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BillyTheBear    0

BillyTheBear
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Hello all. I've been meaning to get on some forums but I've just been so busy with life. I'll start with the basics.

I'm Bill (or Billy). I'm 25 years old. I've been overweight all my life (atleast ever since I could talk. . . grandma and mom loved feeding me bisquits and gravy!). Anywho, this year I got married and my wife and I found out we were having a baby early this year. . . she's due NEXT MONTH!!! (SO EXCITED!)

So after I found out the good news, I started researching weight loss options. I've never wanted to lose weight more than I do now. I want to be an active and healthy father, and be here as long as I can be for my wife and daughter. With that said, after doing all the research, I chose LapBand.

Fortunate for me, I am under Federal BlueCross BlueShield. . . I started the process in October, and have been completely finalized and scheduled for surgery for November 24th!!! (12 DAYS AWAY!!!).

I'm very excited about my journey I'm about to take. I tell ya what though, day two of this pre-op is KILLIN ME!! But I can and WILL do this!!

Hope to get to know all of you and share my journeys ups and downs here.

Regards,

-Bill

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bellamama
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Hi Billy,

Congratulations on your baby and surgery news. This is very exciting for you, lots to look forward to for a bright healthy future with your new family. I'm from cleveland, and I am waiting any day to hear from the insurance, once I get the go ahead my dr said it will be this year, likely december?

Where are you having your surgery? Are you scared?

Best of luck to you,

Bellamama:wink:

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PontiacMan    0

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Hey Bill my name is Bill also, I'm from Massachusetts and I'm being banded Nov 24 as well!!! I'm 46 and will still be in the hospital on Nov 25 which is my Birthday. Guess we won't be celebrating with a Turkey dinner this year!! Best of luck to you and keep in touch. By the way I have BCSS Federal Ins too....... Regards Bill

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LISAMARIE1158    0

LISAMARIE1158
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Hello Pontiac man..l too live in Mass and Have federal B/C and B/S...when you get your bill from the hospital, make sure you go over it..They were trying to charge me $4,000 for the lap band..a small piece of plastic, stating its billed as durable medical equipment..l have been fighting them as there is nothing in the book that states this, nor anything in my approval letter..l was expecting a bill for $100.00 for the hospital, not $4,000...So many others l work with have had the procedure done and didn't get a bill like mine...l haven't heard from thenm in a couple of weeks so maybe they have figuared it out...HEADS UP...

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BillyTheBear    0

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Had my surgery this morning (had to reschedule for today). I'm doing really well considering. On the liquid pain meds now. . . . not having any problems really with gas or swallowing. . . and drinking a good amount of Water. . just having the after surgery pains. No regrets. . . today start my new life :blush:

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BillyTheBear    0

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Thanks all. I'm doing better now that I've bee able to rest quite a bit. Certainly doesn't hurt having a nurse as my wife who took a couple days off to be with me :) Heck if it wasn't for her I probably woulda never went through with it. Still in the pain phase. . but I'm hoping I'm one of the lucky ones and that stops within a few days. Everything else has went so perfect. :P

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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