Scarred4Life

Sorry about having to break up the conversation on this thing - It only lets you post up to 1000 characters.. Whoops!! Guess I had A LOT to say.. Oh, thats too funny. Oh well, snuggle up and enjoy the read!

So far, so good! I have had one small hiccup, after surgery my stomach swelled, and there was fluid already in my band so I couldnt get any water down - they had to drain my band dry - and I go back on 10/26 which I am sure I will get all that put back in now that my stomach has healed. I am down a total of 25lbs. 16 of it since the surgery.

Have you picked your surgeon/hospital yet? I know that the waiting is the hardest part... but dont worry, its definitely worth the wait. Great to hear back from you, and look forward to speaking with you again.

My primary care had to fill out a Weight Management form for each visit.. I was not told that I have a form for each MONTH... so even tho I was going approximately every 4 weeks, I had an appt in January, then on the first of March, and at the end of March..ect. So when I thought all was said and done - I was then told that the insurance requires a form for JAN then FEB then MARCH.. and I was putting 4 weeks in between each appointment. So, where I was thinking I would get my band in July, I decided to do 2 more appointments in July and 1 in August to show good faith.

My last appt was Aug 28th, and my primary faxed the last note the same day. My surgeons office filed all the paperwork to my insurance - and they APPROVED me on Sept 2. I had an appointment w/ the surgeons office the beginning of the following week where we set the appointment for the band, and met again with the nutritionist and 2 weeks later, on 9/22 I was banded!

I had been to the seminar in Late November, In January I went to my Primary Care to see if she would support me in getting the LAP-BAND??, she was great and immediately wrote a letter of necessity to Dr. Chappano's office and to Blue Cross Blue Sheild (of Alabama) I got in to see Dr. Chappano on Jan 21st($49). and began my 6 month Physician supervised diet with my primary, I had my psych eval ($150) on May 5th, in which she thought that I would be a good candidate, and I saw the nutritionist ($500) at the end of May. I will tell you, neither the psych eval nor the nutritionist applied to my deductible.

Hi, Rhonda! Thanks for the friend request... Nice to have another Jacksonville Girl on this thing! Have you already been banded, or jumping thru the hoops right now?

Hey Shell... Just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know I will be thinking of you tomorrow! WooHoo it's the BIG DAY! I know you must be excited! Yay!!

Sounds great to me... I know its been 3 months and I am picking up the conversation like it was yesterday. I am so sorry. I JUST got the call this afternoon telling me that I have been APPROVED! How exciting! Now I have an appointment with the surgeon, and I guess he will go over the requirements before surgery, I will pay the man - and then schedule the surgery. Woo-Hoo!

How are things going for you? Where are you in the process now?.. and don't worry about messing up - I dont think this site is exactly "user friendly".. I am typically pretty good with computers - but this site leaves me feeling a little dumb at times! Hahaha..

Hope to talk with you soon!