I just had my THREE hour consultation with my surgeon (and his staff) and it went great (other than the fact that this one ANNOYING guy asked a million questions...most of them were about surgeries that were performed 20 years ago!) The doctor (Dr. Evanson--St Vincent in Indianapolis) was smart, well spoken and FUN! Nice to see a doc with a sense of humor.

Anyway, when I went to a St. Vincent bariatric support meeting, everyone was kinda questioning why on earth I would pick lapband over RnY. I felt like the odd one out (40+ people at the meeting ALL with RnY). I KNOW deep in my heart that RnY is NOT for me. I have no health problems, I exercise regularly, I don't eat sweets...I just binge eat a lot after being on diets and gain everything back. I am your typical yo-yo dieter. The nurses said that the doctor was VERY picky on who he does the lap-band. Well...after meeting with the doctor one on one he said I am the PERFECT candidate for lap-band. He could tell by my history that I would be an ideal patient and wishes all candidates were like me:biggrin:

I just hope the insurance goes through now!!!

oh yeah...one more think...I have been telling everyone I am 5'5" and I found out today that I am only 5" 41/2"...makes my bmi higher....sigh...

I am happy for you!!!! I sometimes eat sweets, but not very often. My biggest problem are potato chips, and carbs!!!! That is a well rounded diet for me! lol. Anyhow, I hope things continue to go well for you!!!!

Lisa

That's good news, Bonnie. You're on your way.

How does the half inch work? Do they take you down to next lower inch to compute your bmi?

by taking away half an inch (they figured it at 5" 4 1/2") it made my bmi atleast .5 higher than what it was.

Oh, okay, thanks. I have to gain a some weight to have a 40 bmi, and I'm a half incher too. I don't want to gain any more than I have to, and I wasn't sure how the compute for that. :blushing: