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Hello I am still new to this all my ins co says 3/ months bend class w/ weght loss dr , of which 1 st appt was on 8/26/10 so far I am 2 classes in I have one more class to go :thumbup: .. does any hve aetna and generally whats the process for approval. My weight has increased due to all my kids it just seem so hard to losse serveral diets ,weight loss meds, i mean everything i could think of . Ive reviewed lapband for years now and happy to say I finally took steps to defeat FAT.:thumbup:

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Hello I am still new to this all my ins co says 3/ months bend class w/ weght loss dr , of which 1 st appt was on 8/26/10 so far I am 2 classes in I have one more class to go :thumbup: .. does any hve aetna and generally whats the process for approval. My weight has increased due to all my kids it just seem so hard to losse serveral diets ,weight loss meds, i mean everything i could think of . Ive reviewed LAP-BAND® for years now and happy to say I finally took steps to defeat FAT.:thumbup:

I have aetna as well and I too had to have 4 months of clases before. 3 nutrition and 1 last appt with my surgeron before they could submit everything for approval, and the appts had to be 30 days apart. After they submitted everything to be approved it took about a week and half to get an approval and once I got that I was clear to schedule my surgery. I know it seems like a long process but it all went by so quickly.. good luck!!

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Hello I am still new to this all my ins co says 3/ months bend class w/ weght loss dr , of which 1 st appt was on 8/26/10 so far I am 2 classes in I have one more class to go :smile2: .. does any hve aetna and generally whats the process for approval. My weight has increased due to all my kids it just seem so hard to losse serveral diets ,weight loss meds, i mean everything i could think of . Ive reviewed LAP-BAND® for years now and happy to say I finally took steps to defeat FAT.:(

I have Aetna but didn't have to deal with them. Relax and let Dr Kim's staff do the legwork. If you have any questions at all about insurance, feel free to ask them. They are very knowledgeable and always happy to help.

Also, start practicing what you are learning in BEND classes now. It will help in the long run. Don't wait until surgery.

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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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