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Kristin0227

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Kristin0227    0

Kristin0227
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I am trying to get banded in Jan 2008, but doctors are not helping by following thru.

I live in eastern Nebraska, and feel strange about letting people know that i am getting it done. i have only told a few close friends.

Any support would be great.

Kristin

PS how do you get that ticker factory thingy on here?

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blg20002000    2

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Kristin,

I also live in eastern Nebraska and my surgeon has been great. It does take awhile to get a surgery date set because of all the pre-testing but once that is taken care of everything seems to roll smoothly. I was just scheduled for Jan 28th. I also felt strange about telling others but now I tell everybody. I think in the beginning I was worried I would be the person it didn't work for, but now I have confidence that it is what is best for me and I tell a lot of people so I have a lot of support. The crazy thing is as I tell more people, I find out a lot of people know someone who has had the same surgery. Good Luck!

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I spoke to the nurse today and the psych and dr elvas are in, but now she has decided to ask for more information from my primary and she is not going to call them until tom and my dr. does not work thursday and friday. WOW! I feel like I am spinning in circles. All this and it still has not gone to the insurance. KRIKY!

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Kristin0227    0

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I really rather not say cause I don't want to offend them. They are truly great, I was just stressed out that day.

I am a mom of 4, I work full time and go to college full time. So every now and then some poor nurse gets the blunt of it. I know I am a horrible person.

My PCP in Dr, Kent peters and my surgeon is Dr. Hovey.

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I am in Omaha and still gathering everything to send to the insurance company. My psych eval is on he 29th of this month and then I'm done. I am working with Dr Tom White at Immanuel hospital...waiting is REALLY hard.

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Hey neighbor (I'm from South Dakota). At first, I was very reluctant to tell people, but now I am really glad I did because everyone has been so supportive of me. I have even helped a friend who is very overweight to get started on the process of getting a lap band after she saw how great things were going for me. I figure if anyone judges me for what I did (such as saying I took the easy way out), then they aren't worthy of being my friend anyway.

And by the way, the spinning in circles feeling is totally normal - it took me 9 months to finally get approved but oh it was so worth the wait!!

Good Luck!!

Robin

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HI Kristin,

I'm in Australia. We luckily don't have to jump hoops to get approved and I only had to wait a short time. I have told a few people, I figure that the rumour mill will take care of the people who don't know! Nurses can be such gossip queens!

Good luck with your journey, I wish you the best,

Jen

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Kristin0227    0

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Thanks Jen

Well I got my approval TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! YEah!!!

I finally got upset last friday 1/11/08 and told them to just freakin submit the claim to the insurance. So on Monday the nirse was trying to figure out where to submit it to, because she wanted a person not just to send it in. On wednesday she found that person, then on Thursday they said that I did not try hard enough to lose weight from the end of 2005 to present. At first I was schocked and then I thought wait one minute...I was pregnant! From 12/2005 to 8/25/06 I was pregnant with my beautiful baby girl, Isabella. Then I breastfeed her for 8 months that brought us to 4/2007 after that I did South Beach the Entire summer and in October 2007 I went to the Dr. to get some real help. The nurse forwarded this information to the insurance company Thursday afternoon. Laura, the nurse, called me this morning and said that when she came in this morning there was a voicemail from my insurance saying that I was approved. Laura said I am going in the record books as the fastest and easiest approval. I told her she was making it to difficult!

So I have any appointment with the Dr. on tuesday and the I will schedule the surgery. i am so nervous. I can't stand it!

Any advice on the surgery procedure?

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