Hi

I'm 26 years old 5.5 and 270 lbs. Las year my fother died of weight related problems , and that gave a big wake up call. since then i have been dooing mager reserch on weiht loss surgerys. I finaly setteled on Lap Band. becouse It looked like it was less invasive and the recovery time was shorter then most outher surgery. Now I need to talk to my family Dr. Im not shure how to bring up the subject or even what questions to ask. any one got any sigestions?

thanks

Elbell:)

Hi Elbell,

The first step in this process is to have a complete physical and talk to your doctor about your weight. If you have it in your medical record that you have been working on your weight problem, recognize it and have a history of trying to control it you will have a much easier time with the process. This is true whether or not you are trying to have insurance cover it.

I went to my family doctor as my first step and told her I was ready to take serious measures to change my health. She asked the questions, I talked. You just have to take that first step of telling the medical professionals in your life that you are ready to make some significant changes to get healthy.

Weight loss surgery shouldn't be anyone's FIRST attempt to lose weight. You're pretty young, and if you haven't had these discussions with your doctor you may want to try other things first. Let us know how it goes!

Hi All,

Jest wanted to let you know how my Dr.’s Appointment went on Friday. You were rite she asked a Lot of questions and I did most of the talking. She did not know much about this particularly surgery, but was willing to learn more. I gave here a few suggestions on where to find information. She knows my history with the weight problem and was very supportive. She is willing to do the pre op blood test. She was concerned about going to Mexico to have this don. And she suggested I do more research on the surgeon I am going to see. Anyway so far so good, the next step I think is to speak to Dr. Rembaut over the phone on Tuesday and find out more. So if any one out there has any suggestions on what to ask or has any info on this Dr. pleas speak up.

Thanks To All

Ellen

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