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:)thank You!!!!!

I Thought I had my hands full !!!! WOW !!! I bet you cant wait for the grandbaby, I have 2 girls (grandbabies) I had 4 boys and 4 girls the youngest is 2 and she gets jealous around the grandbabies, How long did you have to wait for approval? or did you self-pay? Well :clap2::clap2::clap2: on the new bundle of joy coming. is it a boy or girl? do you know? keep me posted !!!!!!!!

I'm new to this forum as well, I have a B.M.I of 38.3 with pre-diabetes, hyperlipidemia, borderline high blood -pressure, And a few other things, I'm 39 with 8 kids all mine. And my insurance papers were submitted, 07/25/07 That was a happy day for me. I cant wait to be a loser !!!!! All I have to do is my Cardio/stress for the Surgeon and blood-work, to have all my stuff the Surgeon. that will be Aug,1rst. I'm on pins and needles though.:paranoid

Well all my paper work was sent in today! now it's wait and see.:whoo:

:straight For me it seems like a long haul, I first inquired about in Feb. just took a peep at it, nothing serious.I got the nerve to make my first appt. in May it took 2 weeks to get it, it was June 7th I had to do a barage of testing. I had to do 1 nutritional visit, But I did 2, I did 2 sleepstudies because the first one got messed up, Some how,my cardio-stress was post-poned 3x and now the machine is broke it could be up to 2 weeks to get fixed, My physc. eval. took 2 weeks to book as well, and then theirs the pnemonia I had for almost 2 weeks, Then the nutr. accidently typed the wrong paper, and had to redo it , So as of Today....... I just barely had the paper work sent in now the other wait. the insurance has 30 day's to make a decision. and if they say yes yippee, If they say no, we have to appeal, So..so far it's been already awhile to me, The cardio & blood work are last, I didn't need that for the Insurance. Good luck

I dont think you will feel to full until you get a fill. which is 6 weeks right?

YOU HAVENT EVEN HAD YOUR FILL YET HAVE YOU? You may feel diffrent after that. dont the Doc's wait, 6wks. before your 1rst.fill I havent had the band yet. But I have read about people having the same problem. They say sometimes the eat pretty good until.....THE FIRST FILL. Iam afraid of that too. We all test the waters so to speak. good luck.and hang in there. Sabrina

Did you ever find out about a letter to write to your Surgeon? I have to write one saying what type of diets I have been on and how much weight have I lost, But this letter is to go to the Insurance co. So I want it to be professional sounding.I just don't know want it to be ill written. I dont know where to start........ Sabrina

I found out 06/14/07 I may not need to wait for the 6mo. diet. One of the girls at the clinic call-ed to tell me. See I noticed on one web-site that First Health,You need a physc.eval. and a History and physical from pcp documenting any co-morbidities. So when I told the receptionist she said she would check. They had a paper with their criteria for First Health a long one I might add...She said I may not need all the other things which was listed previously.She had recieved a phone call from the insurance people on the Dr's. end and found out what I needed. So it may not take as long as I thought. "I say" always ask questions, it never hurts. Sabrina:clap2:

Thank you for the replies, Sabrina:)

Does anyone one know what the name of the new band coming out this month Is called? :help:

I had my Doc.visit 06/07 and I didnt see a Doc.it actually was a nurse practitioner I think.anyway I know exactly what your talking about.First Health wanted a 6mo.supv.diet,cardio stress test,a visit with a nutritionist,physc.eval. blood work,and a sleep test omg.but I have 6mo. To get everything,I was so hoping it would be sooner,My face hit the Floor when I got the list. Sabrina

Well, congradulations!!!! let us know how its going. I had my appt. 06/07 But my insurance First Health has a lot of hoops they , Want you to jump,phsy.eval. sleep study.nutr.visit,cardio test, 6 mo.supervised diet.so I wont know till Nov.sometime. Thanks, Sabrina