ReadyOrNot

what is the 2 week pre-op diet? My doctors don't require any special diet for the lap band except for the standard fasting after midnight for the day of the surgery.

I went to the seminar in July, and would have been scheduled for my lap band in January, except I was going on vacation, so it is now this week. The process is a relatively long one, first the seminar, then I had to have a physical and some blood test done by my PCP to get a referral, then onto a meet and greet with the lap band doctor, then 3 nutritionalist appointments, 2 physical trainer appointments, 1 psch evaluation, and finally insurance approval, this was the fastest part of the puzzle for me, took only a couple of weeks to hear back from Blue Cross that I had been approved. Good luck, stick with it, it goes by faster than it sounds really.

Hello everyone! I have been reading this site for months, and have found it to be a great resource for the lap band procedure I'm about to go through. It has answered a lot of my questions, and I'm getting more honest and frank information here than even from my doctors I am finding, so thank you for that! I am going in for my lap band procedure this Thursday, March 12th and am very excited/nervous. I am excited to start this new chapter of my life and have the same fears as most about not waking up/regretting my decision. I think/hope this is going to be a great decision, and a great tool for me to lose weight and actually keep it off which has always been the hard part for me. Thanks for all the info, and hopefully I'll be joining in on more discussions soon!

thanks, good luck to you too!! This is my first surgery ever, can't wait for it to be done with!