rlirette

I will be banded tomorrow the 11th and I am sooo excited about doing this. Looks like you have done some research which is great and this is a great place to get the truth not just what the doctor thinks you want to hear. Insurance will probably only pay for this is if it is medically necessary and with no health issues it may not be. Although, tomorrow the health issues could be there. I am perfectly healthy right now too at 260 and 5'3". I am using True Results here in Houston and I know they have offices in your area. You can go to Lap Band Surgery (Gastric Banding) | True Results and see their locations, attend a free seminar and the diagnostic evaluation is free right now. I wish you the best and hope to hear more from you on this site.

Well, I can barely stand myself. I will be banded on Friday the 11th as things stand right now. Also a self-pay since this is considered an exclusion with BCBS. Oh well, as long as I have it, I don't care how much it costs me. The bennies much outweigh the costs. I am a married mother of a 6 1/2 year old boy (world revolves around him). I am just over 260 and am 5'3" tall. BMI is over 47. Went for diagnostic evaluation at True Results, they set up the pre-op with Dr. Hollis just 5 days later and the surgery just 2 weeks after my 1st visit. I am so excited about this and just wish my husband was on the same page. He is looking for something negative about the banding procedure, just so he can shoot it down too!! He eats 1 meal a day and weighs what he did in high school and that just makes me sick!! He just doesn't get just how much he will benefit from me losing weight, he is only thinking of how much this is going to cost and he is not even paying for it. I have just been day dreaming of getting back into the closet full of clothes that I have outgrown over the years. Wish me luck on my new and wonderful life!!!

Thanks for the well wishes, I really appreciate it!

Well, I can barely stand myself. I will be banded on Friday the 11th as things stand right now. Also a self-pay since this is considered an exclusion with BCBS. Oh well, as long as I have it, I don't care how much it costs me. The bennies much outweigh the costs. I am a married mother of a 6 1/2 year old boy (world revolves around him). I am just over 260 and am 5'3" tall. BMI is over 47. Went for diagnostic evaluation at True Results, they set up the pre-op with Dr. Hollis just 5 days later and the surgery just 2 weeks after my 1st visit. I am so excited about this and just wish my husband was on the same page. He is looking for something negative about the banding procedure, just so he can shoot it down too!! He eats 1 meal a day and weighs what he did in high school and that just makes me sick!! He just doesn't get just how much he will benefit from me losing weight, he is only thinking of how much this is going to cost and he is not even paying for it. I have just been day dreaming of getting back into the closet full of clothes that I have outgrown over the years. Wish me luck on my new and wonderful life!!!