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Amanda Im so happy for you and I cant wait to get this surgery youll be in my prayers

this is a long story so ill try to make it short. I am selfpay so i dont have to do the 6 month diet like all the ins calls for. So why after 9 months on this journey havent i had the surgery by now? I had to go to 3 seminars which were a mounth apart. thats ok then i could make my first appt with the doc. well that took 2 months to see him and then when i do he calls for a ton of tests . and you know docs it took me 2 months to get all those tests done. then when im all done they say I need to get cleared from a cardiologist for surgery.WHAT? why didnt the cardiologist that did my stress test clear me? so i go to a cardiologist thats close by to read the test to clear me andd he said its to vaighe so he calls for a echo. another 2 weeks of appts. Im fed up . I am paying the thousands and thousands of dollars to have this surgery why so many obsticals? I have heart palpitations Ive never had a heart attack and im young. I dont get it.

I cant wait for my surgery I cant wait to go into a waiting room and not worry if i fit into the seats I cant wait to travel more and not have to use half my sons chair and a seatbelt extender I cant wait to shop any place cuz right now all i can do is shop out of a catalog I cant wait to get off all my meds.(and I have alot) I cant wait to have more energy cant wait to love myself again I cant wait to be normal and not the fattest person around I cant wait to feel feminine and pretty I cant wait to not think Im gonna die before my kids grow up. And although my husband is the sweetest man and loves me no matter what I cant wait to be thinner for him

Ya know My life is pretty good I have a great husband whom I love and nothing in my life is sooo bad so Im thinking I may need something. When I was on Zoloft in the past I was on it for 6 months and it didnt do anything maybe I needed a bigger dose. Thanks everyone

This is kinda off topic but I was wondering do all these meds work? I think I may need one. I took Zoloft in the past and stopped cuz it did nothing. Im down in the dumps most of the time. I have anxiety and Im crabby to my kids. I blame it on being so obese but could it be depression?And is it some miracle pill that can make me happy cuz if so I would love to get on something:)

so in all honesty they really dont know how long this is gonna last. Im 33 am I gonna have this thing in 30 or 40 years? that is the ? I mean wow how long do they think the piece of plastics gonna last? im kinda scared thinking about it now.

Please tell me the band company is going to pay for all this. It sounds like its the bands fault.

I have 300 lbs to lose 200 would be awesome:) Someone mentioned on another thread that because I have so much weight to lose I should seriously change my mind about getting lapband. She said she would hate to lose this much weight with the band. She has like 50 lbs to lose total. I did my research and want the band the other weight loss surgerys scare me. can I lose 200-300 lbs with the band or is it almost imposible? Im scared now

Ok I just got my gi results back and it shows a very small sliding hiatal hernia. I am self pay and was wondering how this is gouing to effect the cost. I do have insurance it just wont pay for weightloss surgery so will they pay for the repair if they fix it during the weight loss surgery or will I have to pay for the hernia getting fixed? has anyone else delt with this situation?

Ok where to start. I am 462 lbs and when I diet (1800 calories ) and excercise(walk a mile) I lose about 4 pounds a week. So why do I always hear this is a slow process? When I get my band and Im eating 1000 calories and walking a mile why wont I still be losing 4 pounds or more a week? Why only maybe 1 or 2 lbs? Makes no sence to me.

yes I have looked at all the options. and why not the band? I dont think Ill ever be thin I just want to be healthier. Id be happy at 300 pounds. I dont care if it falls off fast I just didnt understand why its so slow but it makes sence being bigger and losing faster at first. And yes I last about 3 months on a diet and then give up and put on the weight and then some.

You waiting since 2006 is crazy Why. If I would have got this done 8 months ago like I wanted to I wouldnt have developed type 2 diabetes. anything could go wrong with being obese.

Is it more likely the more ya weigh the more chance ya have of having a fatty liver. What makes some livers fat and some not? and is there a test to find out? Im very obese and Im afraid theyll open me up and find a fatty liver and Im self pay so I cant afford it

Oh I agree I need the tests I just cant understand why the first cardiologist didnt clear me? I thought the test was the clearence. Its not just the tests its how long it takes to see all these docs. Know next week they will tell me if Im cleared and then it will probubly take a month just to see the doc just to schedule the surgery. What then another 2 months. And I cant switch docs. Hes the best one in the area. and I dont have that many to choose from i live in the middle of nowhere

Im self pay because my insurance wont pay for lapband my question is will I even have to tell them about the surgery and can they drop me for getting this surgery?

I agree with restless monkey if youve had issues with your heart in the past they will def want a stress tet. I am selfpay and I had to do all kinds of tests stress test included because I have heart palpitations. I also have other problems. High blood pressure and Im very over weight so it all depends on what the doc wants. Better safe than sorry.

ya know Ive been reading threads for over a year now and am all ready for surgery. Hears my worry. Im self pay and its took all i have to scrape up the thousands and thousands of $ to have it. From all these threads people seem to have more problems than success. Im so worried that somethings gonna happen. Erosion, port slippage ,band slippage,infection,just to name a few. what are the chances of nothing happening and what are the chances of something bad happening. Im getting scared.and im out of $

thanks everyone i feel alittle better

That makes sense I am gonna follow everything my doc says to a T and Pray Pray Pray

Thanks guys. I feel better.

I was wondering where to look for info about a lapband doc and was wondering when do you know your docs experienced? How many surgerys? 300, 1000.

im worried about something. I know erosion is rare but in 5 10 or 20 years wouldnt it start to happen eventually. I just never hear about anyone having it on longer than 5 years

I have got all my tests done for my lapband the doc called for.But I have a huge problem. I did the sleep apnea test and they said I have moderate sleep apnea. (I dont stop breathing but my oxygen level goes down a bit) well heres the problem everytime I put the cpap on I have a huge panick attack! my heart starts ponding and I feel like Im sufocating and I throw the thing down and start crying I CANNOT DO IT. Ive been depresed the last few days Ive had it and its all I think about. I start to panick. well my ? is is this going to stop me from having surgery? I am self pay so my ins doesnt care.I cant call my docs office untill monday and even then all ill be able to talk to is the nurse

thanks for responding im gonna keep trying and see but ya know I was wondering my cpap cost over $2ooo and ya almost wonder if they tell everyone who takes the sleep tests that they have sleap apnea. how would ya know. I didnt stop breathing once but my oxygen level went down to 80% wouldnt a little ox have been good why a cpap? And also what do I do when I lose weight and dont need it anymore? Can I sell it or give to someone who has no insurance?

I feel like Im sufocating and I dont have panick attacks for anyother reason. Ive tryed all the other masks. when I take the mask off I am gasping for air its the most awful thing in the world. I cant sleep either and I could before. this is a nightmare