This is my first day to this new site!

It looks like a great site so far, full of people's questions & everyone else's answers!

I plan on keeping it in my favorites & visiting often!

Last week on Friday I had a seminar with my doctor & a group of other surgery candidates. The seminar went really well. The information was presented in a clear fashion & I went in knowing what surgery I was interested in.

The Lap-Band.

Well, while in the seminar the doctor starts talking about the hospital doing a study for the Swedish lap-band, to aid in the FDA in getting it legal for all patient's who want it.

So I was very excited about that. Being a participant of a study means no cost to you, no insurance approval. Everything is taken care of for you.

So then i had a private visit with the doctor & he thought I would be a perfect candidate for the study! yes!!

The next step was for a secretary or something to call me & tell me when my physical & other appointments would be.

Well as of today i had not received a call. So I called her.

I knew with the surgery study that they need to be completed in October, so I knew I would have to move fast.

Well I talked to her & she was not sure if I would qualify or not, with my pre-existing condition of psuedo-tumor cerebri. I guess a person has to have a worse pre-condition than that to me accepted. But she is going to look into it for me.

Plus my BMI is only 37, not over 40 as would qualify me right away.

So while I was on cloud nine, I got brought crashing back down!

Now I am waiting again to find out if I will qualify or not!

That's it about me for today!

GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

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Take care Ginger

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