Hello to everyone. I am 29 years old and I have an awesome supportive husband and 3 beautiful children, two boys and 1 girl. They keep me pretty busy. I currently (about a week and a half ago) went to the doctor to inquire about the lap band. At first I was skeptical and basically kind of scared, but I have been overweight all my life, I have high cholesterol and very high triglycerides and I realize I need to do something, for me and my family. I want to live to see them grow and get married. I have Kaiser Insurance, and I have been approved for an orientation next week, and from there they will let me know if I am a good candidate. I am praying I get approved. My BMI is 37.5, so I'm not sure, all I can do is try. My biggest fear is getting Diabetes. My grandmother had type 1 and my mother, uncles and aunts have type 2, I will do everything with Gods strength to help prevent myself from getting it too. I was just curious what the steps are and how long it will take after approval from Kaiser to have the actual surgery?:thumbup:

Yes my BMI has been 40. I have high cholesterol and very high triglycerides, which I need to get under control. I had a baby in october 2007, then in March 2008 I was 226lbs, which put me at a 40 BMI, so I changed my eating and started exercising, lost some weight, but unfortunately I got sick a couple of times and it threw me off. I need to just stay focused and work really hard to continue to drop the weight, that is why I am looking into the lap band, a little help would be good. I am currently 213, my goal is to hopefully reach at least 140. I'm 5'3" tall so even 130 would be good, according to bmi chart I think 130 is where its supposed to be.