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My paperwork was sent to my insurance company yesterday. I am waiting for their approval !!! After their approval I will have to attend a pre-surgery class and also meet with my surgeon. At that meeting he will determine when my surgery is. I hope this goes by quickly! I would love to be banded before school starts again at the 3rd week of August!! I would love to be banded at the end of July/first of August so I will have time to recover! Congrats everyone on your surgery dates!

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We would like to encourage all of you to join our august 2012 bandsters group, so far we only have 7 members, we would really appreciate your input about your experience before, during, and after surgery!

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I'm very much hoping to be banded before September since that's when I start school, but I haven't had any appointments yet aside from consulting with my pediatrician (I'm 20) and my mom's physician (I assume I will go to both doctors depending).

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I think I might be banded in late August. I have to loose required 13 pounds before they send my papers into my insurance for approval. The dr. Office said they don't foresee any problems and my insurance company (BCBS) has a fairly quick turn around. All my appointments are done except for my last nutrition classNd that's when I have to do a weight check so I hope I loose it by the 16th.

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My appointment is the 28th of august, good luck to you hope all goes well.

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Hope you all find out you get banded soon... Keep in touch...

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I just went to my last appointment today! Lucky for me, my sleep apnea is mild and when I called the pulmonologist to tell him that the cpap machine was a little expensive, he told me to just "screw it!" (yes, his exact words!). So, he wrote a letter to my surgeon stating I am cleared for surgery and that my sleep apnea was mild. Whoo hoo!

Haha, thats awesome!! Congrats!

I am scheduled for August 6th. I am going July 9th for my nutrition class, then I start the preop July 22nd. This seems like a lifetime away!!

I'm scheduled for the 6th as well! ^_^ For some reason it seems like it's sooo soon to me!

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I was also told to use cpap machine for minor apnea. I have had it for 2 weeks. (Not so bad) Surgeon requires me to bring it to surgery

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August 13th, less than a month away. Can't wait!!!

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I am so excited! I will be banded August 1st! I am so ready for this change in my lifestyle!

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congratulations!

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Hoping for the end of August! Final nutrition meeting on 8-7, then they submitt. Guess it all depends on how long insurance takes. I have Atena and had to do 3 month. So excited!!!!!

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Hi i am new but just like you scheduled for Aug 1st... hope it goes great for you !!

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My EGD revealed I had the H-Pylori bacteria which causes ulcers, Dr. Reilly prescribed PrevPac for 14 days. Ugh, I'm sorry the cure is worst than the disease stomach cramps all night. 13 more days of this! I have to have this completed by my surgery but oh my this is hard!

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August 21st is my date! :) Congrats to all of you who've just gotten your dates, I'm so excited for us! :D

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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.

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