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I am very nervous! Excited, but very nervous. I am hoping that this is what I need to help me get the weight off, but I too have been wondering if this is going to help me the way I need it. I have been thinking to myself that I should get gastric instead.... but I know I don't want that. I am sure the lap band will work for both of us as long as we use it as a tool, like it's intended to. We both need to excersise and eat the proper things after surgery. Good luck!!!

Dr. Prashar is my surgeon... who is urs?

Hi... I am in Carlisle, near Harrisburg. My surgery is on Aug. 7th and I go to the Weight Loss Center in Harrisburg. All the doctors there are very good and come highly rated! I would go there if I were you... Good luck!

I am super excited but nervous as hell too! My surgery date is Aug. 7... coming fast! I can't wait to see the weight come off... I will finally be able to feel like I am living and not just "here". I have no quality of life right now, ahhh the most exciting thing will be too have energy and enjoy being a person!! Good luck to everyone.

I just got my date today... August 7th! I am so excited!!!

I got my date too... Aug 7th! I am so excited but scared at the same time!!!

I am so excited! I got my approval today, I never thought it would happen. Of course I was so negative and thought I would be denied. Oh my gosh I can't believe I am almost at the final step! Within the next 4-6 weeks I will be banded! It was so worth going through everything to get to this point!! Ahhh I am anxious!!!!

Hi all, just checking in! Hope all is well... I got my medical clearance now I just need to meet with the doctor again and get all the Pre and Post op nutrition then I will get my date, praise the lord! I AM READY!

Congrats to you!!!! Ahhh doesn't it just make you feel like a new person already lol??? Do you have your date set yet? I need to get a medical clearance from my family doc and an EKG then I am ready to go!!! Probably within 4-6 weeks, I AM READY!

So, I am about to start the final month of my required 6 month diet for insurance approval. I am so scared though! I am just feeling so negative about getting approved from the insurance company. The doctor seems positive that there will be no issues with approval but I just don't know how I will handle it if I am denied. I have myself so worked up thinking this is going to happen and I don't know how I will feel if I am denied, I think my whole world will crash down on me.

Thanks for the support everyone!! This is the greatest site, everyone truly knows how everyone else feels! It's like having a twin that can feel what you do. Nanathin, we are around the same time, maybe we will be banded the same month... we can compare with each other:)

Everyone seems to think that just because you are overweight that you are an emotional eater. That is not the case for me, I don't eat to feel some type of way... I eat because I LOVE FOOD! So, by me saying that am I just in denial or what lol? I have been overweight my entire life, I was never small, not even when I was 5. I guess I just get so pissy when people say well what are you dealing with that causes you to eat? NOTHING is the answer, I just want to eat because I love food! Ahhh ....

Thanks so much for that link, I will keep it in case worse case situation happens. That is super cheap! It's like I am just a ball of mixed emotion right now, I am so close yet so far away! I am glad you all understand how I feel!

Hi everyone. So, I have this problem. From being overweight all my life I have three disks in my lower back that are degenerating. Well, due to this it causes back pain from time to time. Here is my problem, every time I excercise I end up on bed rest for 4-5 days because my back is flared up in pain. It is so frustrating because I want to be able to excercise, especially after my surgery. Any ideas or anyone with similar problem? I guess worse case scenario I will need to wait until I get some of the weight off and hope then it won't cause so much pain after excersise. It's a lose lose situation:confused:

I worry about this too! I have not had my surgery yet but I keep thinking, will I miss food? I know I will miss it, food is like my best friend! I don't eat because I am depressed or anything I Just LOVE food, I love the taste and lots and lots of it! I think after time we will be use to food as fuel and not something that tastes good, does that make any sense lol? I know a few people that have had the band and they say they do not miss food and love the way they feel

ahh how nice it would be to hear "you're too skinny" compared to, "you're so fat" ahhh I can't wait for that moment! Also, I just can't wait to be able to walk into a 'normal' store and buy a pair of jeans!

I have 1 and a half months left of the 6 month diet, geesh it feels like it has been forever! I know I've waited 24 years but dang this is a killer! I can not wait to get everything settled, I keep praying to God everynight that things go well and I get approved! Good luck to you Quincy, soon enough you will be among the losers! Wow how good does it feel to be called a LOSER hehe!:rolleyes2: