Hi there!! My name is Christina, I'm 26 and happily married for just over a year now. After lurking for months and countless hours of research along with a job change to obtain insurance known to cover lapbanding I have made an initial appointment with a surgeon!!! :banana :banana :banana December 9th, I will finally see if I am eligible for this surgery. I am so excited yet very nervous!! I'm not quite sure of what I need to bring as far as documentation and such.

Christina :Bunny

Welcome Christina! There are lots of threads here about the testing and doctor visits. Browse through some of the older posts and you will find tons of information. Good Luck!

Christina, good luck to you! I'm pm'ing my dr's website to you. There's a good pre-questionaire on it that can give you some good info.

Welcome Christina. I remember making my first appt. Congrats on making that first step

Welcome, Christina! Congrats on making that first appointment! You will find tons of info on this forum.

Hi Christina!

Nice to meet you! I am 30 years old and have been married 5 years. I live in Oregon. Good luck getting the band and best wishes, Teresa

Congratulations Christina! Please arm yourself with all the knowledge available. You'll find numerous threads here at this site and on many others that will help you to understand what you are getting into and hopefully ward off any surprises once you've moved to the other side! Research, research, research! Good luck to you!

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome!! I wish my family were as open and understanding of this procedure as you all are. I also found out yesterday my insurance will require a referral letter from my PCP. That's gonna be the hardest part of all this. Thanks again..

~Christina:Bunny

HI Christine,

congrats and welcome.Tell me how you get those cute little christmas stuff

and snowman on your post.

Eva

CHristina: Welcome from one nurse to another. Good luck. Keep us posted on how things progress. Where are you located?

HI Christine,

congrats and welcome.Tell me how you get those cute little christmas stuff

and snowman on your post.

Eva

Thank you for your welcome:) The x-mas ticker I found at "snugglepie.com", it's mainly a fertility site but they have other cute tickers...

~Christina:Bunny

CHristina: Welcome from one nurse to another. Good luck. Keep us posted on how things progress. Where are you located?

YEAH another nurse!!!! I am so nervous about the time it will take me to really be 100% at work. I just made a job change to a smaller community hospital, so hopefully it will be a little easier.. I am located in western Massachusetts.

~Christina:Bunny

Hi Christina,

I am a housekeeper and assistant inn-keeper. My job is pretty active and requires lots of bending, lifting, etc. I took one week off and was fine going back to work the following week. I had to take it a little slower and easier but otherwise it wasn't too terrible. I had flown to Mexico for my surgery, was in the hospital two nights, flew home and went shopping at Costco the following day. I found I was definitely sore but not unbearably the first few days. Good luck on your first appt. Teresa

Christina, congratulations! Best of luck with your appointment. Any idea how long until you can get a surgery date?

I'm still sorting things out with my insurance company. I have to have my surgery done at a facility that's part of our larger health care facility network (HCA -- I'm a peds nurse), and since I live in Alaska, my options are limited. So between that and the six month medically supervised farce - I mean diet - they want me to do, it's going to be awhile for me, I'm afraid.

Are you an ER nurse? That sounds pretty exciting. I bet every day is different. You're a better woman than I.

Again, congratulations and best of luck with moving toward your surgery!

Christina, congratulations! Best of luck with your appointment. Any idea how long until you can get a surgery date?

I'm still sorting things out with my insurance company. I have to have my surgery done at a facility that's part of our larger health care facility network (HCA -- I'm a peds nurse), and since I live in Alaska, my options are limited. So between that and the six month medically supervised farce - I mean diet - they want me to do, it's going to be awhile for me, I'm afraid.

Are you an ER nurse? That sounds pretty exciting. I bet every day is different. You're a better woman than I.

Again, congratulations and best of luck with moving toward your surgery!

Vickums,

I have no idea how long it will be before I am given a surgical date.. I have heard that this surgeons office it's usually 4-6weeks after initial consultation. I already have my sleep study done(it was done by my primary for other reasons) I don't think my surgeon requires a supervised diet, hopefully not(I'm so inpatient at times) Yes, I am an ER nurse, some days are good and others make me wonder why I don't work at Home Depot or something. I do love my job though.. I thought the same of you for working Peds, whenever I have to start lines on those little ones it makes me want to cry....

Hugs,

~Christina:Bunny

I'm still sorting things out with my insurance company. I have to have my surgery done at a facility that's part of our larger health care facility network (HCA -- I'm a peds nurse), and since I live in Alaska, my options are limited. So between that and the six month medically supervised farce - I mean diet - they want me to do, it's going to be awhile for me, I'm afraid.

Vickie,

You work for the largest healthcare corporation in the world, trust me, your options are not limited.

If you can fly to CO, there are 3 HCA facilities that do lap banding.

Linda - btw, I work for HCA as well