Shelleymb

I'm in Seattle and the price that was quoted to me is 15000 and that includes everything before surgery and 13 months after. I haven't been banded yet either.

Good luck!

Good luck on your journey. I'm excited for you! And helots. Lol

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Last night, while crunching numbers with Ty, he asked if maybe we should wait until I came home from Japan (May 2013) to have the surgery done instead of at Christmas time, since by then we would have all the money saved up, instead of 10 grand and financing the rest, then paying off the credit card with my per diem from Japan. It only took me a moment to answer, and I knew it wasn't a good idea. If I have to wait for a year to have the surgery done, then I wouldn't get it. I'm already in the wrong mind set now, "why work out when I know that I'll have the band in 6 months?" "No it's ok, we can eat out tonight, in December is when we will get strict with food." I know that I should still be taking the healthier steps in life, but it's growing more difficult to do when I know that the surgery is actually going to happen. I would probably gain a hundred pounds if I waited a year for the surgery. On the topic of Japan, I have the thought in the back of my head that it might be a bad idea for me to leave a few weeks after getting the surgery. I'm worried Ty won't be able to stay on the strict diet by himself and that he will need some sort of support system close... instead of me being in Japan, face-timing him when we have the chance. I hope that I am just not giving him enough credit and that he will be fine. He just isn't as open about it as I am. I'm addicted to saving money and researching as much as I can, and he thinks I'm being silly. But I know that if I don't do it then it won't get done. Hopefully everything just works out as it should. I'm getting excited about the upcoming seminar in two days, hopefully that will make it more real for Ty and he will get more involved. He likes looking at everyone's Before and After pictures on this site with me, but not reading the forums. (He's more visual then withthe written). Well, these were just some of my thoughts that I had from today. I'm in four days of training, so I have a lot of time with my thoughts. I'm getting my Nuclear Qualification for work... and if you don't know anything about Nuclear work, I'll tell you right now, it's not as dangerous as one may think.... it's almost boring once you learn how it works. Nothing really special. Good night LBT.com, I hope everyone finds themselves happy in the morning. ~Shel

I would talk to your doctor. Most people see immediate weight loss

Hi there! The only reason why I started a blog on here is just so I had an outlet about the journey that I am embarking on. The only person who knows that I am going to be banded is my boyfrien, and that is because he is getting banded at the same time. It's just nice to be able to openly talk about it, with someone other than my BF. lol, he's excited about it, but doesn't have as many questions as I do, men will be men.

I just looked over my post from last night, I was pretty much delirious from exhuastion and it seems I have a lot of random thoughts in it. I had just gotten done with a softball game. I didn't have as much fun last night as the first game I played because it didn't start until 9:00 pm... that’s my bed time. Softball, along with other team sports is kind of a difficult concept for me. I'm a great "team player" in the morale department, but when it comes to other people depending on me that's when it becomes nerve racking. In jounior high and high school the only sport I "played" was swimming. I swam year round, and I was in the best shape of my life. I miss not having the ability to swim on a club team now as an adult. The great thing about a club swim team is that everything is individual, there really isn't anyone depending on you to help their race. Besides cheering someone on you couldn't help them physically. I feel like that is how anyone's Lap-Band journey is. Besides cheering on my boyfriend, I'm not going to be able to 'force' him to lose weight. I think that is why Ty suggested that we do it together, to support eachother and to have something to share together for the rest of our lives, and I like that idea. I just wish we didn't have to wait 6 months to get everything going.

My boyfriend and I work for a Naval shipyard, the 10 is our Christmas break, but after that, legally we have to inform work that we had surgery and we can be put on light duty for a while. (It's a D.O.D. job, so when we have things like this done we have to put it in our medical file) We just aren't planning on telling people, so I was just wondering how long it would take to recover, but your information helps a lot. I'm excited for our seminar on Thursday to get more information. Thank you!

