Hi Everyone!!

Good luck to everyone that has already been banded!!!

I am getting banded Sept 10th and would like to have any other sept banders to jump aboard and let support each other like never before!!!:clap2::whoo:

I am due to have mine on Sept 6th! 3weeks away, and I am SOOO excited!

Tonya:)

I am having mine Sep. 6th as well! Where are you having yours? Good luck! We will have to keep in touch and encourage each other! How much do you need to lose?

I am having mine in Houston at Memorial City Hospital, and you? I need to lose about 130. Yes we will have to keep in touch! Good luck to you too!!

tonya

I am having mine in Anniston,AL by Dr. Black Sept 11, I need to lose about 140lbs

We are on the same day 9-28. I am going to Mexico. My sister in law will go with me, she is a Dr.

Darragha! We share two of my very favorite things in common! I am a HUGE romance reader, and I am also getting my surgery done from Dr. Montgomery. I can't wait! Sept. 4th.

For the rest, I have 150-170lbs to lose...ouch!

Take care!

Carey

my husband is scheduled for 9/10 me 8/20

Dr. Cahn Boise ID

I am going to Dr. Ortiz in TJ. I have 130 pounds to lose as well! :faint: Looking forward to a new me!!!:whoo:

I'm scheduled for September 6. Ive finished all my test. I'm on liquid diet so that I can shrink my liver. I'm on my way. I want to give a shout out to all the September Banders....go! go!

I am to be banded September 20 in TJ with Dr. Huacuz. Hoping to be lots smaller by Christmas.

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Hi to ALL!

My name is Marisa I'm 48 years old, I'm having lap band surgery on SEPT 10th At Unity hospital in Fridley MN. My Doc is Jeff Baker.

My weight gain started 17 years ago when I had 4 children close together. I had gained over 50 lbs with the first pregnancy and never returned to baseline again.

My weight in 2006-2007 was 250lbs @ 5'3".My health was declining rapidly. I couldn't walk up a flight stairs without being short of breath and strength.

I attended an informational meeting and felt moved to tears-- that this procedure was a definite God-Sed.

I started the long application process in January, I visited a dietitian for 3 months. My weight began dropping just by beginning to eat small pieces and increasing my activity a bit. Gradually I've lost 24 lbs.

I was shocked to find how satisfied small portions can be.

I've been weaning myself off breads so that It won't be a total shock ... I've decided I can live without the soft breads and possibly rice and pasta cause there's alot of other choices out there.

I'm excited to be joining up with the September group of Lap Banders I'll be praying all our surgeries go well!

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hey all. I have been trying to get the lapband for three years now. I have finally given up on insurance paying for it. I am going to self pay. I see the dr. monday and hope to get a date set. I still have to get a sleep study. Dont understand that why i need that when i am paying for it. Oh well... i am so excited! Will continue to be looking on here for support. I am scared of the preop and post op liquid diet too. Finally, i can see light at the end of the tunnel.

t:whoo:

Hey!

I'm to be banded Sept. 27...just had my EGD on Friday, going for the psych exam tomorrow. Being a federal BCBS member, apparently you get the surgery date FIRST and try to get all other tests in before the big day--guess that means that approval is pretty much a done deal....whew!

Actually all of this has gone rather quickly for me. It's just starting to sink in that one day I'll be a mere shade of my former self...woo hoo!!!

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hey all. I have been trying to get the lapband for three years now. I have finally given up on insurance paying for it. I am going to self pay. I see the dr. monday and hope to get a date set. I still have to get a sleep study. Dont understand that why i need that when i am paying for it. Oh well... i am so excited! Will continue to be looking on here for support. I am scared of the preop and post op liquid diet too. Finally, i can see light at the end of the tunnel.

t:whoo:

I am sorry to hear about your lack of insurance coverage, it seems like that is a problem with a lot of people. I am a self pay also and did tons of research on different docs. It is a shame that our insurance providers don't wake up and realize that this is a huge health benifit and they should be in full support of it! Thanksfully we have doctors who will lower the price of the surgery so that people who have to pay themselves are able to afford it!

P.S. I know the cost will be worth it though! Good luck!