Last week was my 5th appointment of my insurance required 6 month supervised diet! It went by really fast after having all the required testing! I was required to have an upper GI, pelvic ultrasound, chest xray, echocardiogram, ekg, nuclear stress test, home and lab sleep study, pulmonary function test, abdominal ultrasound, two nutrition consults, 2 psychiatry visits, pulmonary consult and a cardiology consult! Wow! It made the time fly by and now I am just waiting for my July 2nd pre-op visit and my surgery is scheduled for August 1st! My pre op diet starts July 18th and I will be on the Optifast program. It will consist of shakes, bars and soups, 6 times a day. My birthday is August 17th so I will probably just be starting mushies but this will be the best gift I can give myself! I can't wait to be banded! Is anyone else scheduled for August?

That's great... You must be really excited! I'm happy for you... It feels so good to know it's going to happen for sure... I know you probably had to do alot of work to be accepted by insurance (from what I hear)...keep us posted! Just 29 days! yay!

That's great... You must be really excited! I'm happy for you... It feels so good to know it's going to happen for sure... I know you probably had to do alot of work to be accepted by insurance (from what I hear)...keep us posted! Just 29 days! yay!

Definitely a lot of work! Six months in the making....

I'm hoping to have surgery in August. My last appointment for supervised diet and exercise is July 19th. That is all the surgeons office is waiting on to submit for insurance approval! Fingers crossed that Everything goes as planned!

Hey Puppyhat, We're 'twins'! I'm the 13th also. Had my pre-op appointment last Thursday, made my pre-op appointment with my primary, and now the countdown begins. My doc has me starting my diet on the 3rd. I've decided to joint my husband on his beach vacation for the week before surgery, I figure I can go for long beach walks while they eat dinner!

Is everyone else bursting with excitement or are doubts setting in. My surgeon said it was my voice between the band and the sleeve and after considering the pros and cons for each, I picked the band. However, with so much time between the decision and the surgery, I keep wondering if I should have gone the other way. I just wish 13th of august would hurry up so I don't have to worry about being indecisive.

I've been doing the very same thing, but my decision was fueled by the fact that with the band you have control of the restriction you have, I just didn't like the idea of 80percent of my stomache being gone forever. While the band has a lot of after care involved, I just had a gut feeling that it was the best choice...It's not because it costs less either because in the long run it ends up costing more...If you picked the band, it might mean that this is what your gut feeling choice is. But, it's up to you totally. Whatever you think will be the best for YOU is what's important...Good luck either way.. Did you join the August Bandsters group? Please do if you like...

I had my 5th weigh in on 15 of June, and have had my first pre-op visit with surgeon on the 25th. Last scheduled supervised visit on the 19 of July. Cannot wait to start my pre-op test that means I am almost there. Stay in touch with me, thanks.

I am scheduled for August 3rd...after fighting two months with the insurance and all...

Last week was my 5th appointment of my insurance required 6 month supervised diet! It went by really fast after having all the required testing! I was required to have an upper GI' date=' pelvic ultrasound, chest xray, echocardiogram, ekg, nuclear stress test, home and lab sleep study, pulmonary function test, abdominal ultrasound, two nutrition consults, 2 psychiatry visits, pulmonary consult and a cardiology consult! Wow! It made the time fly by and now I am just waiting for my July 2nd pre-op visit and my surgery is scheduled for August 1st! My pre op diet starts July 18th and I will be on the Optifast program. It will consist of shakes, bars and Soups, 6 times a day. My birthday is August 17th so I will probably just be starting mushies but this will be the best gift I can give myself! I can't wait to be banded! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Is anyone else scheduled for August?[/quote']

Good luck!

I'm hoping for late August... I have 2 appointments left with the nutritionist, 1 on the 17th of this month, and the next is August 7. Health New England should take no more than a week for approval, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! When did everyone notify their employer of surgery? I'm planning on taking 2 weeks to adjust to my new diet, one will be vacation time, and the other will be sick time (we have a bank that goes toward short term illness, maternity leave, etc), I just have no idea if I should wait for a surgery date or if I should give them a heads up first. So glad to have found this forum!

I'm hoping for late August... I have 2 appointments left with the nutritionist, 1 on the 17th of this month, and the next is August 7. Health New England should take no more than a week for approval, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! When did everyone notify their employer of surgery? I'm planning on taking 2 weeks to adjust to my new diet, one will be vacation time, and the other will be sick time (we have a bank that goes toward short term illness, maternity leave, etc), I just have no idea if I should wait for a surgery date or if I should give them a heads up first. So glad to have found this forum!

I notified my employer last month as we are required to give 30 days notice for a foreseeable absence but I knew my surgery date. My absence is covered by sick time and I had to fill out FMLA paperwork. I am going to be out Aug 1st - 20th. Maybe you could give them a heads up so it doesn't seem so last minute. They will at least have it on their radar until you give them a confirmed date.

I also had to give 30 days notice, i'm only taking 8 days off after the surgery, I can delegate lifting jobs to nursing assistants at work for sometime.( I'm a nurse). I plan to just get back into the swing of things. Hope I can, I usually bounce right back from things... I've never had a choice not to though...We have a group for August Bandsters if you're interested.. Please join..Good luck to you...

Isn't this the group for August Bandsters? Or is there something else?

August 27th - tentative date hopefully that one stays. My 6 months was up in June- that are super big and growing, anyways I am hoping not to be out of work so long, I'm a nurse as well and will have to take it easy afterwards! Goodly jot all of us!

dionaw

to join" august 2012 bandsters " group, click on" groups" at top of homepage then click on" follow this group" we had started this forum then I decided to form a group for august surg. bandsters. Please join and nice to meet you...slojo67