Hello Everyone...I'm Natasha!

[Nologoz 18]

I'm very excited to be posting on here for the first time. I have read many wonderful stories on this site ever since I have considered getting the lapband. I have decided to have the surgery and am lucky to have insurance that will pay 90%.

I am in the very preliminary stages. I will attend a seminar next week, and have already filled out the application and contacted my insurance about coverage. I have no doubt I will get approved as I am currently at least a 50 BMI.

I've only scratched the surface and have so much to learn about the lapband process. I have done a fair bit of research and I hope to be able to use this website for information and support. I am recently divorced with only my parents and a few close friends to talk with. Only one friend truly understands what it means to be obese....leaving me with a very small support group.

I'm excited to be going on this journey.

I have been overweight most of my life. I have been on serveral diets but few worked. I was able to lose over 100 lbs on three of the successful diets. Once when I was a teenager on a liquid diet, the next while in college on a non fat diet, and the third during grad school by using Atkins and phen fen. Each time I lost weight was a journey. Each time I eventually gained the weight again.

I hope this journey will be different. I am ready to sacrifice in order to be healthy. I have read so much here, yet still feel as if I don't know what to expect. I hope to break my addiction to food and use the band as a tool to focus on my disease.

It was a relief to find this website. I hope to contribute to this forum by sharing my journey and learning from others.

[saleel22 0]

Hi Natasha, I am being banded on the 16th Jan. These boards can have a wealth of information. The people on here are very supportive of each other.Good luck on your journey.

Saleel22

[mumof2boys 71]

Welcome, Natasha and congratulations on beginning your journey. I love my band and I am so grateful to have it. It has done me wonders. Best of luck to you.

[ThinDolphin3 3]

Welcome Natasha, you will love this forum it's totally awesome and I've read and met so many wonderful ppl on this site. I also will be attending a seminar on Jan 12th and I cant wait. I already know my insurance approves it and I already have a doc lined up. It's a requirement that I attend a seminar, get a psych evaluation done and then they submit to my insurance company which covers the lapband and then I wait for a surgery date. I'm hoping to get the band by March. *crossing fingers*

Look frwd to hearing your progress on your journey.

blessings