Start To Finish?

[mom2kt 2]

Hi All, I am extremely new to this. I am considering HIGHLY getting lap band done. I was going to do it three years ago but wasn't in a position that I could. Things have changed and I am excited to get my life back and be healthy. I want to know how long from your 1st meeting as a group for info to when you had surgery? I am worried about losing the 20% I need to lose. I can't even lose 10lbs!! Thanks for feedback

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

Are you on a 6 month monitored diet? I do not understand the 20% number. Is this from your doctor?

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

Hi All, I am extremely new to this. I am considering HIGHLY getting lap band done. I was going to do it three years ago but wasn't in a position that I could. Things have changed and I am excited to get my life back and be healthy. I want to know how long from your 1st meeting as a group for info to when you had surgery? I am worried about losing the 20% I need to lose. I can't even lose 10lbs!! Thanks for feedback

Welcome aboard Mom! I also mulled over having the surgery for a few years...convinced that the next diet I tried would work and I could finally lose the weight and keep it off. That didn't happen and here I am today, just shy of a month from being banded. My entire process has been:

April 9 - Scheduled Appointment with True Results, Houston

April 11 - First Appointment/Initial Consultation - all testing (blood, urine, EKG, respiratory function test, etc.) except Psych eval completed on this visit, approximately 2 hours.

April 13 - Psych eval completed.

April 22 - Psych eval report submitted to True Results.

April 26 - Package sent to BCBS for final approval.

April 29 - BCBS Approval!

April 30 - True Results receives approval letter, submits to surgeon.

May 6 - Surgeon's office calls to schedule Preop and surgery - bump in the road, doctor has a tight schedule and is going on vacation...delay!

June 4 - Preop appointment

June 19 - Surgery scheduled.

So, had it not been for the doctor being overbooked and taking vacation, I cold have had my surgery as early as May 17. No big deal, I realize I am still going through the "emotional phases" of this process and to rush into it would have been a mistake, so I look at it as a blessing in disquise. Yes, I wanted to hurry up and get it done so I could see substantial results by mid-summer, but that's okay. Thanks to the decision to get a band, I expect many more great summers and bathing suits than I would have without it. Good luck to you my friend and please keep us posted!!!

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

Are you on a 6 month monitored diet? I do not understand the 20% number. Is this from your doctor?

P.S. - you only need to lose 10 - 20lbs. prior to surgery. If you could lose 20% of your weight on your own, you wouldn't need the band...now would you? Trust me, the preop diet will get those pounds off...if you follow doctors orders.

[sstemple 1]

I'm really new to this, but it looks like I could potentially be banded in July or August. My seminar was May 6. My insurance requires me to lose 10% prior to submission of approval. So, right now I'm in the process of losing that along with the other requirements.

[Kime-lou 648]

I went to the required seminar the first of April 2012, went to my first surgeons appointment was May 3rd and I had surgery June 22nd. So mine went FAST and could have gone faster had I wanted it to. After the seminar I hemed and hawed over meeting with the surgeon once I did, thing moved. Granted, I took the bull by the horns- I got all the orders from my surgeon and I faxed and called to set up everything and got it done by the end of May. I waited to have surgery until June 22 due to my work schedule.

[marfar7 1,533]

I had my group seminar on Aug 10, 2009. Saw the dr on Aug 18th, nutritonist and psych eval on Sep 10th, and surgery on oct 1 (a little more than 6 weeks total). I had no insurance hoops to jump thru tho. most people have a required diet they have to complete. I didn't even have a pre op diet.

Good luck!

Marci

[mom2kt 2]

Thank You all for your imput. I just heard you had to lose 20% but like LBT addict said if I could lose that anyway wouldn't I just keep going?

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Thank You all for your imput. I just heard you had to lose 20% but like LBT addict said if I could lose that anyway wouldn't I just keep going?

Welcome!

Talk to your insurance company because they all have different requirements. I was lucky, I didn't have to do any pre op diet at all. I had my original seminar then had my surgery just 3 weeks later. It went really fast.