ShelbyD

Welcome to the group! We are glad to have you.

Welcome to the group! I started my pre op diet today, I have to do liquids only for one week. It has been a very difficult day. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier. Good luck with your diet and surgery!

Started my liquid pre op diet today. Had a chocolate shake for breakfast, not too bad, but I'm already hungry:unsure: I have to keep telling myself I can do this!

My husband and I just went out for my last supper. I start my liquid diet tomorrow and I had to have Chinese one more time before surgery!

Hi everyone. My band date is August 6th. I start my pre op liquid diet tomorrow. I am married to my high school sweet heart and have been for almost 20 years. We have four children our oldest son is 19 and about to start his sophomore year of college, we have a boy 15 starting his sophomore year of high school, next boy is 11 going into the sixth grade, our youngest and our only girl is 10 and is going into the 5th grade. My life for the last 19 years has been all about my kids. This surgery is just for me and I am very excited about doing something for myself!

I totally feel the same way! When the hospital called Friday to set up my pre-op tests I started to get very nervous. I can't stop thinking about all the what ifs. I know that this can work, but now that it is so close I'm not sure that I can make it work for me. I start my liquid diet on Wed and I'm nervous about messing that up too. The guidelines for my pre op diet are very vague so it is up to me to decide what to drink for a week. I hope this all works out. Good luck to you on the 5th, I'm right behind you on the 6th.

That's great! I have finished all my pre op appointments and now I'm feeling a little lost. I feel like I should be doing something more even though I know that I have done it all. Good luck tomorrow!

Thanks for your words of encouragement. As my date gets closer, August 6th, I get a little more nervous everyday. Sometimes I question wether this is the right thing to do. I have failed so many other diets I just hope this can work. It always makes me feel better when I hear such great success stories. Thanks for yours!

If you go to tickerfactory.com it is pretty easy to set up a ticker. It takes you through it step by step then copy and paste in to your signature. If you click on the August all stars in my signature it will take you to the site where I did that I think I did glitter maker. I'm not very good at any of this stuff, it is all new to me and I can't believe I am actually trying to tell someone else how to do it. It was trial and error for me. Good luck!

Lana, Yes I have told my children. My youngest is ten and the oldest is in college so I think they are old enough to know. They are excited for me and very supportive. We ski every year at Christmas and last year I did not want to go because of my size so my family is hoping I lose enough to get back on the slopes with them this year! BTW I really enjoyed the cat video!

Lap Band related: I am being banded on August 6th. I am having an EGD on the 21st of July. Not looking forward to it. I have to be on a liquid diet one week prior to surgery. I am having surgery in Dallas TX two hours drive from my house. Not related: I have 4 children and have been married almost 20 years. We have 1 dog, 2 kittens, and one bird. I feel like we are one of those families with animals everywhere. I am very excited about starting this journey and am thankful that I found this forum and I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!

I like the idea of a vote. I don't have any suggestions for names I'm just really excited to be part of the August group. Tonni I have 4 kids and I would really like to be a hottie again! :redface:

I got my date today too! It's August 6th for me.

Looks like it is going to be August 6th! I have had a few set backs with my insurance but it looks like it is going to happen. I am so excited, my goal was to be banded before school starts on the 18th! I so want to be part of the August group. :biggrin2:

With my insurance I had to have the psych and nutrition counseling before my insurance would approve the surgery. All insurance companies are different and require different things. Your dr.'s office should be able to tell you what needs to be sent to the insurance company for approval or you can call the insurance people directly. Good luck

I have BCBS of Georgia and I got my approval in less than a week. I also have a BMI of 41 with no other complications. I had to call my insurance company the Dr.'s office did not let me know.

I am hoping to get banded in late July or early August. The Dr.'s office told me that they schedule a month out and I go in on the 24th to schedule my surgery. I am very nervous about the liquid diet I am trying to get lots of ideas on liquids I can have so that I will be prepared. My doctor only requires one week liquids prior to surgery so that is good for me. Good luck to you.

Hi, Sam I'm hoping to get my surgery scheduled for the first part of August too!

I would come! I think it would be great!

Once the dr. sent in my paperwork for approval it took less than a week for them to approve! I am the same way with my husband, he and my kids have been a great support. I hope you get everything approved quickly!

I just found out today that my insurance has approved my surgery. I go next Tuesday to set my surgery date. I can't believe that this is really going to happen. I started the process in March. It feels like it has been so slow but I know that it hasn't since my insurance did not require any weigh ins. I hope my surgery date is not going to be too far off, the office said that they book about a month out so hopefully it will be the end of July! :biggrin:

I feel the same way! I can't wait to get my date set!When do you have to start your pre-op diet? Good luck!!

I went to the weight loss doctor 4-28. Had my phsyc eval and nutrition counseling on 5-5. I did not have to have any weigh ins for my insurance but it still took the dr. till 6-10 to file with my insurance. Got my approval today. I had to call my insurance company the doctor's office did not let me know that they had recieved the approval. So I'm not sure how long it actually took for the insurance to approve. I just got frustrated and called today and they said it was already approved!!

I just got approval from my insurance company today and go to the doctor next Tuesday to get a surgery date set. Hoping it will be late July or early August. I work in an elementary school and I want to be back to normal when school starts. My psych eval was pretty easy. We talked for a while and then I had to fill out a questionaire with about 200 questions. Most of it was the same questions asked different ways. Mainly wanting to know if I had drug or alcohol problems. ShelbyD

I wanted to know if anyone out there had been banded by Dr. Barker in Garland. I know he does more bybass surgeries than bands and wanted some feedback from someone who he has banded. Thanks