hnladue

You're lucky!! I had to show 1 yr of phd support and 5 years of trying to lose (WW, Atkins, Southbeach etc) and THEN they had the nerve of requiring me to lose 10% of my weight before they would approve. OYE! But I got there. Just waiting on my surgery date.

Whose the oldest person to get banded?? My mom is thinking of joining me. She's 63. What kind of complications do older people have? --Heather.

Doc says I'll be on Clear liquids for 2 weeks after surgery. "Anything you can read a newspaper thru," So besides chicken broth, what other things are there???

My dr is telling me 4 weeks. I do a bit of lifting (computer equipment). My boss wasn't happy!

So I had to get to a certain weight before my ins co would approve my banding. Well, at weigh-in yesterday at the Dr. I made it!!! They are calling the ins co today or tomorrow to finalize the approval. I have to have a GI Scope first(Feb 15), so I'll be out of work for a day for that, then I'm ok for banding. I hope to have that date in a week!! I'm getting fustrated on how long this has taken (been about 14 months since I started this). Dr hs requested that I continue to lose a pound a week (ugh!), and has said I will be out of work for 4 weeks (because I do a bit of lifting -computers). The Boss wasn't happy about that!! Oh well! Thanks for listening!! --Heather.

Rochester Here!--Heather

Donna, I'm in Rochester NY. I'm seeing Dr DiBenedetto, he's from Liverpool!

Hi!! I'm in Rochester and am seeing Dr. Anthony DiBenedetto at Rochester General. Welcome to the board!

I started this at 240. The ins co wants me at 224.6 to approve the surgery. I'm at 226.5. BCBS is what I have. I have no clue why they would require you to lose to have the surgery!!