Ok the whole story. Been heavy nearly my whole life. Decided it was finally time to change the whole dieting bouncing back thing. Researched banding a year ago but couldn't bring myself to really get into the process for financial reasons. Started searching again a couple months ago and found out that medicare pays for it if you go to a center of excellence. I am in the process of getting the things done that medicare requires. I am halfway through my psych eval and I go for my stress echo on the 5th of August. I am so excited with the whole process. My current weight is 430 with a BMI of 78.2. I am so excited to finally being able to do something more permanent in my weight loss journey, and I am extremely glad I found this site, which I must admit was homework from my therapist lol. She told me I had to find an online group or a live group somewhere so that I could talk to people who have had and are in the process of having this done. This site has been so very helpful and I know it will continue to be throughout my journey.

Ok the whole story. Been heavy nearly my whole life. Decided it was finally time to change the whole dieting bouncing back thing. Researched banding a year ago but couldn't bring myself to really get into the process for financial reasons. Started searching again a couple months ago and found out that medicare pays for it if you go to a center of excellence. I am in the process of getting the things done that medicare requires. I am halfway through my psych eval and I go for my stress echo on the 5th of August. I am so excited with the whole process. My current weight is 430 with a BMI of 78.2. I am so excited to finally being able to do something more permanent in my weight loss journey, and I am extremely glad I found this site, which I must admit was homework from my therapist lol. She told me I had to find an online group or a live group somewhere so that I could talk to people who have had and are in the process of having this done. This site has been so very helpful and I know it will continue to be throughout my journey.

Congrats on your decision to take control of your life and welcome to LBT. There are many people at all stages of their journey and you will read good and bad things. Just remember that no matter what downfalls you have or exciting hurdles you overcome, we are all here to support you.

Have fun learning and meeting new people and know that in the end, everything will be well worth it. I love this place and hope you will too.

Sincerely,

Stephanie:biggrin2:

I am so excited I have just completed the last of the medicare required tests before I can get my surgery scheduled. So here it goes, the journey is truly beginning. I love this site!!!!