Middle BMI BANDSTERS 40.0 to 48!!!!

[antsmith101 0]

Mine is 47 and I will be banded on Dec 3rd.

was approved right away by insurance =)

[DonHoll1 0]

I don`t know what my bmi is now. It was 40 when i was banded. I know i feel great and love my band. Donna

[christasha 0]

Now I think I'm about 47 .. . and I get banded on Monday! It's CLOSE!

Chris

[4jin 0]

christasha congrats on your band date and good luck!

I go to my 1st consult tomw ...I can't wait!!

[4jin 0]

Just bumped into this....it's worth taking a look!

The 20 worst foods in America - Health - MSNBC.com:faint:

[4jin 0]

Hey...everyone

I did my 1st consult today....

it went very well...love my doc

got all the steps needed scheduled dietician appt & all labwork!!

yeah!!!

[kjl315 1]

I had my first consult with the surgeon today, official start weight is 242, BMI 41.5. Now for 3 months of jumping thru hoops.

Bye bye fat, hello healthy!

[4jin 0]

Ok so update!!!

I had my psych eval. It went well.

Actually Piece of cake. He was awesome! as I entered the office he said to take a comfy spot and make myself at home. He had very nice furniture. Has nice soft relaxing music in the background that he turned off once we officially began. He just asked regular questions to get to know you and where in life you are such as married, education, children, extended family life, friends, extended support system you may have..etc. Then he began asking more information has co morbidities if any, explained lap-band procedure, gave some statistics about it, stressed on finding support online or via groups for a better sucess rate longterm. He asked general questions regarding thoughts or how you perceive yourself, etc. Types of diets, what plans, weight history. Then came a written psych eval....He determined based on my previous answers I qualified for the short version. Which as jst4kel mentioned do you hear voices? Do you have hallucinations? and open ended questions for me to answer like..... When I was a child _______________ I just wrote in a sentence.

At the end he came into the exam room looked over the written calculated points....and informed me I passed and that he would provide his summary and report directly to the insurance company, to the surgeon, to my PCP and mail me one as well.

He was great! Not at all what I expected....even better....

[4jin 0]

Tonight I am going to attend the mandatory support group meeting.

then I will be 1/2 way there.

Next week is the preop testing ...after that I will be 3/4 of the way there.......

Dietician will be after the new year.