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ok so i did my first consult today, and they said that I would be a good candidate for the Lap band. Just gotta get an EKG, blood work, and then wait for the insurance results.

i had been so nervous about my first visit that i was actually loosing sleep. I have no idea why! It was awesome. love the place, great people. I can't wait to get this show on the road!!

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Glad things went so well for you. The testing is the easy part. Waiting on the insurance company, that's another story. Good luck to you and let us know how things are going!

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Hope things go well. Waiting for insurance sucks and then finding out you have to do 6 more months of waiting for surgery for a supervised diet sucks too. I hope your insurance isn't too bad. Good luck.

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I have my consult on the 14th and I am excited to see what happens...

Keep us posted :)

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That's kinda what I'm afraid of....waiting for insurance and then hear something like having to do another horrible diet...blah..we all know those only work for sometime and then its out the pooper.

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That's kinda what I'm afraid of....waiting for insurance and then hear something like having to do another horrible diet...blah..we all know those only work for sometime and then its out the pooper.

That's why the best thing to do is get a copy of your insurance company's WLS policy to go over yourself so you know what you are looking at before you get started and start getting psyched about surgery, only to find out you are going to ahve to do that 6 month diet or something. Also, it will let you know what sort of records they will need and any tests they might require on top of what the doctor's office does.

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I attended a seminar with my hubby because he decided to do the lap band first. I saw everything he went through and was with him 110%. When he went in he only did a consult and they called him within 2 weeks for blood work and a meeting with the doctor. PLUS they gave him a date for surgery 3 days after that. I was like in shock at how fast they put him through.

I know for sure mine isn't going to be like that but here's hoping! Its just that once you start this process you can't wait to get on with it. Its not only going to be the best thing that has happened for me, but for my family. Everything is going to change.

I took all the "junk" food out of my pantry, and my fridge today. It was hard because its so yummy. But if I want my kids to eat right I have to eat right.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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