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I am getting banded Jan 25 or 26th...:guess dont ask but may move my date for surgeon, I definitely want him to be happy:clap2: Good luck with your surgery! I think we are both going to have a great loss journey!

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Guest DAY1995   

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Hi there,

I posted a question earlier and only received one response. I have my 1st appt w/ the nutritionist on the 23rd and am wondering how long the process takes before you see the surgeon & get scheduled ?

thanks

Day

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Mvpo8961    1

Mvpo8961
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:clap2: Hi GC I am getting banded the same day in Texas. Where ya from? I have started getting together my surgery "stuff". Like chicken broth and Koolaid and things like that. Do a search of presurgery lists and you can find things that others recommend to make the first few days easier.

Good Luck, M.B):) :) :Banane52: :Banane45: :Banane13:

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Guest DAY1995   

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I'm in Chicago and am in the process of doing everything. My Ins does cover it (almost seems to good to be true). I have been wanting to do this for the past year but unfortunately our policy did not cover the Lap Band. Now I'm in a hurry to do it before anything changes again. What was the time frame for you before you were scheduled --

thanks

Day

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Mvpo8961    1

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I am going to self pay as my insurance is notorious for denials. Trying to get them to do it is like:deadhorse: M

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Iluvharleys    15

Iluvharleys
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Hi there,

I posted a question earlier and only received one response. I have my 1st appt w/ the nutritionist on the 23rd and am wondering how long the process takes before you see the surgeon & get scheduled ?

thanks

Day B)

Welcome to LBT and congrats to you on the surgery dates.

Each surgeon is different, it depends on how busy he is so I don't think anyone can give you and exact date. I have seen some people have a week, some a couple of months.

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Jessiebear    2

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:welcomeB:

Congrats on your date! We are almost band sisters. My 1 year anniversary in Janaury 26. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

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Mvpo8961    1

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:faint: Thanks GC. I have had developments today. Went to the dentist and I need to have ALL of my 19 teeth pulled. Yep I have SEVEN whole teeth that haven't had a root canal, crown or cavity in addition to the rampant gum disease. They want to put in implanted dentures (been asking for dentures for about 15 years. I have dental pain EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE.). Due to my age (44) this will keep me from have as much bone loss in my face. However I have to make a choice between teeth or lapband as I can't afford to selfpay for both. So I am going to fight my ins co for them to cover the LB and selfpay for my teeth.

Oh by the way I got to look through a SMILE CATALOG and pick out what I want my teeth to look like. Isn't that too cool?

But darn I am going to look GOOD in about 18 months. Now if I can just save up for a BOOB job. HHHMMMMMM!!!!!!

:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

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nanahanna    1

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mvpo...girl you are a riot! I will be praying for you and you pray for me too, ok? I am getting closer to getting a consultation date, seminar etc.! I am excited!

Heck, Day and GC...I'll be praying for ya'll too! MVPO and I know each other from another forum! God Bless Us All!

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      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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      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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        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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