November bandsters unite!!

[anxious2010 0]

Hello all,

I just got my surgery date yesterday, November 15th. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I do not want to fail at this. Thank God for this group.

[purple3797 5]

Topazz..I think you are giving yourself a great birthday gift!!!! I LOVE THESE BOARD ALSO!!! I know I have heard from some of you the feel of failing at the band and I have had this fear also. I keep feeling like what if I go through all of this and put my family through it and then I have serious complications or fail and do not lose weight. I feel as if I have lost some on my own and then I get frustarted with myself like why can i not just lose the weight on my own without medical intervention.....I feel like I am weak in some ways by doing this. I know that it is not correct it is just ingrained in my head. I looked back at my ww books and i have been in the same weight range give or take 20 pounds for the past 10 years. Obviously I am not losing it on my own despite my stinkin thinkin.

[poppieswife 0]

Hello November bansters! I too will be having surgery in November. I get to pick a dated Wednesday I'm shooting for the 9TH. I was approved this past Friday and I thought I'd be more excited than I am. Maybe when it gets closer to time I will be. The two week liquid diet scares me as my will power has been little to none in the past few months and it's going to take a lot of that not to eat any food.< /span>

[nearly40momma 0]

Hi everyone! I have a Nov 1st surg date in my mind. Trouble is I have to wait to resub to ins. They denied fist request, as I expected. Now after completing the 3 month education prgram they require on Oct 6th, I will resubmit. Since I have done all they requested, I hope they approve it now. My deductible is met for the year so I am settled on Nov 1. Would love to do 29th but am concerned about the kiddos for halloween. I guess I could always hand out candy and help them get ready so hubby can take them. Maybe I will feel so fabulous that I will wnat to walk, who knows.

I am mom of 3. They are 21 years old, 4 years and 16 months. I work in the medical field and have a 45 minute commute to my rual hospital where I am the manager of my dept. My hubby and I are going on 6 years! He has been very supportive of my decision. I am NOT telling in laws however. And only my closest coworkers know. I just dont wnat to deal with the morbid curiosty.

I am a shopper so I am checking our Protein supplements and doing some meal planning for my different stages of pre-op and recovery. Anybody wanna hear about some products I am going to try?

I hope you dont think I am a spaz but I am really excited about doing this and planning helps me keep in the zone.

[nearly40momma 0]

Topazz..I think you are giving yourself a great birthday gift!!!! I LOVE THESE BOARD ALSO!!! I know I have heard from some of you the feel of failing at the band and I have had this fear also. I keep feeling like what if I go through all of this and put my family through it and then I have serious complications or fail and do not lose weight. I feel as if I have lost some on my own and then I get frustarted with myself like why can i not just lose the weight on my own without medical intervention.....I feel like I am weak in some ways by doing this. I know that it is not correct it is just ingrained in my head. I looked back at my ww books and i have been in the same weight range give or take 20 pounds for the past 10 years. Obviously I am not losing it on my own despite my stinkin thinkin.

Are you reading my mind???? I am feeling the same way. I have been so excited about some many different plans to lose weight over the years. I jumped in with my whole heart and have always failed after varying lengths of time. SO, when looking at the Band, I have a little piece of me that is holding back. A little voice in my head that says, you better not screw this up chubbs! After so many failures, I find it hard to commit my whole heart to it. I think when I feel the restriction and actually feel full after eating a 1-3oz meal, then I will believe I can do it.

But that is kinda scary......

[chocolatecity 1]

I was wondering which version of BCBS do all of you have. I know the requiements are different based on your version. Does anyone have BCBS Anthem?

[timetobefree 5]

Hi All!

Best of luck to everyone who's on their way to being banded.

Foods that cause me trouble: scrambled eggs, rice, too tough meat, thick Pasta (angel hair is fine, but fettucini is tough). That's about it...I can't complain!

Complications: I don't know if you'd call this a complication, but my band has gotten tighter instead of looser as I've lost. Since we moved since my banding, I am having trouble finding someone to unfill me a bit. I tried the ER and they would only do a complete unfill, which I refused. But I finally have an appt on Monday with a place through Fill Centers USA. I hope I am happy! Other than that, no complications.

Today is my 10-month bandiversary, and I've lost 61% of my excess weight, 33% of myself, 122.2 lbs, and 109.75". Believe me when I say that banding was the best thing I ever did for myself.

Other questions, anyone?

[SherylM 0]

I was set to have the gastric sleeve but recently decided to have the lap band instead. I have lost quite a bit of weight on my own (69 lb) and now feel that the sleeve is perhaps a bit more drastic than I want to do. My main concern is that it is not reversible and the lap band is should the need arise.

[topazz 4]

Sheryl, congrats on the weight loss!!! I chose the Lap Band exactly for the same reason that it's reversible if needed.

Amy, I would love to know that I have lost that much weight a year from now. How did you do it?? I think I will need to lose about 125 pounds. Do you still use the shakes as a meal supplement?

Busy weekend, here. We sadly had a funeral to go to for hubby's best friend's mom. So sad!!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend though!

[DizzyGirl 0]

Hello November Bandsters! I have a tentative surgery date of Monday November 22nd. I could have it sooner but recently started a new job and wanted to get acclimated before taking any time off.

I am trying to soak up all the knowledge that I can at this point so I can prepare for anything that comes my way. I also don't have an official approval date from Anthem BCBS but they did call the surgeon and say 'If she submits medical records for 2 years, we'll approve her' (My doctor only sent 6 months over for some reason) So basically this is where I am right now. That was all submitted maybe a week and a half ago so those of you with quick BCBS approvals are lucky. I started the process for approval over a month ago. It doesn't really matter I guess because I can't do it until November anyway - I'll just feel like it's more 'real' if I have that approval.

My wedding anniversary is the day after my surgery too so it's going to be a crazy week. I'm excited to get to know everyone and learn about what you're doing to prepare as well!

Have a great day!

-Dizzy

[skat 0]

I am also a November bandster... either the 5th or 12th, but I am still a little nervous about being approved by insurance... any advice for the next month from anyone down the road a little?

[topazz 4]

Dizzy and Skat, welcome aboard!!

[susidivah 0]

Hi all!

I just got my tentative surgery date today, November 8th! :smile2:

It will be almost a week short of a year since beginning the journey with my first seminar... with my 6 mo medically supervised diet and all the hoops from my HMO, etc, it's finally hitting me that it is really almost HERE :mad: But I am thrilled and so glad to have this site and forums to learn and meet others going thru the same!

Good luck to you all and hit me up if you want to be LB buddies! God bless, Susan

[losingitatlast 0]

Hi! I am getting banded on November 9th! I am so excited, but also nervous! It will be great to have this as a support system with buddies to talk with! Good luck to everyone.

[CalicoskiesNC 2]

Hello! I have just rec'd my BCBS approval today. My surgery consult is Oct 26. I hope to have my surgery Nov 22. I am thrilled that I can move forward. Very anxious too, but in a good way.