AngieAngel

I saw Dr. Wieger today, he was extremely nice. This was my consult to determine if I qualified or not and I do. I have the surgical consult set up with Dr. DiMarco, but it is not until September...he is booked! Also, I am self-pay and they charged me 200 for today's visit...OUCH!

Hi all! I go for my surgeon consult tomorrow and am very excited :confused_smile: I have been on WW for several years, in fact I was a Success Story in the Magazine (June 2006). My highest weight was 315 and I had lost down to 185...I have since put 60+ back on. WW is a wonderful program and thousands of people have found permanent success. Myself, however, need help to keep the pounds off and am going to have lapband surgery. My health is in jeopardy and I can't keep doing this to myself. I intend to continue with WW after banding, I like being a cheerleader for others. :smile2:

LOL!! My sister had gastric bypass and calls her boobs "chesticles"

I hope someone who has had the surgery can answer you Did you have any fills yet? Maybe you are due for another?

I meet with Dr. Wieger next week. Not sure which surgeon I will get. The office staff seem nice but sometimes distracted with their own conversations.

Hi all, I live in Enola (just West of Harrisburg, PA). I have started the process with Dr. DiMarco but haven't yet met him. I got my blood work done this morning and will be seeing my 'regular' Dr. next Tuesday. I am a self-pay so I am hopeful that my wait will be much shorter. :thumbup: Hopefully I can get banded in August, but we'll see.

You have all been so helpful, thank you so much!! :sad_smile:

I am new to the idea of the lapband and haven't had my first consultation yet (tomorrow!). I was thinking about it last night since I have a child and how children carry diesease (:cool2:) what if I get the stomach flu? Won't the vomiting make my band slip?:thumbup:

Thank you for sharing!

What a relief. I thought they would run up the cost even higher with a long drawn out process and visits.

Are sleep studies required of all LapBand patients?

Thank you for your quick answer! I am very hopeful that it doesn't take 6 months to get to a surgery date. I have been thinking about this for a very long time and want to get started already! :crying:

I go to get my 'homework' on Wednesday. How long was the process to get approved for LapBand? Keep us posted on your progress!!