KassieRose

Here I am... 19 years old, 5'9'', and 350 pounds. It's amazing, and obviously not in a good way, that I have somehow managed to get to that weight in my 19 years of life. That means I gained .25 pound(s) a day. Half of a half of a pound. But you know what, I am tired of it. After many failed attempts at weightloss via diets, "fads", and a summer at weightloss camp, I just can't stand it anymore. I am actually as healthy as the come according to my doctor, I'm just fat!

 

So I have been looking into having the lapband done since my dad had it three years ago. I was told that I needed to wait until I was 18 so I just spent those three years doing research and making sure that the lapband was exactly what I wanted and exactly what I thought would work for me. After doing a six month physician supervised "diet" (seeing my general doctor once a month for six months), a visit with a nutritionist, a phyc evaluation, and a submission to insurance on January 19th, 2012.... the insurance (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City) said yes on January 21st, 2012! TWO DAYS! I could hardly believe it when they called and told me...

 

I then picked up my OptiFast and started that two weeks prior to my surgery which was scheduled for February 20th, 2012. Everything went very well and I went from 350 to 347 after four days of being on my two week OptiFast (protein shake + one OptiFast protein bar that they gave me - yuck!) diet and then on surgery day I was 339, so I lost a total of 11 pounds on my pre-op diet! I was pretty excited! Now I have my first post-op appointment on 02/28/2012 to see how I am healing, and I sure hope that he will schedule me for a fill. AND I'm excited to weigh myself to see if I have lost any more weight, which I would be surprised if I hadn't, considering I have hardly eaten anything for this last week! : )

 

I am so ready and so excited to make this change in my life and I am willing to help/support/encourage anyone who needs it! Feel free to shoot be a private message!

 

Insurance submitted - Jan. 19th

Insurance approved - Jan. 21st

Surgery - Feb. 20th

Starting weight - 350

Current weight - 339

Goal weight - 190