Hi November Bandsters. This is the first time I have posted. I got the news today, insurance comp. approved my surgery. I am very pumped. I see my primary physician tomorrow for pre-op tests, I go for pre-op prep class on Wed. and see my surgion the same day. My LB surgery is scheduled for November 17. Wahoo!!! Will start liquid diet tomorrow AM. After waiting so long (started this journey in April) my ins. approval has caught me off guard. They had 30 days to revue my appeal and I figured that they would wait till the last so wasn't expecting any reply till end of Nov. When the nurse called today I had a lot of mixed emotions. My dh and I go to Cabo the first week in Dec. I will be on liquids over Thanksgiving and soft diet when we go to Cabo but if I wait until we come home it will be soft for Xmas. I don't want to keep putting this off. I decided, reality is that this is going to be my new life. I will never again eat the way I have in the past so might as well get started.