I have wanted to get the lap band for a long time but it was not covered by my insurance untill January of this year. After trying everything else and failing miserably looking at all of your pictures and reading your stories gives me great hope. I go in on Thursday for the health tests to get approved for suregery then i will wait on my insurance (BCBS Texas Federal Basic) to approve it. They said they have already done one woman's surgery who took only 2 weeks to get approved. They are waiting to see how well they pay. Anyway, I just wanted to thank all of you who share your lives on this message board! I hope to be one of you soon!

Good luck to you. You will love being banded.