Wish me luck as I start on my journey. Attended the seminar today and I'm really excited. Hopefully the insurance pulls through for me. Glad to be in the company of so many like me!!! :cool:

welcome I am very new as well hoping to be banded in the first or second week of august. who is your surgical group? I am in md as well.

welcome, its a great thing you are doing, i love my band!!

Thanks! I am going to the Obesity Center in Washington DC. Dr. Moazzez. When I went I actually saw someone else I knew that lived down the street. It's the only center in DC that is designated as a center of excellence.

I am from MD too. I just had my surgery last Wednesday. I had mine at Shady Grove, which is also considered a center of excellence!! Welcome!!!

Hi... I'm newbie and from MD too! I'm having my 'banding' this upcoming Wed, July 16th at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. My doctor is Dr. Kuldeep Singh from the 'Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery' in Baltimore, Maryland (another Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence). Looking forward to corresponding with ohter 'banders!'

Good luck & best wishes to all. Jackie

Hello

Well I am from maryland as well I had my surgery 28may08 at Holy Cross Hosptial in Silver Spring md . Dr.Long .

My surgery is tomorrow morning Monday July 14 2008 @ 9: 15 am @ St Agnes.My Dr is Kuldeep Singh.

Jackie I get a great feeling about sucess with Dr Singh and his group.Hope all goes well with you

welcome to LBT.

I am looking for a doctor in the Montgomery County area that accepts Aetna. Thanks! :thumbup:

Hello fellow Marylanders.

I have Aetna open access. Hopefully they approve me. I know I qualify and I just need to have confidence which is hard to come by these days. I have my first nutritionist appointment on Aug. 13. I guess I'll find out then when I should start having tests... I'm crossing my fingers that the 3 months go by quickly. I've been reading and am getting more excited!!

Dr. M is the best....good luck.

Hello everyone! I am a fellow Marylander but in Western Maryland and I went with Dr. Gorman's office in Chambersburg, PA. He is with the Bariatric Group there.

I am scheduled for surgery on Thursday 8/28! What an exciting time after going through the 6 month process with Aetna! Glad to finally be here with just a few days to go.

I have started my 5 day fast to prepare for surgery. Tough, but definitely worth it!

Hi All, I'm planning on getting banded but I don't know if I'll be accepted. I'm 5 ft. 4 in. and 215 lbs. I have arthritis. My hips kill me when I try to walk a lot. And my knees give me a fit. I'm going to go to a seminar at Harford Memorial with Dr. McKenna. Has anyone had Dr. McKenna and how did it go?

Welcome to the LBT Silverband and wishthin59

Good luck to the both of you!!!!

Yes, live in MD and even on the Eastern Shore.

Dr. Sofronski with Delmarva Bariatric did my surgery in 2005. I have had excellent care and results. I was over 300 and am now around 175. I hope to be around 130 by next year.

The surgery was one of the best things that I could have done.

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