I have done the SBD and I really found that it was effective, the only thing that I didn't like about it was that no matter how much I ate of the healthy foods, I still felt as if something was lacking. I knew that I was full, I was just unsatisfied, but that is because I'm addicted to bread. It would be different if you hadn't have done the pre-op diet, but when I did the SBD the third day was the hardest because your body is going through withdrawls from sugar. It's crazy how you feel, I felt like a drug addict. But that only last about two days. After that you have a ton more energy and feel good. I recommend picking up the SBD cook book, it's worth the money because there is more variety then what you can just come up with in your head. Good luck!

About a week ago, my boyfriend and I decided that this is our option and choice, Lap-Band surgery. The path that we will take to better our lives and selves before getting married and having children. I have tried so many ways to lose weight, but what ever small amount I lose, I always gain back, and now I am at my heaviest. I blame myself though and my lack of self control. I was in Japan for the first two months of the year and I went without a vast variety of foods that we take for granted, so when I came home from Japan I ate everything I didn't have for two months. So now I'm 275 pounds, almost pullin 3 bills, and it makes me sick. Tyler says that he is the heaviest that he has ever been, over 300 pounds, but he refuses to exercise, he's lazy that way. He thinks it's all about his portions, and that with Lap-band that will be the jump start he needs. I believe him, I feel like if he knew that he had a helping hand that it would be what he needed. Same for me too. We are planning on getting the surgery in December (Tyler is going on a 6 month trip to San Diego for work and will be home close to Christmas). We are self-paying so I want to save up as much as we can so that we don't have to finance the whole thing. My biggest issue right now is that I know for sure this is what we want to do, now I just have to wait 6 months, but it's completely changed my thought process. Now when I'm working out ( I do Crossfit, extreme cardio and weight lifting) it feels so hard and difficult and I find myself saying, "This shouldn't be so hard." And when I am making meal choices for me and Tyler, I sometimes go with the unhealthy choice with the back thought, my life will start anew in December. I need to get out of this mind set. I know that eating healthy and working out I'm not going to lose enough weight to not need the surgery in december, My goal weight is 165. Tyler says his is 200. These I feel are good goal, and obtainable once the surgery is complete. We shall see.

I can't wait to be where you are at. My boyfriend and I have about a 6 month wait, but I'm determined. Good luck, I'm excited to watch your new life unfold on this site.

How is your recovery time? I'm just beginning my journey by researching everything and learning as much as I can. My boyfriend and I have decided to do the surgery at the end of the year because we have a 10 day vacation. Is that enough time to be able to go back to work? We have very physical jobs.

I am right there with you, my boyfriend and I are going to our first seminar next week to find out as much as possible. We know that this is something that we are forsure doing.. now we just need to get all our duckies in a row. Good luck!

Am 5'7 and 275. I have never weighed this much in my life and was shocked when u saw the scale. My boyfriend is overweight also and he is the one who introduced me to the Lap Band idea. He wants to get the surgery together, which is fine. I guess I just need justification to the way that I am feeling. I've lost weight by working out insanely, but that was when I was single and didn't have to consider someone else's time. But as I look into the future, when we are married and when we have children, my old work out routine just won't fit in. I just know that I can't weigh this much for the rest of my life, I am scared my boyfriend and I won't be able to live the life with our kids that I had with my parents ( an active one). We have our first seminar next week and are excited about it, and if all goes well then we plan on having the surgery at the end of the year when we both have 10 days off from work. Any encouragement would be great.

After research I found that my insurance covers Lap Band normally, but had to call my hr and was told that my work has excluded Lap Band for all workers. It was discouraging because my boyfriend and I are trying to do it together. But now we are determined to pay out of pocket because me know this will better us forever. We have the option of traveling for work and earning per diem, we have made the decision to spend 6 months apart (with visiting trips in between) to save up as much as we can to get the surgery by the end of the year. If you pay out of pocket, set a goal and work for it, and know you are not alone with insurance that "lacks". Nice to meet you!