Hi, I am Lori and I am in the Charlotte area. I have a 26 month old daughter, I am a single mom and work full time. I am in pretty good health but I have always struggled with my weight. I have thought about gastric for years but only the bypass. I have recently been researching the band and have gone to the Dr's to have the procedure preformed. I am approved by the Dr and the nutritionist but I am pending the Psychologist and insurance approval. I have my psych appt Monday morning and I believe that should go ok but of course I am not 100% certain. While I know the Dr's office and nutritionist support the surgery, I wonder if there will be an issue on the psych or insurance. The Dr's office has advised me that insurance will not be an issue as long as they, the nutritionist and psych support the surgery.... but still you wonder, what if? I am very ready to have this surgery and cant wait to start on my transition. I have been on this site and reviewing posts for the last week and I am excited and nervous about what I read. I can only hope that all goes well and that I find the added help that I apparently have needed for years. I hope that in a week or two I am able to come on here and inform everyone that I have a date set for surgery.

Welcome LORI, I'm also new to the forum & currently waiting word from my provider. The psych. eval. went pretty smooth for me , after answering about 500 crazy questions on paper the only thing he really asked me was if I ever intentionally threw up to lose weight. He said some people will eat too much and all the wrong things with the intentions of throwing up and that can cause some serious problems. I assured him I hated to throw up and that would never happen. Good luck in your journey. JohnC

Thanks John. Good luck to you as well.