Going to pcp in a couple hrs.....

Jennywren93 · August 7, 2008

and I am very nervous! he didn't know I was going to check out the lap band surgery, so I am expecting some very big resistance from him. Pray I am wrong! I have put together (from my wii fit) my bmi history by week from 5/26- today and my weight history from 7/22-today. The weight history shows a 2 ish lb loss, but from 5/26, the bmi has gone up 1 point +. I also wrote down things I have been keeping from him (I am not one to complain or call over every little thing), and my weightloss history/diet history from 19 through now.

My dh was trying to give me questions the dr is going to ask me, like how much do I exercise, do I track my calorie intake, etc. and it finally hit me: it's not about losing weight. I have already done that many times. What this surgery is about is giving me a tool to keep the weightloss permanant. I feel I have a "bottomless pit" of a stomach, and have always said that if I had a smaller stomach I could lose weight, so this is the solution to that issue!

any other words of advice I could say to the dr to convince him?

LapBandFan · August 7, 2008

Just tell your PCP that you will be a less risk insurance wise if you can go ahead and get the lapband and get your weight under control before your health suffers from the effects of the weight whcih are inevitable over time!

Good luck and do keep us posted.

Jennywren93 · August 7, 2008

Well, I went. And it went well. At first he thought I was "going from one extreme to the other" but I assured him quickly that I have thoughroughly done my research and have been thinking about this for quite a long time, that I just hadn't discussed it with him. He said there's dangers with any surgery, I said I knew, and the one thing I liked about it is that it IS reversable if something medically happens that it needs to be removed. Went over my weights I had written down, then over my bmi from the last few months, and my weight from the last 2 weeks,, and he saw the trend of me slowly creeping up. We then discussed things I hadn't told him about- my shoulder, stronger periods, my knee hurting, etc, and he said it is all related to weight, and wrote it down. I think what made him agree with me finally was when I told him I just can't fill up, that it seems I dont have that switch to tell me "hey, you're full, stop eating". I told him I can eat my dh under the table! His eyebrows went up and he started writing again. lol So, he decided this would be a good step for me, he asked if I wanted to try drugs, and I said I really take too many already and just don't feel like taking more, and he agreed that they can be difficult and make you jittery.

So, he wrote down on my first sheet that I am to do a "south beach kinda diet with more protein" and walk 30-40 min every day and wii fit. He seems pretty positive about me doing this. He said it may take a while with the insurance. He had a guy trying to do this for 1.5 yrs, on 12 meds, tons of co-morbidities, and finally got it. He lost 150 lbs and is off of all meds! I sure hope my insurance is nicer than his!