I started my journey of everything in April.

I'm 22, 23 in august and I weigh 419 pounds.

April 5th was my seminar.

April 18th was my consultation.

I had Xrays and blood work done April 23rd all turned up negative. :thumbup:

And now I start my 6 months of supervised diet and exercise on May 6th.

I'm sad that I have to do 6 months but at first the insurance said 1 year so 6 months is nothing! I'm already using baby silverware to teach myself to take small bites and chewing chewing chewing! I'm eating smaller amounts, and I took junk food and sodas out of my diet completely!

And now I'm also waiting on my Psych evaluation appt.

My EKG appointment (they heard an irregular heartbeat at my consultation)

and then I have the endoscopy and 2 week preop diet those will probably be around October! Either way I don't have that long to wait considering i started learning stuff about lapband toward the beginning of the year and they just started it where I live in March.

My insurance approved me already just have to do this 6 month thingy :thumbup: Either way I'm VERY happy.

Congrats....sounds like u will do great. Good luck to you and keep us posted on your progress!!!

well congratulations u have one of the hardest parts out of the way.. The best part about it is that you should be banded before the end of 2008...

Way to go with making so many positive changes while you are waiting for your 6 months to pass.

Congrats Froggi! I totally understand that it's so hard to be patient, but at least you already have the insurance approval!

One of the hardest things is sitting around waiting knowing that everything else is done, but wondering if your insurance will still find a reason to say no. So you're lucky, you have a clear-cut plan, an approval and a timeline, you're in great shape so far.

The next six months will be hard, but you're taking good steps learning how to eat properly and cutting out all the bad food. When you finally do get your band, you'll be ready to hit the ground running and you'll be a step ahead of all of us who waited until the time of our surgeries to learn how to eat and make the most of it.

I know waiting's hard, but with how fast time flies nowadays, 6 months will be over before you even know it!

(((((huge hugs)))))

I sure hope the 6 months goes by quickly. I think it will though because I have other appointments and such to goto while waiting, like the psych evaluation and all of these nutritional classes every other week. My mom keeps making my worry about the psych evaluation but I think I'll do fine. She can be frustrating. I just don't like waiting I have never been a patient person, it's hard.

Okay I have a question. I know my insurance approved to pay for this if I do the 6 month supervised diet which I am but after I do everything do I have to have it all sent in again and get approved again? I'm getting confused due to some posts I read lol.

If the insurance approved, they approved. However, if you're uncertain, it may be good to call the coordinator at your doctor's office, or someone on the office staff who handles insurance, and just have them confirm that this is an official approval, and nothing further will be needed from insurance.