Ramuse

Thank you!

Hey everyone! I'm so excited. I've finally loss my 5% of my body weight and today was my first of two group classes. Learning how to eat and drink - starting my practice tomorrow. (With all the rules I've learned today I'm going to be exhausted with setting reminders and writing things down. ) but I'm sooo happy that I'm finally HERE! yay! ☺ So I have one more class and 3 more appointments hoping that I can get my surgery date for the month of September. Fingers crossed!

Wow awesome! !! Yay!

Hey everyone! I see that everyone is doing well. The last time I posted I wasn't sure if I would be approved and I wanted to have the lap band. Since then, I have been approved (Yesss) and I've decided to have the bypass surgery after speaking with my doctor. I am 1 1/2 months into my 5% weight loss goal. I have to lose 10-15lbs ( lost 8 lbs so far) before I'm on the liquid diet for 30 days. I've done all my test and lab work. I meet with my group and nutritionist every week to stay on track. So far so good!

Thank you so much!

Hi everyone, I hope you guys had an amazing holiday and a Happy New Year in the next few days. I live in Hawaii and I'm a newlywed, yay! I have lots of questions about the lap band procedure etc. But first, I now have tricare prime and I have my first-ever general appointment with my new doctor in a few days. I know that with the military insurance I have to meet with my general Doctor for a check up and etc. My question is, how do I bring up the question of getting the lab band? I want to make sure that I do everything in my power to have the surgery and I want to start off with my relationship with my doctor right. What did you do? How did you get started? Here are my stats: 33 years old 290 lbs. Highest lbs. 320 lbs Lowest lbs. 240 lbs Thanks! :-)

Thanks sooo much!

Hey everyone! I finally asked my PCP if I could have bariatric surgery! He said yes but only if I go through the "lean program" first. I now have 2 new doctors for my weight loss program. Spoke with them yesterday, one is my nutritionist and the other is my bariatric surgeon. Both I'm meeting on February 13th yay! So the following week my diet should start. I'll have more of an understanding of when I will have the surgery when I meet with them in February. :-) I'm going to lose as much as I can on the diet, for success. Yay! Im sooo excited!

Thanks! :-) Turns out I have tricare standard so I don't need a referral however I want to asked my doctor on Monday if he could recommend someone. If not then I'll go with my 2nd choice for a doctor. Thanks again!

Thanks sooo much for commenting, means alot to me. I'm happy that you love your band! I can't wait to get there. I really want to brake my "after meal, food chasers." Or 2nd helpings - I want to feel full and be done with my meals instead of going back for 2nds and 3 rds.

Hey guys, newbie here. I don't have a date yet but I'm going to ask my primary doctor on jan 6 so I hope to be referred to a doctor soon. Let's support each other!

Wonderful, ok. I'm happy I asked, just alittle nervous to meet him and then say "oh yeah, I want to get lap band surgery" at the first appointment but I'm going to be 34 and I can not take being overweight any longer. I'm so tired of people telling me "you would look so nice if you were smaller" and now I get, " no kids? Well you need to lose weight before you have them because you'll gain like 50lbs or more with them" -from my family. I want my future kids to see me healthy and happy. :-)

Ohhh I see. Ok. Thanks

Ok so alittle bit of good news. I spoke with my insurance company- I have standard not prime, yay. And they said that I should be ok. If the doctor doesn't want to refer me then I can look for a doctor that takes tricare standard and the insurance will pay for it! Baby steps but I'm on my way.

Ok thanks. I'll look for that thread. I really hope that is not the case but I will start with my insurance company and ask them. Thanks again!

Wow, thanks. Great advice! Ok, so I will get in contact with my insurance company and find out if I need a referral. If I don't then I'll contact a surgeon (I already know of one here in my area). If I do need a referral then I just hope everything will go ok with my primary doctor. Can you tell me what was the reason you didn't tell your primary doctor? And also, wouldn't they need to know that info? Thanks!