My name is Jason....and well Im a new cadidate for the lap band.....I have submitted my paperwork to the dr and am waiting on them to contact me back. We still have to go through the whole insurance approval thing but i hope to have the surgery in the near months......I want to go ahead and thank everyone on the site...even though this is my first post i have been reading a lot of the questions and answers and they have helped me out greatly......im still kind of nervous but i think everything will turn out great.