I’m getting the lapband! I’ve struggled with my weight since I was 18 years old, after a broken bone in the ball of my foot kept me on crutches for 6 months. I’ve been able to get down to my ideal weight twice, and come within 1 dress size of my ideal weight 3 times, but have never been able to achieve permanent results. Recently, I began to worry that I would die young as a result of my weight because I had a couple of scares due to mild activity like climbing up the stairs at the theater and dancing one song. Both times, my heart-felt like it would jump out of my throat and I had an asthma attack. I’m not an asthmatic! Then a friend of mine told me about the lapband and said that her insurance covered it. She encouraged me to make an appointment with the True Results office and they would check into insurance coverage for me, with the first consultation being free. I figured I had nothing to lose, so I made the appointment. I was thrilled to discover that my insurance would cover it, but disappointed that I had a 3 month waiting period to qualify. A few days later, I received a phone call from the patient advocate who apologized because they got the wrong insurance information, but that my insurance did NOT have a waiting period and we could get started right away! October 11, 2010, I completed all my test requirements and a sleep study, so now it’s just waiting to hear back from the insurance company and if all goes well, I will have my surgery on November 19, 2010!! I’m so excited and ready to make a change, but I know I can’t do it without help this time and help with keeping the weight off once I’ve reached my goal. This is the singing, Kung Fu fighting, poker playing president and found of the Hispanic Network of Austin, signing off....