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Just though Id stop by and say hi..Im going to the Dr.s tomorrow to pay for the lapband sice I have been denied 2 times. My wifes insurance opted out of putting weight loss surgery on their insurance. So fighting it is useless..So im paying out of my own pocket. O'well. Hope all the bandsters are doing good. I cant wait to get mine. Of course im nervous as hell..

See ya.

Scott

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A big Texas Welcome to you Scott. We were all nervous so you are'nt alone on that. Good luck on your doctor visit. Sorry about the insurance problem. You will love your band and it is really a wonderful tool to help us get this weight off. My surgery went perfect with no problems at all, pray yours does also. Keep us posted.:)

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I found out, which I'm sure most of you already know, that my ins. will not cover anything before, during or after this surgery. The reply back from my Lab Band Docs office is that after I pay $15,500 up front they will see that I am well taken care of and bill me later if there are additional charges. So that makes me nervous that I could loose everything I own if this thing goes south on me. But hey, I've known people that do very well in bankruptcy.

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I am new to this website. I have not been banded yet. Waiting on insurance approval. Yesterday I found out that I will have to get my Gallbladder removed too. It just freaks me out. I am told my doctors is the best at removing them. But it is still freaky. Has anyone had theirs removed during lap band surgery? :)

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I had my pre-op physical on Thursday. My surgeon pushed around on my abdomen and asked me questions about pain and/or gas when I ate. He said he wanted to see if he might need to remove my G.B. while he was installing my lap band. I said "do what?" He said that since I wasn't having symptoms he wouldn't remove it, but he said that after some patients loose a good deal of weight, Gall Bladder problems can arise.

That's all I know about that.

Freeradical

installation date 7/7/06

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Wow, after months of appts, and insurance protocol I am finally ready for my band proceedure in 2 weeks. I am to start a liquid diet today until the proceedure. Yikes! Will I starve?

Any advice on starting the liquids? Any advice on getting ready for all this. It is kinda scary.

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Hi All,

I am scheduled for 11/20 with Johnson & Jonhson SAGB band in Hungary.

The sales tax on the band is 500 dollars (in Hungary).

How can I order it myself? My doctor said I can carry it myself.

My residence is in the United States.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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