Newbie Band Girl

fennigen · October 17, 2008

Hey there,

I'm Jennifer, a nurse from Canada but relocated to North Carolina. With the first of my four children I started putting on weight and had not stopped until the day I changed my MIND.

I watched that Bariatric program on discovery health and realized it was me if I didn't change what I was doing...

04/08-Lap Band Education Classes, Psych & Nutrition Evals, Cardiac workup, pulmonology workup and endoscopy...took until 06/08 to get all of these completed

07/08-Insurance

08/06/08-SURGERY, 7 am after working 12 hours to make the $$$ to pay for surgery----dumb move, should have slept, would have felt better sooner !!!

09/26/08-first fill-24.6 pounds lost-3 cc

10/15/08-second fill-26.6 pounds lost- 1 cc- total:4cc

Bratty_Nicole · October 17, 2008

Wow-ee! It looks like you have been really successful with your band. Congratulations and keep on!

luckyfive101 · October 17, 2008

Got a great start there! Keep up the good work!

Camp3 · October 18, 2008

I'm in NC too. That's great for you. Are you happy with your success? What insurance do you have? I'm hoping my process will be about 4 months too. How long were you out of work after surgery? When did you start to feel better?

fennigen · October 18, 2008

I have BC/BS w/ the state, my husband is a probation officer...so I have the state health plan, it was great and approved quick and easy...although they haven't made payment yet...I guess I don't want to jinx it...I had surgery on Wed am took the w/e off work and returned on Mon pm---a 12 hour shift---I am a nurse in labor & delivery. I probably should have taken Mon off cause I was still feeling poorly, but by Tues I felt great.

The first 3 days are the roughest, but that is typical w/ any surgery, not just banding...anyway, hope this answers your questions.

And all, thanks for the well wishes. I hope to lose another 20 by Thanksgiving, but it will take some real work at Curves and my walking track...we'll see...