I am officially obsessed! I've been reading stories on here and I want so badly to get my surgery approved!! I still have a long way to go. I need to lose 30 pounds and I'm down 9, which is good but I would like to see more, don't we all! I can't submit my papers until September 25th because that will be six months to the day I started my pre op weight loss diet required by my insurance. I've been reading stories on here about people who are scheduled in June and July and I can't help but to be so incredibly envious! I know this will be a process. I need to be ok with losing weight wether or not I get banded. I need to stop obsessing about the band itself and focus more on losing weight. THe more I lose now the more sucessful I will be!

I was originally scheduled for surgery feb 5th but backed out a week before. I just didn't have that great of feeling about the doctor and I was also self pay. I found out that if I try to jump through some hoops my insurance might pay for it so I have to exhaust that before I put it on plastic. I know I'm doing this the right way but it's so hard to be patient! I've been looking into this since january and it won't be until October if everything is approved. It just seems so far away! sigh

OH well... one step at a time. It's good for me to learn what it takes to do it right the first time. I so look forward to seeing the onderland again!

I know how you feel. At first I thought I was a little crazy for feeling that way...envious. I am in my second month of the 6 mnth process w/my insurance. You are so right, "one step at a time". I know these next months will just zoom on by. Good luck!

Lisa343, is your real name Lisa?

Thanks for posting! I so know what you are going through right now. Do you have to lose a certain amount? I have to lost 10% of my body weight and I am only half way there. Originally I thought that I had to use the doctors information from the bariatrich clinic which I went to on March 25th which puts me at being able to sumbit August 25th as long as I have lost 28 pounds but then I found out they would accept the weight from my doctors office which was Feb 3rd so IF I was able to lose 15 more pounds in two weeks I could submit then but I don't think that is going to happen LOL seven pounds a week? YIKES!

What plan are you on now?