So I was asleep this morning but my mum got a call from the dietician at the hospital and she said that I've been approved to be the first person at the pa here in brisbane to get the band in the public system - yay- I've been waiting since may and it's only on tuesday that I started to get depressed wondering if this was actually going to happen so really it's the best time ever to get the news, I was told in may I'd be on a category 2 list which is 3-6 months but the letter the dietician got is more like early December which is fine, the only thing I'm gonna be peeved about is I'm gonna be on mushies for christmas and cuz christmas is soooo hot here I really don't feel like eating mashed potato and what not lol - although I probably will loose more if I sweat it out lol so yeah. I'm actually really happy now, I mean with the way this is going I will be the first one ever on the public system at the pa, usually people get banded there but they have to pay for everything themselves where as cuz I have been approved for the public system I don't have to pay a cent, not anything for an anesthiest (sp?) nothing for fills (What I am super excited about) I mean in america you have to pay either a little for fills/you only get a years worth or you get it half off but this way I will not have to pay for a cent for anything, really the only thing I have to pay for is the pre op diet which is like $50 soooo I'm pretty f*cking happy as you can imagine lol. Actually I'm glad I'm one of the first because now that this has been approved at my hospital it's only going to take 6 months and then there will more than likely be a 5 year waiting list but I'll be done in like less than a month

Oh and wtf is up with the new website? It looks crappy and I can't get into the chat room =( grrrr

Edited November 6, 200817 yr by Sarah.R

congrats to you!!