New and looking for help

[Cristal2star 0]

Hello all, My name is Crystal York.. I am starting my journey to get the lapband. I just got married in June of 2010 and have met the love of my life. I have battled with weight my whole life and really would like to get down to an ideal weight to start a family with my husband one day, would aslo be nice to feel better about my self. I am just not getting added to his insurance in Feb... I wanted to know how long the process takes and what all I need to do to get it rolling. Any and all help is welcome. I seen alot of b4 and after pics and it has given me so much hope. Hope to hear from you all soon.

[Mimi11 2]

Welcome and Congrats on your new Husband. The process all depends on your insurance, my insurrance requires three months. But that three months requires that I meet with my Pcp, nutrionist and have a pshy evaluation. After all that is done which is Feb 7th, I will be scheduled for surgery.

[Cristal2star 0]

Welcome and Congrats on your new Husband. The process all depends on your insurance, my insurrance requires three months. But that three months requires that I meet with my Pcp, nutrionist and have a pshy evaluation. After all that is done which is Feb 7th, I will be scheduled for surgery.

Grats on hearing that. Me and my husband been talking about it alot. My ins dont kick in till march/april so I will be going to see the doctor as soon as it kicks in. I really want this done I hope the approve it. I think they should since I need to loose about 230 pounds.

[Mimi11 2]

Me too I currently weigh 399lbs, I have a loooooooooooong way to go. But I'm excited about the ride. Keep me posted on your progress:)

[cwm812 11]

Good luck to both of you. Sometimes the process takes a long time, but it is so worth it. If you have a 3 month wait, it will go quickly. It sometimes takes most of that time to arrange all the preop appointments (like EKG, psych eval.....)

Cindy

[Cristal2star 0]

Good luck to both of you. Sometimes the process takes a long time, but it is so worth it. If you have a 3 month wait, it will go quickly. It sometimes takes most of that time to arrange all the preop appointments (like EKG, psych eval.....)

Cindy

I know I know it will take sometime, I am just so excited about it all. My ins does not kick in till April so I wont be able to get to much rolling till then. I am hoping it gets kicked in march so we will see. I am still a tad scared its gonna be a whole new me but I am determined to get this going and get on the road of losing all this excess weight. Its time to start being healthy and do the things I have never got to do bc I have been so shy and stuff about my weight. I did not even have a wedding bc I did not want to be seen as the fat girl in the dress. So once I do loose the weight my husband and I talked about having a real wedding. So its going to be get I know it is.... thank you both for your kind words.

[Angelyco 0]

Some insurance plans also require a 6-month supervised diet before surgery, it all depends on your plan.

For me, I just had to do the psych eval and nutritionist, then scheduled my surgery, which was 6 weeks out from then just because of so many other surgeries booked at the same time. During that 6 week wait was when I saw the pulminologist and my primary doctor had to see me and fill out paperwork saying I'm okay to have the surgery.