After researching it and discussing it with my husband, I plan to get banded. I have Unitedhealth care plus and our insurance covers it after jumping hrough some hoops, I suppose. If they keep refusing my and saying no to my appeals then we will pay for it ourselves. I figure 6 months of trying before we pony up the money. I am hoping this board will prepare me for what is coming and inspire me. Any advice on how best to handle my insurance company and how to prepar myself for the surgury and what life is like afterwards is very welcome. I want to know EVERYTHING. thanks!

Read the book Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink. Go talk to a pyschologist (sp) that specializes in eating disorders. This is hard emotionally. Try to find other things to do that do not involve food. You wont believe how much it is a part of our lives. Every commercial on TV is food. This could very well be one of the hardest things you have ever done.

I have been thinking about that. I have two kids under the age of 4 so I am startingto plan on regualr events we can do that are outside, active, and away from food! I am joining the YMCA later today because I can swim easily as it is lower impact and my kids can hang out there. We just moved to the Houston area and there is lots to do, I need to keep out of the house.