The waiting... is the hardest part

KCbigguy · 01-21-2008, 01:24 PM

Gibson,

Congrats on the approval! Wow - I hope that it does not take me that long. When will you get your date?

Suzi - Thanks for the tips. I am trying to start the right habits now too. I have started exercising and eating better, though not perfect. I still feel like I am in limbo, but I guess that is where I need to be now. :)

John

Suziecat · 01-21-2008, 03:48 PM

John, Take this time to concentrate on yourself. Right now that is all that matters. You need to take care of yourself first. I told my family that no matter what, I was doing this and it came first in my life. If I had a doctor's appointment and something came up and they needed me, they were just going to have to wait. I took this time to also get some things straight in my head. That I was going to have to change. Bad habits were going to have to be broken and new good habits were going to take their place. If you do all of this time will pass by quickly. It was a long struggle but by doing the things I needed to do helped it go by faster. Hang in there. It's so worth it.

Good Luck to you.

ZebraMom · 04-01-2008, 06:42 PM

I started the process toward Lap Band in June 2007. I have still not been able to schedule a surgery date! Looks like I'll be a year our or more before I get my band. Boy, am I ready!

KCbigguy · 04-02-2008, 07:56 AM

Wow - that is tough! What is the hangup, insurance?

I am starting to make steady progress, I have 2 out of 5 approvals so far and am slated to have most of the approvals wrapped up in early May.

It does seem like this process is designed to weed out those who really are not committed.

Keep plugging away!

John

ZebraMom · 04-02-2008, 10:30 AM

Thank you for the encouragement John P from KC. Here's how it's going for me.

Within the first two months after my insurance said I could begin the process, I finished things like "The Doctor's Talk" and the "Nutrition Talk" and attended a support group meeting that was all bypass patients. I had to have Nutritional counseling (a condition of my insurance) and this paperwork didn't get to the surgeon. Then I had to have an upper GI which took forever to schedule. Then I had to get clearance from the Cardiologist and he won't approve until I have had a stress test. That is scheduled for this Friday. After this I am still one more test away from scheduling a date and there is some conflict there between the surgeon and my insurance. Oh, the holidays were nestled in there somewhere. Nothing happened in December at all.

One thing is for sure, I am committed and I will not give up. Best of luck to you on your journey.

The waiting... is the hardest part

Almost a year?