Hi! New to the site! I have been overweight my entire life. I started losing my weight journey in 2001 when my gyn doc put me on Adipex. I took those for about a month or two. Then my primary doc told me to stop taking them because of blood pressure. So I joined this program, LA Weight. Loss about 80lbs. with them spent years spending money with them and said I'll never have WLS! Tried over programs as I moved to and from different states( Quick Weight Loss, WW 3 times, Atkins and South Beach). In 2005, started taking Phentermine again through online Pharmacies along with doing LAWL again. Did that for about a year. Finally stopped and gained all the weight back. So in '06, I decided I need to have GB surgery but how was I going to pay for it. So, in '07 I started going to seminars. Started hearing about LAP BAND and all it's stories and cost. Met people who had it done and heard all there wl stories. So, in '08 had a REALIZE BAND placed at a start weight of 310 lbs. loss only 40lbs. I exercised and did my proteins, everything just couldn't pass 40lbs. Never really controlled hunger. Just made it to where food would get stuck and then I would start having problems. Had several fills and unfills. Over the course of 4 years I started thinking well maybe I could start taking pills again. My doc even put me on a low dose Phentermine for 3 weeks, a tease! I thought we were on to something! His rationale was to jump start my metabolism! Ha! In May of '11 found a job with WLS coverage. I new that my precert would have to start one year from the time of my initial coverage (July) with 6 month (Jan '12-July '12)wl supervision. I had it down to a science. Started seeing my PCP in Jan and joined WW again for the 3rd time. July rolled around I scheduled appt with surgeon. Had a scope done didn't find anything wrong with band, just some gastric irritation below due to H. Pylori bacteria. Put me on a 2 week PrevPac. The bariatric coordinator sent paper work to BCBSof AL. They wanted to see proof of where I paid for band. Took about 2- 3 weeks for approval. Schedule for band removal and RNY on 10/22! Wt now 312lbs!

Heck yea...congrats. I see this more and more people switching from band to RNY.

Good luck!!

I'm so glad for you! It's been a long road. Welcome to the forum. I am scheduled for October 3rd surgery.

Thanks!

I am waiting for approval to have the band removed and then rny. Waiting for insurance approval now, I have gained and lost the same 30 to 40 pounds since the band seven years ago. Never got below the 40 pound loss. Now I am at my highest. The one thing the band never helped improved even when losing about 30 pounds was any of my health issues, diabetes, sleep apnea , asthma, copd, High Blood Pressure and generalized pain and inflamation from insulin. My prayer is that the RNY will address some of these. I just want to be able to walk and stand without pain and to BREATH.

Hoping and Praying for you also.

Good luck! I hope bypass works out better for you. I had my surgery at the end of July and I've lost 40 pounds so far. Don't get discouraged if you plateau though, it happened to me and then all the sudden I started losing again. I found that for me night eating is my huge downfall. Nothing passes my lips after 8pm now. Exercise also makes a huge difference.

Welcome and good luck

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