a ball go up. The idea is to make the ball hit the line and hold it.

Well I had my preop done today, just need to get my bloodwork done. I am a little concerned as last Friday I developed a toothache and dentist put me on penicilln now. Praying it doesn't change my surgery date! I have to say I am looking forward to the time off from work also!

Well I had my preop done today, just need to get my bloodwork done. I am a little concerned as last Friday I developed a toothache and dentist put me on penicilln now. Praying it doesn't change my surgery date! I have to say I am looking forward to the time off from work also!

Ouch. I feel for you and hope you are doing better now. Tomorrow is my last full day of work and I can't wait.

Hi September family!!! i called the Dr office and was told to start my liquid diet on sept 2, and i would see the Dr on the 8th then surgery on the 16th i feel like a step is missing BUT i will do as they say they gave me a list of things i can have .. i guess i expected a little more hand holding:wink2:getting really nervous gd luck to everyone!

September brethren, I am in a panic. My surgery is 3 weeks from today. The surgeon's office insurance coordinator called today and said that my insurance told her there is a 5 year history required. I spoke to 2 different people at united healthcare who said it wasn't. I called the only doctor I have visited semi-regularly--my gyno--and they said 2 weeks to get my records!!! There is no time.

I have been calling my insurance counselor to no avail all day. I know it will work out, but I am frantic!

hi i have united health care and they do want a 5 year history when u called and asked them did they tell you all of the requirements?

mine is a 5 year history, a bmi of 35 with 2 or more co-morbid or 40 bmi with no co-morbids i would deff call and ask them and call your gyno and maybe explain how fast you need your records...i had to call and get some records from a diff doc office and they got them over within 2 days. i wish you the best of luck and hope it gets worked out. who is your employer i think it changes the rules with diff companies mine is uhc with the railroad.

OMG. I am so excited to see so many new bandies coming on board.

LadyT39, cece1967, cicigirl, Angel82 & ebeeze824-- Congratulations and glad to have you guys a part of our family.

LisaA -- Hi Lisa, I don't blame you one bit for deciding not to go with your original doctor. They work for us, we are paying them. If they don't want our money, their loss. About the only thing that will go wrong with the kids is that they will eat a lot of junk food or out every evening and stay up past bedtime. The normal things that go one when dads watch kids. I was too dreading the pre-op diet like so many but it's not bad at all. For years I did the slimfast shakes and this is no different, except I get to drink 3 instead of 2 a day. I have found the Dutch Chocolate Isopure from GNC is very tasty. Comes in a huge 3lb tub. The higher the protein, the more you feel full longer and the Isopure has 50gms per cup. Happy shopping.

BandedNellie -- I do think the pre-op diet keeps us going on the positive with the weight loss. I don't feel hungry one bit and too have lost 7 lbs. Keep up the great work.

leeblewb -- I bet you have an answer before the end of the week. Good luck and let us know when you find out. I'll be praying for a quick and positive response.

stateofzen -- Awesome weight loss. You should be feeling proud as well as good. Keep it up.

sourmissg -- Hi Gale, I will see my surgeon for the second time this Thursday. They called it my pre-op surgery appointment where as today was my pre-op blood work. Do you know which day they plan on submitting your paperwork?

"I need to start drinking my protein drinks 2 wks before surgery so I need to start looking into buying". I spent the weekend checking out protein drinks. There is a website I think it is called Mybariatricpantry.com that offers sample packs of Syntec Nectar which I hear are great. I'm a little leery of fruity tasting flavors. I guess I am a chocolate, vanilla, strawberry type person but I am serious thinking of ordering a couple of sample boxes just to mix things up. My staple protein drink will be Natures Best Isopure - love their dutch chocolate.

Let me tell you about my heart attack this morning. I get a call from the Hospital at 8:10 (the one that I am suppose to be registering with in a few hours) that they are not "in my network" and that I would owe them $1200 today and then 10% of the total cost. :wub: So of course I called Cigna to see which hospitals are covered as "in network" then called the doctors office. Now I am trying to do this at work, its 8:30am and my damn phones would not stop ringing. Imagine that - clients wanting to talk with their brokers - Anyway I finally got a chance to call the doctors office and drop the bomb on them. Of course I get the, "gee I hope we can keep your surgery date" Thinking ya me too. Got a call from the doctors office about 20 minutes later (seemed like an eternity) that all is settled. My surgery date is the same and the new hospital will now be covered 100%. What a relief, so I head to San Antonio at 11 to do pre-registration, blood work, ekg and chest x-rays. Get to the registration office - they have no clue who I am - get that settled. Go to the lab - they have no orders from the doctor (probably sitting at the other hospital), ekg went fine then go down the hall for chest x-rays - they don't use Cigna. So I have 2 hours before my class to find an imaging place that took Cigna. In the end, everything worked out just fine - just a lot of running around town and a little frustration but I am still a go for this Friday. :thumbup:

Cathy

oh man! but i am so glad to hear that it is all worked out :w00t: