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My Journey

Freekin Nervous!

Posted 02-12-2008 at 12:23 AM by Maya314 (Maya314's Journal)

I went for my preop tests today, I was so lucky, The Nurse Practitioner that examined me is a LAP-BAND® Survivor as well.. that sounds funny.. a band buddy? Anyway, she's lost 128lbs and could not have been more supportive, she hugged me twice and made me promise to call her if I needed anything at all! I was so blessed to have met her!

So in all my testing.. I was weighed... OMG I lost 22lbs in one week!! On protien shakes! I'm certain it's all water retention but who cares,...

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The Begining of the End.

Posted 02-03-2008 at 01:41 AM by Maya314 (Maya314's Journal)

I love to blog..

So anyway.. this is the begining of my journey, I began sometime in December, I began by seeing my Dr, they said that I would require a 6month nutritional counseling, I would have to join a fitness club, have a physical and psych eval before my insurance would even consider banding me. The waiting game...

I joined something called First Line Therapy, it was an out of pocket expense of $2000, as far as I was concerned it was well worth it. Come...

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