Here we go.....

[bama_belle 0]

After a couple years of refusing to even talk about WLS, the drs. have finally convinced me..

no, wait.. I've finally convinced myself that if I want to see my grandchildren, I've got to do this.

Not for someone else, but for me.

I'm 38, 280 pounds.. the highest I've ever been in my life.. and I don't intended to reach 290. EVER. This has got to stop, and for me, I know now, this is the only way.

Hooray for me? I don't know about all that.

What I do know is that I want to live to be really, really old.

I don't even have a consult date yet. I *do* have the paperwork from the drs. website so that I can get an appointment. I *have* done my research on www.lapband.com. I do know that this is the way I want to go.

So, I guess, as I posted just recently at www.beforeandafter.com, this is the first step of many.

tina

[beachgirl 2]

Congrats on your decision Bama,

It will be the best decision of your life, or at least it was for me. I almost put it off till next year, instead I did it three months ago and 51 pounds are now gone. I'm so proud for you. Insurance companies are at the bottom of my list. I finally had to self pay in Mexico. Hooray for you. Keep in touch southern girl.

[diane5467 0]

Congratulations on your decision, all of us here are in the same boat one way or the other and there is plenty of support on this site. Probably any question you may have has been covered in these forums and we welcome any new ones. I have not yet had my first fill so I am waiting for that new phase, but I already feel lighter, more energetic, and more in power of my own weight.

Best of luck to you!

[TamifromAL 1]

Howdy, neighbor! Welcome to LBT. Have you selected your surgeon yet? Dr. Miles at Medical Center East did my surgery, and I really like both Dr. Miles and Dr. Schmitt, his partner.

Tami

[bama_belle 0]

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome and words of encouragement. I know it is cliche', but it truly does help knowing that there are others out there to talk to, who have gone before me.

Howdy, neighbor! Welcome to LBT. Have you selected your surgeon yet? Dr. Miles at Medical Center East did my surgery, and I really like both Dr. Miles and Dr. Schmitt, his partner.

Tami

Tami, I was recommended to Dr. Richard Stahl at Cahaba Valley Surgical Group. I just mailed the paperwork to them this morning, so we will see.

I have heard of Dr. Miles, though. He did my step-mother's surgery.

[TamifromAL 1]

Tami, I was recommended to Dr. Richard Stahl at Cahaba Valley Surgical Group. I just mailed the paperwork to them this morning, so we will see.

I've heard of Dr. Stahl, too, and I know he has a good reputation. Plus, Shelby Medical will be a little closer to you.

Good luck on your lapband journey.

Tami