I was advised to start a blog for this enormous change in my life to document all of the changes. What a daunting task!

I started this journey back in October, when I attended an seminar about the Lap-Band® with Dr. Adam Smith. I was extremely impressed and had actually spoken with some of his patients and heard great things, so I figured what the heck, let's do it.

Because I have my insurance with Aetna, there were requirements prior to having the surgery. I had to have 3 months/4 meetings with a nutritionist (either one with the Dr's office or one of my choosing), and a psych consult. Due to work being so hectic as of late and a promotion that has taken a great amount of time from doing anything else, it's taken me until just this past Monday to complete all of my required appointments. I need to have one more meeting for insurance purposes to make sure I will be covered before they will schedule a date for me and I need to have my cholesterol tested before that meeting. Surprisingly, Aetna has agreed to consider high cholesterol as a co-morbidity! Great news for me as I have no other co-morbidities!

I so hope everything goes well and that insurance will be covering my surgery. I'm tired of living the way I do and I need help!

Best of luck to you Amy. Blogging is a great idea - it helped me a lot.

Blogging helps me keep my paws out of the ccokie jar. Best wishes imaluckydog

AMY,

I too have AENTA and they paid for everything. My band was done by Dr. Ferrara from Dr. Smith's office. Everything will be fine

I know go to nutrionist and therapy for overeating. If you would like to get some more info you can email me at PHIL0355@AOL.COM.

I would love to find a support group in our area that really helps a lot.

Good luck

PHIL

Best of luck to you Amy. Blogging is a great idea - it helped me a lot.

Thank you so much!

Blogging helps me keep my paws out of the ccokie jar. Best wishes imaluckydog

Lol, I think that's going to be my self-therapy as well!

Congratulations on taking time for yourself - we all have committments (work, family, friends,etc) that take time away from us, and I am so proud of you for taking this huge step to a better life for you! This is an awesome place to get support as you make this journey - Best Wishes!