Hi Everybody,

I am a happily married mom of 3, and I have been struggling with my weight for 8 years now (I gained a lot of weight with my first child, and there it stayed). I have tried all the diets, and spent a ton of money only to fail a short time later!

I found out that my insurance, Tri-Care, approves the lap-band procedure 4 days ago. Since then I have made an appointment to go to the seminar this next Wednesday, and the nurse said I could be done with everything in about 4 weeks. HOLY MOLY I am so ready!!!:rolleyes2:

Hello and Welcome to LBT :thumbup:

That's wonderful news and it's great your insurance will pay for it. I had BCBS of Minnesota and they paid for it as well. It's the best thing I have ever done :smile2:

Good luck :rolleyes2:

Dustydolls,

I am so happy for you. I too have three kids and struggled with weight after children. I would lose weight just to regain it all back. I remember the first time I read reviews on the band and I knew it was for me from that moment on. It was a challenge getting through all the insurance stuff but i can tell you it was worth every minute of it. I was banded 3/18/08 and have now lost 45 pounds. I go up and down a pound but never more and continue to lose regularly. The band is the best thing that I have ever done for myself and for my family because now I will be around a lot long. I have even started going to the gym since Jan 08 in prep for my surgery and I love to go even to today. You may want to start some kind of exercise program as well because I think it helps you recover faster.

Wish you the very best and hope it goes quickly for you.

Dont let the insurance stuff get you down.

Hugs

Paula:thumbup:

Hi, that is so wonderful! I to am so excited, uhc covers the surgery too and i've already gone to the seminar and i have the consultation on the 3rd. I have all my paperwork in hand, labs, echo, sleep study, stress test, medically needed letter. lol I want to make sure that they submit all of this to the insurance company that day so i wont have to wait for them to tell me what i need from my dr. office. i hope to get a surgery date if all is well and start my preop labs real soon.

Hi Dustysdoll,

Wow, you can have your surgery in a month? Lucky girl! I'm a Tri-Care patient, too, but my doctor wanted so many tests that it took from early February until the end of April to get them all done. Then I got to see my surgeon for the first time, and he said it was a go for today (June 19). That was a 6 week wait. He's a busy guy!Then I got bronchitis, and last week, since I still had a cough, he said no surgery until July 3. So sad! Today should have been my day, but I know it will be worth the wait. The cough is getting better, so I'm sure it will be a "GO" two weeks from today.

Good luck and welcome!!! You'll do great!!

Well, i hope that it takes about a month, thats why i have all my labs and studies in hand so that they can submit to the insurance company for the code that is needed for the go ahead.