I scheduled my seminar for the 9th of January and I called back today to see if I can schedule my appointment or what I need to do. They schedule it for the 18th. My insurance says it only take 10-30days at the longest to get approve. so I am thinking end of February 1st of March. I am soo excited but yet so scared. also I found out that my diabetes is way out of wack and the dr. is putting me on insulin at night-time Ugh!!! What should I expect my 1st appointment???

Susan, congrats on starting this path. I was borderline diabetic and my Dr was about to put me on pills for it (same with my blood pressure). Hope all goes well with insurance. Its a hit or miss thing, some companies are very good (mine was great). Each doctor is so different in there approach. My experience for my consultation was this: We had a group meeting in the doctor's waiting room ( probably about 20 of us). He went over the various types of WLS, went over pro's and con's of each. Answered any and all questions. Then we were taken back one at a time to have a personal consultation while his coordinator took down our insurance infomation and the nurses took all our vitals to make sure they felt we were qualified from a physican stand point. It was painless for me. I have heard some have to sit through an all day seminar. Its hard to say what your doctor does. Whatever you have to endure, let me state it is all worth it. i would do it again in a heartbeat. Good luck.

Hi Susan, each doctor is different. At my first appointment he introduced me to the lapband. He actually showed me what it looked like and how the surgery worked. We discussed my diet failure, my BMI and everything. I hope you have as good of luck with your surgeon as I did. Good luck.