LAP-BAND® Surgery and LAP-BAND® Discussion Forum

The weight is almost over . . .

Houston, we have a problem

Posted 01-25-2008 at 02:26 PM by minpinmom (Blogin along)

Ok, so I am impatient. I keep watching the online referral site to see when my referral for surgery goes through and nothing. Now usually, the notes show up within a few hours and my paperwork was submitted on Tuesday (supposedly). So I called Tricare. They have not received the paperwork. So, of course, I say "wow, my Dr.s office is NOTORIOUS for not sending paperwork in", the gal, says, "Oh honey, here, have them fax to this number and I will make sure it gets done" with

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minpinmom

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Seminars

Posted 01-25-2008 at 01:22 PM by minpinmom (Blogin along)

As I sit here, patiently awaiting my approval for LAP-BAND®, I started thinking about all of the questions and concerns I had in the beginning. One of those was what to expect at the Seminar. I was so worried they would ask our weight out loud and be judgmental. I know, I know, this is what they do, deal with "heavy" people, but being a "heavy" person, makes me worry about things like this all the time. So I am going to share what my Seminar was like.

I attended

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ahh, the wait

Posted 01-24-2008 at 11:19 PM by minpinmom (Blogin along)

No word today on the approval process. The wait is such a killer. My insurance company has an online approval site, where I can check and see the status of the request - it isn't even in the system yet. I check it like every 10 minutes. I guess you can say I haven't been getting much work done these past few days. I was sure hoping I would be one of the cases that was approved within a few days. My fingers are crossed for tomorrow. :-)

I died my hair today - red, or burgundy,

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Who I am

Posted 01-23-2008 at 10:10 PM by minpinmom (Blogin along)

Hello Blog World!
Well, I thought I should write about Who I am and why I am here. I am 32 years old and have been overweight since about 3rd grade. I hated the way I looked, but I came from a small, ok, tiny dot of a town, and had lots of friends. I was always afraid of being the fat one, but no one really treated me like "her". I don't know why - I guess I was just lucky. I remember a girl in our school who was heavier than me, she got picked on relentlessly. I am so ashamed

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Introductions

Posted 01-17-2008 at 08:40 PM by minpinmom (Blogin along)

I constantly read all the blogs about weight loss - they are so inspiring. I never really imagined I would have the opportunity to become a wls blogger. Life changes fast. I have been trying to get LAP-BAND® surgery for 3 years. My insurance company, Tricare Prime, excluded the procedure. Of course, I didn't find this out until I had done all of the leg work . . . let me take you back a few years.

The year was 2006, I had been researching LAP-BAND® and knew I wanted it. I checked

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