Nickers

I'd love to know how you going now? :biggrin:

I am booked into 2 seminars. The Avenue 12th August Peninsula Private 25th September Can't wait!

I am wanting to go to a few different hospital seminars but am struggling to find some. I am booked into a seminar at The Avenue on the 12 August but was wondering if there were any others available? Can you help please? Nic

Great work!:mad2: I can't wait to loose my DD boobs:tongue_smilie: I would be most happy with a C:thumbs_up:

Did you tell people that you were having the lap band inserted? I am still in 2 minds about whether I want people to know (other than my husband and my parents) I don't want to be put under extra pressure. If people know then I guess they would be at me to know how much I have lost (or not lost) each time they saw me. I give myself enough stress, I don't need the extra help- iykwim If you haven't told anyone, how did you go about getting time off work? My issue is I am about to start a new job in 2 weeks and I would feel awful if I straight away had to ask for time off. What did you do?

How exciting for you and your dad. So great that you go go on this journey together. Best Wishes

Thanks for the welcome! I spoke to my DH this afternoon (he had had a few drinks so was in a very happy mood, so I thought I would take advantage of it Anyway, his reaction surprised me. He said he was surprised I hadn't thought of this much earlier (I told him I had but I wasn't as serious as I am now). He does have lots of questions about everything- mainly why I think this will be any different to all the other times I have tried to loose weight. He definitely wants to go to an information seminar with me to hear more from the professionals. I have showed him lots of lap band forums and blogs I have found but he isn't really into reading so would prefer someone to talk to him. I am more than fine with this. He does have slight concerns with the costs involved as we don't know how much we will be out of pocket yet, but I said this will improve my health greatly and it will be all worth it. So it looks like I am joining the lap band brigade:thumbup: Oh I didn't realise it could be claimed at tax time too. Has anyone used their superannuation for payments also- I think I recall it being mentioned on another site. We always get a nice bonus at tax time thanks to Family tax benefits so this is also another option I could use. Coo- We must have been posting at the same time. If you are referring to me thinking I would be only $5 out of pocket that is wrong. I just went back and read my original post again and realised I left the k off my $5. So really I expect to be about $5000 out of pocket.

Hello Aussies!:smile2: I'm Nicole and new to this site. I am new to banding and I am at the early 'finding out more' stage. I need to loose around 40kgs to be at my ideal weight. Like everyone here I have tried every diet under the sun without much success. Anyway, I am 32 from Melbourne, have 3 greats kids and a very supportive DH (although I haven't spoken to him about this yet), I wanted to find out all the info first. But I think he will be fine. His main concern will be the money. We have health insurance with MBF (anyone have them?), so I am expecting about $5k to be out of pocket. We could always get a credit card for this I would assume. Enough about me, hope all is well Nic ETA- I forgot to put a K on the end of my 5

Hello everyone, Not sure if anyone posts in this thread anymore- it is quite quiet! Anyway I am Nicole, from Cranbourne and I am just starting out with this banding procedure. I am hoping to attend my first seminar next month and go from there. I am thinking of going to The Avenue or Knox Private- they seem to be the most popular for my area. Anyway I would love to chat with everyone Nic