Ok I have been browsing the site for a few months and have posted a few times but now i want to introduce myself. I am a 22 year old mother of 3 and want to live better for my kids and be able to keep up with them. I have battled with my weight my whole like and the last 20lbs i can really feel i get out of breathe my knees hurt really bad.... so my pcm brought up the lap band after a few other weight loss fails ... so i went to the seminar on march 5... met with NP and mental health eval on march 16... did labs on the 19th.. nutrician class on april 5... n approval on april 13. I have tricare south prime and herd horror stories about getting approved so when i called tricare n they said aproved i was soo freaking happy. now i am anxiously waiting to find out my lap band birthday??? My dr officae could call me any min now lol

HaPpY~BirThdAy and congrats on making one of the best decisions of your life. My final "fat straw" that broke the camel's back WAS my back. I have a herniated disc in my back and was tired of hurting. Kind of like when Dr. Phil says' date=' "how is fat working out for you?" Well it wasn't working out too well for me. I was banded 1/10/12 and have lost 46lbs. Definitely know this is a process and takes time. Hope you get your call soon for your date. Best of luck to you and keep us posted!~[/quote']

My final fat straw was when I realize I weighted more than I ever did while being pregnant and I gain a lot during pregnancy

Mzflanningham,

I'm going in on may 9th. Maybe we should be buddies to track our progress, I need friends that will have the thing I'm going thru! Congrats... When they said to do the ore-op diet did they give u a menu or do u know what your suppose to eat?

Mzflanningham,

I'm going in on may 9th. Maybe we should be buddies to track our progress, I need friends that will have the thing I'm going thru! Congrats... When they said to do the ore-op diet did they give u a menu or do u know what your suppose to eat?

Yea I can have 34 protein shakes a day( they gave me ok brands and recipes I can use) and can veggies including salads I can cook the veggies in things like broth n can have low fat or non fat dressing for 13 days and the day before surgery all liquids

I GOT THE CALL May 10th I will be banded eeek start my pre op diet apr 26

I started my pre op diet today. I'm hungry ugh!!!!!

But it's for our new life to begin.

Started my pre op n eew the shakes we gross