Hello....pre-surgery jitters

[Snowball 0]

I was searching for some type of support group concerning Lap-Band surgery and this came up so here I am

I have my evaluation next Tuesday then it is a matter of waiting for ok's from insurance and my 10 day pre-surgery diet. It would be appropriate for me to call myself getting really nervous and I am scared to death of failure and that won't do at all.

So.....I will see what everyone here has to say and hope I will get the support I so desperately need. :cursing:

[auntbrat 1]

I have my evaluation on Monday and I'm very nervous too. I can hardly concentrate at work. I am a very impatient person and I know that this is all about being patient so I'm trying to learn that.

I hope all goes well with your evaluation on Tuesday. We can do this.

[Snowball 0]

Hi there.....so glad to hear from someone who is at about the same stage I am at. :laugh:

Have you done anything in preparation for the surgery yet? I am kind of winging this on my own as I am so far away from our local meetings and everything I have done since the original meeting has been on the internet.

Is your evaluation costing very much? Mine is $200.00 and the insurance does not pay for that. I am on disability and get medicaid. They will pay for the surgery thank God....or so the instructor said, I hope she is right.

Maybe we can email each other and give each other support personally. If you want to do this I will give you my email address luvbirds50@hotmail.com

[Rangergirl 0]

I am at the same point as the two of you are. My paperwork was submitted to ins and I am waiting. Waiting on someone else to make a decision about my health is SO HARD!

[auntbrat 1]

Hi,

No, the evaluation is free but I am a self-pay. My insurance says the weight loss surgery is specifically excluded from my policy. I was so upset when I heard that but I have family members who are going to pitch in and help me pay for it.

The surgeon's office said that first I will go in for the evaluation then they can schedule me to meet with their nutritionist and then after that I meet the surgeon. I am sure that when I go for my evaluation or soon thereafter they will let me know when I need to pay them. I am very fortunate to have family that will help me otherwise I couldn't do this.

Rangergirl, I understand what you mean about waiting for someone else to make such a big decision for you. I sure do hope they will approve you.

Snowball, I'm so glad to find someone at this same stage. I think right now it's all the unknowns that have me scared. I am anxious to just get a date set for it and to find out when the pre-op diet begins.

[Snowball 0]

It seems we are all in about the same place give or take a day...... it will be nice to have someone to compare notes to and maybe even cry toooo LOL