Ok here goes. Im a 41 wife and mother of four, 22, 21, 8, & 6. A grandmother of two, 2 and 6m. I have survived a hystorectomy, and cancer of my kidney. I am ready to take control of my life and lapband is going to be my tool to start!

I started my journey in Dec. of 07. For ins. I had to lose 20lbs to qualify for the surgery. It was a long hard road. I thought to myself if I could lose the 20lbs on my own I wouldn't be trying to get a lapband. Well I did very well losing the wait until March, I had lost about 10lbs and had to have foot surgery. Guess what? I gained my weight back. I got back on the wagon the next month, did all my visits for heart, pulmanary, (find out I have sleep apnea) and psyc.. by Aug. I lost 15lbs again and they sent it off to my ins. co.. The next week my ins. approved surgery:thumbup:. Well I called the office to set my surgery date and find out they never recieved ok from pulmanry Dr. :thumbup:. I had to call them and they said I needed another appt.. Luckily they got me in the next day. It is Mon. morning and Im waiting for 9:00 to call the office and see if they recieved the ok.

Just when I think everything is back on trac my dh dicides to let me know he doesn't want me to do the surgery. :smile: Now's a fine time to tell me. He is afraid something might go wrong or I won't make dinner after I have the surgery (he loves his food, who dosen't). Ive assured him the only thing that would chande was my size. He did let me know it was my choice, but I still can tell he is upset about the whole issue.

I want this to work out so bad. Im tired of being fat and hungry all the time.

we're here for ya sweetie

Hi Cyndy, my husband was just like yours. He really didn't say much about the surgery as I was going through all of my pre-op tests but once I got a surgery date he said 'I just have to tell you, I don't want you to do this.' : ) I totally understood him. I told him that I fully understand that he has done everything in his power to get me to reconsider but I am making this decision for myself. I just wanted him to know that if , God forbid, anything went wrong, he wouldn't feel any guilt like 'I should have stopped her.' Fortunately, I was banded 5 days ago and thank God all went well. I wish you all the best in your surgery, recovery and new life.