Vixian

Awesome. I think they are going to put me in a weight loss program first but i am going to try and tell them that this is what i really want.

Well I made all my phone calls and i found that my insurance will pay for it if my Dr. recommends me but they want me to mostly do a weight loss program before i do the lap-band. So my dr appointment is this coming tuesday (the 9th) Man i am so excited:w00t:

Thank you. i have and this is my final decision I have looked and looked and looked for a long time. And i am truly ready.

ah ok thank you for the tips. well i am getting closer to getting banded but no date yet just a dr appointment to find out when I can

I am voting for you. I dont have a child yet but i want one and am the same height and weight a bit more (310lbs.) but I wish you all the luck i can. And she is very prety

Hello. well i am planning on getting lapband as soon as i am out of college for summer... and i was wondering.. how do you know when its time to get a fill or unfill? i meant.. i read all these about why you all got unfills but i just dont understand the fill part.. I watched youtube video about filling and the whole sugery but nothing about how to tell

Ok well i just found out I have IEHP and i dont know much about the insurance and stuff like that so i dont know what a PPO? insurance is... and I was wondering if anyone knew if they would be able to pay for lap-band.

I under stand there is nausea.. but is that it?

What about people who dont know if they have insurance or not? any suggestions?

Vayron, I have never had anesthesia so i am hoping it will go good because i have decieded i want this. I dont wanna feel like crap about myself anymore or be embarassed by my experiences and all that i read about teen success on an oparah site. and if anyone can find a failed teen one please send it to me. I am just so depressed that i would even let myself get like this.. because i love to rollerblade, bike and swim.. and i can do any of them like this.. i am either embarassed of i nearly faint from trying. Thank you all for posting so a site like this it helped me alot

Hi I am Vixian, I am 19 yrs old, and i weight about 310lbs (height is 5'4" and bmi 53.2) Lately i have been really depressed out my weight i cant find clothes that fit that i like. So i have been looking into lap-band. I currently need to check on my insurance to see about it paying or not because from what i can tell i have an extreme case, and i just wanted to know what are the risks (other than death) and the side affects?

Well I think I am really read to say this. I truly want to do this. I am not worried about the side affects anymore.. I am more worried about what will happen if i don't do this.

aw darn. :smile2: i was hoping that they would be.. but i guess they would be about the same constancy as mash potatoes. because i was reading something on here about some one had: 2week liquid pre and post op than 1 week of mush like food and then slowly into solid

Ok i know this will sound bad but what about milkshakes/smoothies? like maybe if you made it at home... would that count for a liquid diet?

Yeah i know how that feels to knew you cant have them.. (isnt meaning surgery just dieting alone) When i started dieting to lose weight i felt like i was unsuported because my family would bring in cakes, soda and candy and it just became to hard on me... everytime i would diet,.... it was constantly there... But just pull threw ^-^ and hope everything goes well

I would think fatigue because of the change in eating and your body needing so many calories to run your body at a certain weight. but my mom was saying something about gas problems and she is afraid that i would get that and be embarrassed with myself over that. but out of most the things i read on here didnt have any such thing

That sounds good to me. I think tomarrow i will give the insurance a call and make sure i am still covered and all than depending on tht i will make an appointment for a seminar and see how it goes. ^^ thank you you made me feel more convident.

I am kinda at the same point you are but no dr. and i am at 300 pounds. i would deceide based on your BMI