regretit123

Sure thing Susan. My name is Marlene, I'm 27 weigh 241 and have a bmi of 38. I learned about the lapband in December of last year when my pcp doctor suggested it as a tool that would help me lose the weight that was bringing me to bringing me close to being insulin dependent. I went to a seminar in february and I educated myself. The seminar was excellent at NYU Medical Center. They explained the pros and cons as well as the usual obstacles that most insurance companies place to make it a little more difficult to get. After that, I pretty much did everything else on my own, I followed the steps with my pcp, scheduled the psych evaluation and after that the surg consult. All in all it has been a pretty quick and painless process, once I had all of my paperwork, the surgeons office contacted the insurance company for approval and thats pretty much it... surgery scheduled for the 27th of this month, so thats 2 saturdays from now...wish me luck