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I am Cynthia in St. Louis. I've been considering surgery for a year and have finally completedly all of the pre-work for insurance. My insurance changes 1/1/08 so I should know about coverage and have a date in a few weeks. It finally seems real and is exciting, but also scary ... looking forward to this adventure.

Cynthia

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Good luck on your approval!

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Welcome to the group. Iam from St. Louis also. Who is your doctor? My wife and I were banded in Sept. 07 and doing well. If you have any questions just e-mail and will try to help steer you in the right direction. We had are bands done by Dr. Minkin at Des Pres.

Chris

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I know what you mean about it being an adventure and scared at the same time. I just finally made my decision to have the band instead of the RYN. I wanted to wait til I did as much research as possible before even calling a doctor.

Good luck on getting approval and surgery date!!

blessings:ranger:

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Good luck to you! I am scheduled for Jan 8th and am both excited and nervous. I had my first consultation Nov 5th and had my date by December 1st. Hang in there. Good luck to you!

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Welcome Cynthis McC,

Congrats on your decision, I am waiting as well.

Best wishes Lana

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