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I am very sorry to hear about your mom. My prayers are with you. Talk to your dr. and let him know what is going on. He is part of your support. Continue to love yourself and take care of yourself(emotionally and physically).

Wow...we have a lot in common. Yes you are right...It is Herrin and not Marion. I don't know why I was saying Marion. I had all my tests done at Herrin. I had to have the EGD at Lourdes medical complex next to the hospital though. I just had it done last Friday. That was the last of my tests that had to be done. Yes he does order a lot of tests, but as a nurse I can see some of the reasonings why they are ordered. Are you going to have the vena cava filter placed? I am. He will put it in 3 days prior to surgery. I worked with enough surgeons to know what happens with clots. Scares the crap out of me. My first PCP appt. Was Oct. 13th and as you know Dr. Argotte says "that is day 0 of your 6 months." I figured the 13th of April will be my 6 month finally for my diet. If there are no problems with my insurance(...so far everything is according to insurance reqs) Dr. Argotte said it usuallly takes a week for the approval and then I can have my band the following week. So I guess the end of April or the beginning of May. I live in Ava. My husband is actually doing some contract work at Sesser right now. We are so close to one another. When is your next appt? Mine is Monday at 2:15 for my EGD follow up. What are your stats? What insurance do you have/ I am sorry...I am just excited to know someone else going through this. I have friends of have done the RNY, but no one for the band. Here is my email addy. michelecotton@verizon.net Talk to you soon. Michele :biggrin:

Truly Awesome!!! I look soooo forward to getting my band this spring. I am sooo tired of not living because I am too busy hiding behind my wt. and feeling ashamed. I really needed to hear your story. God Bless

I think that is a great idea. I think I will do the same. I wont be able to get my band until April or possible May. Good Luck!

Fantastic! Someone else from So. IL. I am going to Dr. Alex Argotte in Paducah KY. It is the same distance there as it is to St. Louis. A lot less traffic and hassle getting to the clinic and hospital. I live near Carbondale. My surgeon is suppose to start doing surgeries in Marion starting this month. I wont have to drive down to Paducah to see him then. I do like the drive to Paducah though. I like Lourdes Hospital too. He has a really nice surgery suite set up there. He comes highly recommended. How about you? Where are you? Who is your surgeon? Thanks for replying. I look forward to hearing from you. Michele

Thank you so much. I am 3 months into my 6 months supervised diet with my doctor requirements. I have had all my requirements met. My only fear is that the insurance for some stupid reason will reject my claim. When I start worring... I think of Phillipians 4;6. That little verse gets me through a lot. God Bless and yes I would love to be one of your supporters and go through this together.

I am new too. I am 130 lbs over wt. I am looking forward to my banding. It takes great courage to make changes that will require hard work. Remember one thing...you are worth the effort.

As I was reading all the posts on this thread, I was thinking to myself how mean, hurtful, thoughtless and idiotic people are. I get upset with people when they say hurtful things about other people. I too have been subjected to the onslaught of hurtful words. 1. I can remember when I was in my late 20s and my son was little, he came home from school very upset. I asked him what was wrong and he became tearful because some kids at school told him "your momma's so fat...she could sit on a rainbow and make skittles pour out." I was hurt for him. That lead me to work hard and lose wt. I managed to lose 70lbs and got down to a size 14. Over time I managed to yo yo it back on again. 2. My own husband stopped having sex with me because of my wt. I kept asking what was the problem and he said "your just not sexy". I was crushed :wink2:. I wasn't that much bigger than when we got married. Needless to say we got into counseling before I divorced him. It hurt a lot when he told me that. He told our counsler he didn't know how else to say it. It may have been the truth for him, but it still hurts. I am going to individual counseling to learn that what I am doing is for me and no one else but me that and to heal some of the pain I have been carrying around with me along with this wt.

That's fantastic! I am jealous. I have to do the 6 month diet. I hope all works great for you. Keep posting.

Hi Beth I too am new here. I was reading about your hiatal hernia ordeal. I just had the last of my tests (EGD) done for my banding. I found out that I too have a hiatal hernia. My surgeon told me he would fix mine when he put my band on. I suffer from reflulx real bad too. I am 3 months into my 6 month required supervised diet. Our stories are a lil similar. I would love to make new friends. Would love to keep chatting. Michele