Today was my first day of orintation for the lap band, I was told it is required to do 24 weeks of weekly visits to a prep class prior to surgery. Also, they require that you loose 10% of your body weight before surgery as well. My class will begin 9/3/08 and we have the option of doing the opifast diet during this time. Has anyone else had to go through something similar to get the surgery? I did not know the process was sooo long.

my insurance requires the 6 mth diet. i have already completed mine and waiting for my psych eval so that I can get my approval and have my surgery next month.

We have a lot in common :smile2:. Had my first consultation appointment on July 2nd. Insurance requires a 6 month medically supervised diet, although right now the Doctor I'm going to only offers a once-a-month program. Hoping to get on board with a weekly program they are starting. I lost weight on Optifast about 10 years ago. It's an all-liquid diet. Let me know if you have questions. Have a great day -- we can do this!! :redface:

We have a lot in common :thumbup:. Had my first consultation appointment on July 2nd. Insurance requires a 6 month medically supervised diet, although right now the Doctor I'm going to only offers a once-a-month program. Hoping to get on board with a weekly program they are starting. I lost weight on Optifast about 10 years ago. It's an all-liquid diet. Let me know if you have questions. Have a great day -- we can do this!! :biggrin:

Hi twisty, thank you for the response. So was the all liquid diet hard for you? Good luck to you on your journey too, take care!

my insurance requires the 6 mth diet. i have already completed mine and waiting for my psych eval so that I can get my approval and have my surgery next month.

Did you have your surgery yet?

Hi! I stumbled onto this website when I was checking out the lap-band method. I thought I'd see what everyone has to say and get some feedback. I'm at least 175 pounds overweight:frown: and really starting to feel every single one of them. I'm not the healthiest eater but give me a break!!!

my insurance requires the 6 mo dr supervised diet, and I just got my pcp on board last week, so this is the start of my journey. I was wondering if there was a special place on this board for people like us.... looking for support for the long 6 mos ahead! lol Well, if not, I guess we can just keep this thread moving and we can all keep eachother company?