Hey all,

My name is Kristin! I am newly banded, only about a week post op. I was banded by Dr. Curry here in Cincinnati. I'm 27 years old, married, and have an autistic 6 year old son. I'm a stay at home Mom but I'm a consultant for Pure Romance as well. I love music, nature, reading, and photography. I'd love to find friends with similar interests! I also recently started v~blogging on youtube. You can find me there with the same user name, phoenixkristin.

Here is my info!

Email ~ prbykristin@ymail.com

Aim: KristinC1985

Have a great day!

Dr Curry is my doc too! I just got my approval letter from insurance Friday so I am still waiting on a date!.

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Way awesome! What side of town are you on? I live on the East. Dr. Curry did great with my surgery, I don't think you'll be disappointed!

I'm actually about 1.5hrs north of Cincy. I'm glad to hear that things went well, everyone in his office has been great. Once you got approved how long did it take to get a sugery date?

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Oh, okay. So do you travel down to the Cincinnati office?

It didn't take long to get approved or get surgery. I am on BCBS, and typically they would have you do a supervised 6 month diet, however- I was able to bypass that by showing them my years of records from being a Weight Watchers member. So I really just had to go to a couple office visits with Dr. Curry, then schedule my surgery. I scheduled my own surgery a month later than I could've got in- we went on a cruise and I didn't want to be recovering on the ship.

They are all pretty nice though,and all easily accessable. I email back and forth with the dietician and she is prompt in responding. Also, I had to email Dr. C the other day with a question about my incision, and I emailed him a photo along with it so he could see what I was talking about. The office was closed, but he emailed me back in about an hour even though it was his off time.

I give them 2 thumbs up!

I also have BCBS. I didn't think it took long either. My first apt was 5/16 and my approval came Friday. I was excited it was so quick!

I am thinking that I am going to have to schedule my surgery a few weeks later as well, we will be on vacation mid July and I don't want to be recovering then.

I could have went to the Columbus office but he is only there a few days a month and I didn't want to wait! I don't mind the drive, after my first fill I'll probably start going to the Columbus office. How was the preop diet?

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Pre-op wasn't bad. I got to do Medifast, which was tiny (kinda gross, but okay) servings of Soups and shakes from the doctor's office. You got to do 5-6 packets a day and unlimited Water, Jello, broth.

Kind of sucked, but I survived. LOL

I think the preop diet scares me more than anything!

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I can see why it would be scary, but it's really not as bad as it sounds. You just have to stay focused. If you get unbearably hungry, email Erin, the dietician. She let me slide with a chicken breast.