Any October Bandsters!??!?!

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i have uhc.

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what is uch?

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united health care. uhc

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oh I am a self pay patient!!! I am going to Texas to be banded!

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oh, ok. i have been waiting for this day to come when i find out that i was approved. now that i am, i dont feel anything, maybe numb or something. i have been overweight most of my life and in and out of the hospital for blood pressure issues, im really ready to start living my life again.

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Me too, I am soo excited but I am nervous too, I just hope I can do it!! I mean i am spending a lot of money!!!! where are you from? Where is your surgery being done? i am from Boston Mass but am flying to Texas for this! I am 34 yr old female, I weight 220lbs!!! My name is Leann!

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i am in miami florida, my surgery will be at palmetto hospital. i am 39 and weigh 300 lbs. i need this so bad! i am so excited and scared!

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so very nice to meet you, good luck with your surgery, its on the 1st right?!! has this been a long haul for you, did you do your pshc evaluation yet? if so, what did that consist of? you can email me directly if you want at ldonahue@cambridgema.gov Thanks, talk soon, Leann

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yes, its on the 1st. i did my evaluation around the 15th of august. it consisted of about 100 questions, just to see where your mind was. then i spoke with the dr. directly so he can get a feel of why i wanted to be banded. it hasnt been long at all, i decided to get banded on mothers day when i went to the hospital for my bp. then i went the next weekend too. i said that it! i have got to get help. and then from there, i had to pay my 140.00 for nutritional eval, and the seminar and the psyc. i was approved in 2 weeks! the day i called to see if i was approved or not at the insurance co, that exact day, they had approved me and had sent out my letter the previous day to the dr and to me, so when i got home on the 15th, it was in the mailbox. i even called them 2xs to make sure that i was hearing them right that i was approved! lololol.

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great, I fly out to texas on oct 12, then have all my pre-ops and stuff on the 13th and surgery the 14th and then I fly back to Boston on the 17th!! very quick!!!! I can't wait!!!! yahoo!!! good luck!

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yes, good luck to you as well. i have my preops on wednesday. have to report to the hospital at 6am on the 1st! I hope i lose at least 20 lbs on my 2 months liquids afterwards! lolol

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2 months of liquids, I only have 2 weeks on liquids!

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well, i call liquids, th Jello, the Soup, and the popsicles! i dont want to cause my band any problems, im sure i can have some mushy stuff, but i am going to take it light, im going exactly by what my papers say. lolol i want to make sure that band is sealed, sealed, sealed! lolololol

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I hear ya, me too!!!

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i dont know how to get in the conversations! maybe i have to just sit and try to learn how to move around the site, haha