BrandiG

The news I was waiting for arrived at 9am yesterday morning and it was to say the least shocking. I was approved!!! My inforamtion was faxed in on Monday morning and I had an approved first thing Tuesday...talk about excitment!!! I couldnt contain myself yesterday, I couldn't focus and wanted to tell the world; there was only one problem only about 4 people out of the whole entire world knew that I had been trying to get approved. I kept from telling most of my family b/c they are worriers and I didn't want that to interfier with what all I had to do in order to get approved. I just didn't think I needed to tell anyone and everyone until it was set in stone. Needless to say I am breaking the news very gently and a few people at a time and for the most part it's been okay. Today I got the phone call with all of my appointments lined up as well as a surgery date of 6/14 (i may have to move this to 7/8 as this may interfier with work related issues which is okay with me....I'm just so excited that I was approved. My sister in law has been a tremendous amount of help, she was banded 5/13 and I'm on question number nine hundren fourty six thousand twelve :thumbup: So just wanted to update that the wait is over (no pun intended) and I will being my journey in the very near furture!!!:laugh:

The news I was waiting for arrived at 9am yesterday morning and it was to say the least shocking. I was approved!!! My inforamtion was faxed in on Monday morning and I had an approved first thing Tuesday...talk about excitment!!! I couldnt contain myself yesterday, I couldn't focus and wanted to tell the world; there was only one problem only about 4 people out of the whole entire world knew that I had been trying to get approved. I kept from telling most of my family b/c they are worriers and I didn't want that to interfier with what all I had to do in order to get approved. I just didn't think I needed to tell anyone and everyone until it was set in stone. Needless to say I am breaking the news very gently and a few people at a time and for the most part it's been okay. Today I got the phone call with all of my appointments lined up as well as a surgery date of 6/14 (i may have to move this to 7/8 as this may interfier with work related issues which is okay with me....I'm just so excited that I was approved. My sister in law has been a tremendous amount of help, she was banded 5/13 and I'm on question number nine hundren fourty six thousand twelve :rolleyes2: So just wanted to update that the wait is over (no pun intended) and I will being my journey in the very near furture!!!

Yes I know all too well how frustrating it can be to follow the supervised diets; in addition to my 6 month supervised dieting I also had to lose 5% per my insurance company. The insurance company wants to make sure you are serious and to show commitment, but after getting my approval yesterday it was all worth it!!! Everytime you get discouraged think about what you will be gaining to eat a salad instead of a cheese burger and fries. I found new ways to prepare foods and even did some excersing when I found the time. I am very excited to be banded in the next month and I know you will be happy you hung in there too!! Best of luck to you!!!