Hi, My name is Tiffany and I'm on my way to a new healthier me! I'm going to add in dates so I can keep tract for myself. I'm 36 years old, 5'1 3/4, 219 lbs and a BMI of 40.1 For the last few months of 2010 I had clients tell me I should do the Lap-Banding, they had friends or family that did it and have lost so much weight. Well, I went home and googled "Lap-Band good or bad" and read all the BAD things, I got scared and thought no way!

On Dec 8th of 2010 I went in for a check-up, I haven't been in for about 2 years. I was telling the doctor how I always get swollen and it hurts. She then said to me "have you ever thought of getting a Lap-Band"? I started to cry instantly, I wanted to ask about it but felt scared. She went on to tell me how her daughter had it done and had lost a bunch of weight. Well, I got in my car and called my husband and told him I wanted to go to the information night at Park Nicollet for the Lap-Band. I went home and called a friend who I thought might want to go with me and she said she would like to look into it also. So on 12-21-2010 we went for the meeting and I knew right away that I had to have it done. I filled out all my paperwork and I got a rejection letter! As it turns out, I had put down on my paperwork that I was

216 lbs and that gave me a BMI of 39.6, I had missed it by 3-4 lbs. I called the doc and said how my weight goes up and down and asked if I could come in and get weighed. On Tuesday 1-11-2011 I got to go in and I was approved!!!! I now will go in on Tuesday 1-18-2011 for my first doc appt that should last about 3-4 hrs, I'm on my way to a new healthier me!!!!