LULU TATT

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO LOSE THE WEIGHT YOU HAVE SO FAR?? AND PLZ CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME I NEED IT FOLLOW MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL...LULULAPBAND(YOUTUBE)

THANKS SO MUCH...

HOW MUCH EXERCISING WERE YOU DOING WHEN U WERE ON THE LIQUID DIET???

SO MY VIDEO IS ULOADED NOW...ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL LULULAPBAND..PLEASE SUPPORT ME YOU GUYS...THANKS!!!

I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT B4 I CAN GET THE SURGERY...BUT I'M HANGING IN THERE... IF YOU GET A CHANCE I AM ON YOUTUBE AND WILL BE UPLOADING VIDEOS ABOUT MY JOURNEY ON THERE...GO CHECK IT OUT WHEN U GET A CHANCE ..MY YOUTUBE NAME IS LULULAPBAND

congratulations!!!! glad everything went well....can't wait til i can my surgery done...

IT'S LULULAPBAND...AND I WILL SUBSCRIBE TO YOU AS WELL...I WON'T HAVE A VIDEO POSTED UNTIL SOMETIME TOMORROW...

SO....I HAVE DECIDED TO DOCUMENT MY LAPBAND JOURNEY IN HOPES TO INFORM POTENTIAL WLS PATIENTS AS WELL AS GET SUPPORT THRU MY JOURNEY, AND ALSO GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO KNOW ME MORE PERSONALLY...SO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL NAME IS LULULAPBAND, AND I JUST UPLOADED MY FIRST VIDEO...AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL FOLLOW ME AS I MAKE WEEKLY UPLOADS AND SUPPORT ME, AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS OR WILL DECIDE TO DOCUMENT THEIR JOURNEY....BY THE WAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER PPL ON YOUTUBE THAT'S ON HERE???

SO...I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TICKER BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE POSTED A LINK ON HERE FOR IT...AND THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT...I AM GOING TO DO THIS AND SUCCEED...AND YOU CAN FOLLOW MY SUCCESS VIA YOUTUBE...LULULAPBAND IS THE CHANNEL...THE VIDEO SHOULD BE POSTED BY TOMORROW...THANKS AGAIN, AND CONGRATS ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR...

SO...I'M ACTUALLY HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE VIDEO..EVERYTIME I UPLOAD IT THERE IS NO SOUND...BUT I PLAN ON HAVING THE ISSUE RESOLVED TOMORROW..AND WILL LET YOU KNOW ASAP...I PROMISE...

THANKS CAZZY...AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RITE...I'VE PRETTY MUCH COME TO REALIZE THAT I JUST GOTTA DO WAT I GOTTA DO...SO IMMA GET IT DONE...BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR ENCOURAGING WORDS...BY THE WAY I'LL BE DOCUMENTING MY JOURNEY ON YOUTUBE...I JUST UPLOADED MY FIRST VIDEO TONIGHT, WELL I'M DOING IT NOW...BUT YEAH CHECK ME OUT SOMETIMES, IT'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO KINDA KNOW THE REAL ME...

WHATS YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL NAME

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um...SO I GO FOR MY FIRST INTIAL ASSESSMENT ON MONDAY...REALLY EXCITED TO JUST GET THINGS MOVING...DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS POINT BUT, WE'LL SEE...I PLAN ON DOCUMENTING MY WHOLE PROCESS ON YOUTUBE...I HOPE YOU'LL FOLLOW ME...I'LL GIVE YOU THE YOUTUBE USERNAME AS SOON AS I UPLOAD...AND THAT WAY YOU AND EVERYONE IN THE WLS COMMUNITY WILL GET A CHANCE TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE REAL ME...YA KNOW....

SO MONDAY IS MY INITIAL ASSESSMENT APPT...THINGS MIGHT BE MOVING KIND OF FAST AFTERALL...I'M EXCITED!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL TO EXPECT BUT SO FAR I FOUND OUT MY LABS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE THAT DAY...BUT WHAT ELSE????

WOW...SO IF THAT HAPPENS HOW SOON WOULD THE SURGERY PROBABLY COME???

I'M FROM CHICAGO...GOING THRU THE MERCY HOSPITAL LAP BAND PROGRAM AS WELL

you still smoke???

are you banded already??? if so did you stop smoking??? or are you waiting to get banded??? if so, what is your plan about the whole smoking situation???

how long you been banded???

yea i can give it up eventually and even slightly temporarily...but to up and give it up outta nowhere can be quite hard...and its not like imma wait til i have finally completely gave it up before i try to pursuit the surgery...so it makes it a harder situation...but i guess imma have to do what i have to do...in all honesty, the procedure can be abit stressful, so i anticipated on using the cigs to help me get thru it...guess i can cancel that plan...lol

SO...DID THE SURGEON KNOW YOU WERE A SMOKER AND APPROVED YOU??? OR DID YOU NOT TELL HIM??? AND DOES THE SMOKING EFFECT YOUR BAND AT ALL???

HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS LULU AND I AM NEW ON HERE AND AM TRYING TO GET THE LAP BAND. I LIVE IN CHICAGO, IL AND AM USING MEDICAID AS MY INSURANCE. I PLAN ON GOING WITH THE MERCY HOSPITAL LAP BAND PROGRAM, BUT I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY, AND AM HOPING I GET SOME ADVICE, FEEDBACK, AND SUPPORT FROM THIS SITE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AM SO MUCH IN THE BEGINNING PHASE OF THIS JOURNEY THAT I HAVE YET TO EVEN SEE A DOCTOR. I AM SCHEDULED TO GO AND SIT THRU THE SEMINAR ON 4/16/12. I GUESS AT THIS POINT THE BEST THING TO DO IS TAKE IT ONE "SECTION" AT A TIME...I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD THIS SYSTEM WITH TOO MANY QUESTIONS...LOL...BUT ANYHOO, WHAT AM I INITALLY TO EXPECT? HOW HARD IS IT TO GET COVERED BY MEDICAID? HO LONG FROM THIS POINT RIGHT NOW SHOULD I EXPECT TO ACTUALLY GET SURGERY? AND I HEARD MY BMI MAY BE TOO HIGH, CAN THAT BE POSSIBLE AND IF SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN??? I HOPE SOMEONE WILL PLEASE HELP ANSWER SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY ANYONE WITH THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES...I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND BEING A PART OF THIS GROUP...THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!