Ok so here it is my first blog ever... POP!! :w00t:that was my blog cherry. hehe.. ok so down to business. I am at the very begining of all of this. i have decided i want to get banded because I am fed up with being overweight... oh hold on i mean morbidly obese... aaaahhhh.... im 5'11 so i hide it pretty well but still the weight needs to go. Like everyone i have tried a lot of diets and i cant loose the weight and keep it off. I did a lot of research and read almost everything on this site as well as others and finally came to the conclusion that i want to get banded.

I am a military spouse and I was ashamed to have to go and see my doctor and ask to get banded. Our hospital is a military hospital on base and they have 18 year olds checking you in and working with you. :cursing: N e ways i was embarrassed to have this fresh out of bootcamp kid check my weight and talk to me about why i want to see my doc.. but I finally said screw it who cares and did it.. i was thinking maybe itll be a civilian older lady that will check me in or something and that i was gettin all worked up for nothing..

And sure enough With my luck it wasnt. :thumbdown:It was not one but TWO straight out of boot camp airmen checking me in and i was their first ever..... ohhh god!!! talk about luck.. well screw them i needed to see my doc.. i had high blood pressure wen i was pregnant off and on but that day wen i went in i had borderline high blood pressure... probably because of those damn airmen.... which is a good thing because i need to have things wrong with me for tricare. haha.

n e ways i talked to the doc and he said he will refer me but he thinks that the general surgeon will deny me and make me try to take these prescription diet pills that was not covered by tricare and would have to be paid by me but will make me loose a ton of weight... i was like umm ok so im gonna be on pills my whole life.. he said no not really just for 4 months and then you are used to the lifestyle change and you wont need the pills..and at dollar a pill i would be broke and homeless but skinny... yea dont think so... :thumbup: soo anyways my referral to see the general surgeon was approved and i have to go in on monday for an one hour informative class.. I did the blood work and im excited to go to this class and there i will be told what exactly I need to do in order for me to get banded.. :eek:

well thats that for now.. sorry for the long story but this was my first and i had to fill in the blanks....

you are hella funny! I'm glad you made that decision..be motivated..and continuous..