Dark Angel

Hello Everyone! I'm Michelle but many of my friends call me Angel... Don't let the Dark Angel part scare you, I'm not satanic or anything like that, it's actually a nick name my father gave me when I was little and it just stuck... I'm 39, widowed almost 3 years now and the mother of 2 wonderful young men, 15 and 8 My husband passed away from an accident while trying to learn how to skateboard to spend more time with our boys back in March 2008 and since then, the reality of me being all they have left really hit me hard when my youngest said, "Mommy, we don't want you to die too, please" and it was cause of my weight. I've spent my whole life battling my weight, the roller coasters and emotions are too much and I just know that once I get banned, there will be no more battles, only a war that's been won once and for all. I will be starting my preliminary doctor appointments the first week of Sept and just know that my husband will be on my side guiding me through this from above. Thank you for making this forum available and allowing me to educate myself more before my actual banding comes.

Good Evening / Day Everyone... I am new to all this, so I apologize in advance for sounding uneducated to anything about this. I was recently accepted by a new insurance company called Group Health Co-op. I work for a small company, there's only 6 of us and I was the only one without insurance but wanted the benefits of a group plan rather then just the individual plans that don't allow any weight loss surgery at all. I would like to know if there's anyone else that is in a plan like this one and how long of a progress has it been from the time you applied until you actually received your banding. Thank you again in advance.

I am praying that I will be a "bandster" soon, just waiting on the thumbs up from my insurance company! My BBM is 2265F3B4