noob here

[TurboDriver 2]

Just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone. I just joined today.

I have just started the process. I have federal employee BCBS PPO (Standard). Just curious if anyone else has went through the process with it.

I am planning to have Dr. James Nazarian M.D. do the surgery in Beverly Hills. Yesterday I went to the seminar and he was very nice, yet very much a Dr. (Which is what I like) opposed to a "presenter" as I've seen when I went to 1-800-get-thin.

I am a very methodical person, and I've studied various forms of surgery for the past 5 years or so. Being so close to Mexico, I've been extremely tempted to go there. I've trolled many forums for quite a while, read "Lap band for Life" and watched so many surgeries on you-tube, I could probably perform them myself :smile2:

I travel quite often, so I will confess I am slightly concerned about running into a bad situation where I would need to uncompress the band, yet find myself in an area where my only choice of care is a hospital. The Dr. yesterday told me that it is very simple and most hospitals should be able to figure it out, even if they don't deal with the lap band there....Just curious on opinions on that...

Not sure how much of my profile shows up, but I'm a BMI of 40.0. My problem has never been getting the weight off, but I just can't seem to keep it off.

Off topic, but I am a very big car guy, so feel free to chat about that as well!

Well enough with the intro...Happy Father's day to everyone out there and I look forward to any advise and thoughts you may have.