I will be banded on october 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(tentitively,..waiting for insurence) I am excited, although this time when i went to get weighed my BMI went down under 40. I hope that the insurence will go through!!!

Congratulations!

I am going to get my band October 22. My doctor is Dr. Kirshenbaum in Denver.

Good luck and I hope that the insurance comes through for you!

for the October bandsters to get started. I am planning to be banded on October 13th if all goes well. I have my psyc evaluation this week and am getting my 5 year weight history from Drs to send to the surgeon

. My BMI has to be 40 for 5 years and/or 100 lbs over ideal weight for five years I am not sure about #1, but am sure that I have been 100 over for the past five years so I should get approval easily. Once I get it all in I will keep you posted on my insurance approval hopefully it will come quickly, if not I will be calling a bugging them constantly.

I'm supposed to be banded Oct 29th if all goes well. :thumbup: What are we calling ourselves?

hmmm...what to call us....hmm....

Well, let's see October...fall....halloween...pumpkins...candy...costumes...orange...black...cats....

We have to be able to go somewhere with this

LOL the banded pumkins!! LOL.... don't take offence... i think it is funny!

the bankins?

Smashing Pumpkins :thumbup:

My vote for the is for the smashing pumpkins.

:thumbup:Hey I like the idea of smashing pumpkins. I'm finishing up my 6 mo. diet and I hope to be banded in Oct. (if all goes well) I'm really excited but also nervous because it is so close. My 6 mo has went by fast. I had hope to do better with my weight loss before surgery but I have really struggled. Wish you all the very best.

Hello Friends ! Well, I am tentatively set for October...so hopefully I can join the group. My consult is September 10th with Dr Snyder in Denver, where I live. I'm a full-time college student and I run my own business online at home, I have been trying to get approved since March of this year, and I can't wait for my new life to begin. What does everyone else do?

I think Smashing Pumpkins is really cute! I will ask my friends in the chat what they think and report back...!

So i guess we are the Smashing Pumpkins! I like that as do many of you! SO....Welcome Smashing pumpkins!

We are a group that is determined to smash the pumpkins that we hold in ourselves in all shapes and sizes. We will become the oriental pumpkins soon enough!!! I can't wait to have mine done! I am reading a lot of things on here that are making me second guess...such as a flipping of ports or other complications. Are they really that common?

Have you read any books? I just got this book and it addressed a lot of fears and concerns I had:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Laparoscopic-Adjustable-Gastric-Banding-Achieving/dp/0595311148/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219158028&sr=8-1]Amazon.com: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Achieving Permanent Weight Loss with Minimally Invasive Surgery: Jessie H. Ahroni Ph.D. A. R. N. P.: Books[/ame]

And yay Smashing Pumpkins! :thumbup:

Hey everyone. I just found out last week I am having my surgery on Oct 1st. Good luck to you all. :smile2:

Congrats and welcome! :smile2: