Tess L

blue cross didn't ask for 6 months from me just a letter from my Dr. took 2and 1/2 weeks and got approval surgery date DEC 8th

welcome Jon

best of luck, a month will fly by.

don't worry to much about what u did do, but watch what u do do! If you steri-stips on don't take them off, they will fall off on their own.. best of luck Tess L

.. still waiting in western ma. but glad ur on your way tess

Way to go! Nov 30 will be here soon, still waiting on insurance here.

hello, I'm not that close of a neighbor, but am from mass, just saying you can do it!

Welcome to the new edition of getting to know your friends. Okay here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun! Just copy this entire post and paste into the reply. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then submit. 1. What is your name? Teresa 2. What color shirt are you wearing? gown 3. What are you listening to right now? HGTV in the background 4. What was the last thing you ate? Peanut Butter 5. Do you wish on stars? Yes 6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? gray 7. How is the weather right now? raining 8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Sonya 9. Favorite Sport? side line fan 10. Favorite drink? coffee brandy / long-island ice tea 11. hair color? brown and gray 12. Eye color? blue/green 13. Siblings? 4 brothers all younger 14. Favorite month? Sept 15. Favorite food? fast food 16. What was the last movie you saw? finding neverland 17. Favorite day of the year! day off from work 18. What do you do to vent anger? yell 19. What was your favorite toy as a child? a book 20. Summer or winter? Summer 21. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs 22. Favorite ice cream flavor? cho. 23. Restaurants or home cooking? restaurants 24. Will everyone care enough to respond?maybe 25. When was the last time you cried? when a favorite resident died 26. What is under your bed? junk 27. How long have you been a member of Lapband Talk? a few months 28. What did you do last night? watch a movie with my dh 29. What are you afraid of? being seen 30. Favorite car? mustang 31. Favorite flower? carnation 32. How many keys on your ring? 6 33. How long have you been at your current job? 15 + years 34. Favorite day of the week? wed. 35. What did you do on your birthday? went on a trip 36. How many states have you lived in? 1 37.How many cities/towns have you lived in? 4 38. What is your favorite form of exercise? reading 39.Your favorite store for bargains? walmarts 40. Wasn't this fun? Yes 41. are you banded yet ? no If you have any questions you'd like to add, go right ahead.

welcome welcome welcome

welcome nanviv, I'm also from ma. and have just started the insurance part of this wonderful life, I know that blue cross pays if you qualified I also know that the surgeon in my area said fees were in the neighborhood of $18,000. for everything including 3 fills if I remember right

Hi I work as an R.N. in long term care,For many years or as the staff saids I'm part of the building..lol My husband had lap. gastric bypass and now its my turn but for me it's lap banding ..he wanted this, but the insurance back then didn't pay for it.

Guess out here( w ma.) its because until a few months ago banding wasn't the way to go. so glad that changed my husband wasn't even given that option our insurance company just started paying for lap bands.. hoping to have them pay for mine

HI,whereto begin. I'm 45 years old, wife, mother, and grandmother have a BMI of between 38 and 40 depending on the site and the day. have been support person the two important people in my life who both had Bypass in the last 2 years. My husband who really wished to have lap banding but the insurance 18 months ago wouldn't pay for, and a close friend and co-worker who doesn't think banding is the way to go. I am very happy banding is an option now and have an appt for sept 13 to see the same doc my husband had.(first appt was canceled) but the waiting is killing me and i'm not sure that the insurance company will cover me Thanks for taking the time to look Tess L