Tonight is my seminar night! I am sooo excited! Wish me luck! Does anyone know the the approximate time from seminar to surgery if there are no insurance issues??:biggrin:

Tonight is my seminar night! I am sooo excited! Wish me luck! Does anyone know the the approximate time from seminar to surgery if there are no insurance issues??:wink2:

Hi Tracyde! This is Becky in Arizona. I'm going to a seminar this morning. I hope we both learn a lot. I'm looking forward to asking questions. This is probably not the Doc I will use because he isn't on my insurance but I figured I'd go to the seminar anyway. Is your seminar by the Doc you will be using? I have an appt with my PCP next Wed. That is making me nervous. I hope he refers me to a surgeon quickly. Enjoy your seminar. Will probably see you here later today or tomorrow.:biggrin:

Good luck to you too! I think I will be using this surgeon because he's in my plan and I've heard good things about them. We'll see later...

good question. I'm so excited to go tonight (tracey and I are going to the same seminar) YAY.

Well, I went to the seminar. It was put on by their patient advocate who is a lady who has a band and has lost over a hundred pounds in just over a year. Very interesting. She showed us the band and port itself wrapped of course around a fake stomach. I am glad that I went but I found that I knew most of what she said from researching on the net. I hope both of you geta lot out of your seminar. Then I guess it's on the the Docs and we'll all see what they say. Keep us posted.

I am a self pay so I am sure it will be different. I went to my first seminar Jan 29th and my surgery is this coming Tuesday the 19th.. Now it may sound quick but I have been researching this procedure online and thru friends for 18+ months while saving money for the procedure.

Ok...I attended the mandated seminar and now I'm 110% sure that the Lap Band is for me. My mind is at ease over the surgery & the anesthesia....no more worries. BUT...we got a list of BC/BS requirements and 1 is the 6 month supervised weightloss from a doctor. I am so mad!! I don't want to wait 6 months. Is there a way around it at all?? I've been going to a Psychiatrist for years and he has documentation of my weight loss tries thru him (pills, therapy, etc). Will that help me instead? It's not once a month for 6 months, but its probably every 3 months for the past few years. Will that help instead? I know he'll write a letter. Help!!!???

Becky, I was at true results today at 830am in scottsdale, did you have the seminar with myra? Shes great! I had my consult today and my surgery is the 25th, I saw 2 ladies that were there for5 the seminar..I was with my hubby..I wish I would of known that was you, I could have said hello!