I am new to the boards and just got my date today - August 17! I am so excited! My surgeon is Dr. Allan Geiss in Syosset, NY. Looking forward to talking to everyone.

I'm nervious, excited, and having just the slightest bit of concern about feeling the port. But overall I can't wait to get healthy!!

If your surgery is in August too, come on in!

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hello everyone, my name is michelle. This is my first time in a forum on any kind. I am 35 and going through testing for insurance approval. Im hoping to have my surgery in August. My husband and I are doing this together, has anyone else here experienced that? The waiting, waiting, waiting is driving me insane, I have med mutual and worried i wont get approved.:help:

Not together, but hubby was banded about 2 years ago, so I feel like I have my own personal guide for the journey!

It will be nice for you to be going through it together.

Hello! Will be banded by Dr. Ortiz August 4th. Can't wait.

Hey Everyone,

My name is Courtney and I just officially scheduled my surgery for August 1st with Dr. Sanchez in Monterray, Mexico. I had orginally scheduled with Dr. Ortiz for August 22nd, but decided to switch last week and bump up my surgery date.....

I'm soo excited right now; however, I'm not looking forward to the liquid diet and giving up my Brandy & Cokes at the club.

Good luck everyone!

Courtney,

I'm July 31 with Dr. Zapata (Dr. Sanchez's associate). Maybe I'll see you down there!

lizzlo....

That's GREAT...what made you choose Dr. Sanchez/Zapata (I believe that was his name)? Me, I had orginally scheduled with Ortiz, but decided to switch last Thursday.

Courtney

Courtney,

I actually switched too from Dr. O to Sanchez/Zapata. I heard great things about them, and was a little worried about O's erosion rates and stories of being treated like an assembly line. I figure I'm taking enough risks going to mx, I might as well go with the one i feel most comfortable with (after spending entirely too much time reading this board!!! )

Why did you decide to switch from Ortiz? I have an August appt. with him and would like to know if you heard anything bad or if you just wanted to switch. I am pretty nervous about the whole ordeal and would love some insight from y'all. Thanks!!!

August 15!!!! Dr. Alan Bradshaw - Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC

I am so excited. And thrilled to find a group doing the band at the same timd as me.

We can go through the strain of losing the weight for surgery together. I have about 10 pounds to go but I figure with the two weeks liquid diet before surgery, it should be do-able. Wouldn't it be horrible to get in there and weigh a pound more and then be denied your surgery date?!?

We can do this. Yay.

Lyn

I have about a week until I find out more about my insurance approval and to get in with a surgeon to start the process, but I am hoping and praying that it will move along so that I can have mine in August too! I am SO ready to get going with it! I have been told that my insurance has been easy for them to work with (Humana), so hopefully it won't take long!

For those of you that have a date in August, how long did it take you?

Hi Moon,

Because I am self-pay, I got a date pretty quickly (two months). I've heard good things about Humana. Good Luck with it.

Thanks Diva!

I am hoping for August, but something tells me it will be September, I don't know why I think that...just a psychic vibe...or maybe just because that seems like a logical timeline...anyway, good luck to you and all the other August bandsters! I am VERY excited for you!!!

Why did you decide to switch from Ortiz? I have an August appt. with him and would like to know if you heard anything bad or if you just wanted to switch. I am pretty nervous about the whole ordeal and would love some insight from y'all. Thanks!!!

Trizzy,

I think the main thing that worried me was the hospital and care that you receive if there are any complications. I've been reading all posts on LBT and there are some good and bad things about Dr. Ortiz...it was those good and bad things that made me doubt and look elsewhere. Now, with Dr. Sanchez, I've never been more at ease..even though it's more money..about $1500 more. With Dr. Sanchez, the package that I bought includes my airfare for the surgery and my next fill/follow-up.

I truly believe in women intuition...so, I trusted my gut and changed!:clap2:

I had the upper GI today -- no big deal. As long as everything looks good, I'm now "officially" scheduled for surgery on August 2nd. I have been waiting 5 years to start this journey and I am really grateful that it has finally begun. And, I'm so thankful to have this community to go to for support, guidance, and friendship. It's hard for those in the "skinny" world to relate to this experience and how big of a deal it is to me. So, I haven't even shared it with anyone except the person who will be taking me to the surgicenter.

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WoooHooo!

Hiya Gang!

I just got my date this morning and I am happy to say that I will be banded in Concord NC by Dr Bauman on the 15th! Woohoo.

I know that Diva has her date on the 15th.. who else?