Hi,

I just received insurance approval for the lapband. My surgery date is March 16, 2007 at Arcadia Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Doctor is Dr. Troy LaMar (California Bariatric & General Surgery Associates) in Arcadia.

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions as to getting prepared for the surgery??

I must say I am a little nervous.

Looking forward to your responses.

Chancy:nervous

How wonderul for you! good Luck!

:clap2: :whoo: :clap2:

You might want to do a search... but I believe someone posted a checklist they put together in preparation of surgery. It was very helpful to me. Congrats and good luck!

The thread subject is:

Post-op Checklists - Things to have before surgery.

Excellent source of info. Good luck!

Congrats! That's awesome.

Go to the January and February bandster threads. All of them for that matter. If you have alot of time you can see what all of us went through and used and needed. Good Luck.

Hi Chancy,

Good luck with the surgery.:clap2:

I think that the sugery will go well and I advice you one thing

dont forget Excercise, Excercise, Excercise.

Because Lap-band + Excercise === very fabulous results:scared:

bye

Congrads on your committment to yourself!! One problem that I had with my insurance- I have bluecross blueshield of GA- was that I got the precertification- then after the surgery found out 2 things- 1 that they wanted a preauthorization also- don't ask why- my doctors office was on top of it to fix it, otherwise the bill that I had before me was for 14K- yuk!- but the 2nd was that someone had assisted with my surgery- as far as the band adjustment- that person is not covered under my insurance and I have to pay them $1000- that I wasn't aware of- so just make sure you ask lots of questions from your docs office to insure that all bases are covered- don't worry you will do great!!!

Susan

Hi,

I just received insurance approval for the lapband. My surgery date is March 16, 2007 at Arcadia Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. Doctor is Dr. Troy LaMar (California Bariatric & General Surgery Associates) in Arcadia.

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions as to getting prepared for the surgery??

I must say I am a little nervous.

Looking forward to your responses.

Chancy:nervous

Take pictures of yourself now. A year from now you won't look the same.

Good Luck

Has anyone had the nurse pc discourage you from the lap band and recommend the gastic bypass? Well mine did just yesterday and boy did I come away very disappointed. Help ......Also how do I get into a live chat room

Thank you

Good Luck

Has anyone had the nurse pc discourage you from the lap band and recommend the gastic bypass? Well mine did just yesterday and boy did I come away very disappointed. Help ......Also how do I get into a live chat room

Thank you

Yes. But since I had done so much research already, I knew that the Lap Band was the best choice for me, it had less risks with it, and in the end, people must choose what they feel most comfortable with. Having said that, the same place had a nutritionist who bragged how she "invented" a diet to reduce liver size called "detox". (anyone mildly informed knows this diet of detoxing is common in gastric surgery and the chances of her "inventing" this diet (that can be found with any Google search) are between slim and none.

Soap box moment: I'm so sick of people telling the fat people what WILL WORK FOR YOU that I could barf if I hear it one more time. (note to self: turn television off at 3 AM. Reason: Infomercials)

It's so nice to know that I am not alone in making the right decision for me, not everyone else. I will not let anyone else discourage me. Anyone else out there with the same problem.:help: