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Anyone know the prices for Canada? I live in MI right at the bridge.........are they cheaper than here?

I did find that on the website too. Printed me a copy. So you are just getting started too. Have you submitted the request for a approval yet? OH AND how do you set up the ticker thingy? I went to the website but how do I get it to come up on my posts? AND I LOVE YOUR NAME! Very cool!!

So Caramel, how long did it take to get the approval once you sent everything in? How long from the approval to the surgery?

My work just changed my insurance coverage to Empire BSBS, I did have CIGNA and I knew some about that but this is all new to me. Can anyone help?

good for you

Hello everyone. I am not yet banded. I attended a seminar today and was greatly discouraged when I met another girl there who seemed to know so much about CIGNA insurance. She said CIGNA makes everyone wait at least 6 months and jump through so many more hoops than other insurances. Anyone out there that can relate their experience with CIGNA?

I am not banded yet....BUT This is a LIFE ALTERING desicion. And with any life alterning decision we feel the same emotions. ((If you were getting married they would call this 'cold feet')) I just moved from NC to MI and I felt the same things, happy/sad/nervous, even though I had carefully weigh the pros and cons, evaluated other options, etc. etc...... And as big as that decision was.....I think the band is much bigger. Its surgery! Just like you said. That alone makes it a big big HUGE deal. Not to mention all the emotional years (assuming you're like me) you've tried to get the weight off yourself. I am just beginning to look into this, I did my seminar today, and the realization of how fat I really am is hitting home even harder than not fitting into any of my clothes, going to the beach and noticing people looking at me....like some of the stuff you had said too. Seeing everyones comments here is sooo encouraging. And their successes are so amazing....I WANT THAT TO BE ME TOO! And I know you are ready for that to be you too. I know you are on the right track to a better healthier life. And I am jealous that you are further along than I am. Keep focusing on the positive and all that lead you to make this decision in the first place. AND please keep us posted on your progress, I want to know how your surgery goes!!!!

What I said was: Somewhere in the past few years I realized my problem with food is a least partially due to the fact that as a child....I had NO FOOD! I know they band your stomach. I too have tried many many MANY other times to lose on my own, with diet and exercise. I have been successful up to 20lbs but I haven't been able to break that mark. Then comes the discouragement and eventually gaining the weight back and PLUS some. Its like taking a step forward and two steps back. More like a step forward and FIVE STEPS BACK. I am strong in mind and most things I set my mind to I can accomplish.....except this. I am looking to use the band as a tool and follow the rules. I do not think its automatic. I did go to a seminar today. And was actually discouraged, see I met a girl there with the same insurance as me and she knew a little more about it than I did....CIGNA....seems there are quite a few loops to jump through first. I know they all have them but from what she was saying.....its worse than some of the others. Like no less than 6 months till you can get banded. Thats discouraging to me. Any other CIGNA people out there who can share what they had to do?

Thats quite a lot you cannot eat. I guess I need that too!!!!! :mad: But if I could control myself I would not be in this situation, would I? Somewhere in the past few years I realized my problem with food is a least partially due to the fact that as a child....I had NO FOOD! I was living with my father and we NEVER EVER had food. A friend saw a picture of me from then and said I should have my own commerical for "Save This Child". Sad but true. My eyes were buldging out of my face, my hands look like man hands on a skeleton. So when I was out of that situation and I was being fed like normal people, I started hiding food in my room, eating after the lights were out, keeping it from the people around me. And still to this day I hide that I eat......even from my own daughter. She's 9. What am I thinking???? And I eat fast like lightning fast most times....like someone might try to take it from me. I wish I could have dealt with this as a child when it was happening but........eh what can I do now? It is what it is.

what is PB'd and SLIMED?

I have just started thinking about LapBand, its still pretty new to me. I am 5'8" and 232 lbs, which puts my BMI at 35 - severely obese. I should be about 150 or so; this concerns me because all the success stories I see are about people losing over 100 lbs. Does this mean my insurance may not pay this? Which I haven't investigated my insurance at all yet but i have about 82 lbs to loose not 100......do I have to be 100 lbs over weight?