HI!!! Happy To Be Here!

Hello, everyone! I'm Katie and I live in California. I was banded on August 24, and so far I've lost 32 pounds.

I came to know about this website from my lovely cousin, and she hopes to be banded soon as well. We are band buddies! lol

Anyways, it's great to be here, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.

Katie

Welcome Katie! I also live in sunny So. Cal. although I went to Mexico for my band.

Your results are awesome, good job!

Donna

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Banded 4/17/09
Dr. Alberto Aceves, Mexicali

4cc band filled to 3.10 cc

80 pounds lost to date

Hi Katie!!! I see your surgeon was Dr. LePort... What did you think of him. I have my first consultation on the 20th.

Hi Katie: Welcome. You will find this site a wealth of information.
Good luck on your journey.

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HI!! I loved him! He was so very kind, informative, and thorough. You probably won't see him for your first consultation, though. I didn't even meet him until after I was approved by my insurance, and was scheduled for my one-on-one appointment with him.

You will come to see that it is a pretty long and involved process, but everyone that I have come into contact with at that office has been more than a little patient with my questions and concerns.

I'd love to know how your consultation goes! Please keep me up to date with your progress, and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Katie

I am finding the people in their office really helpful. I called earlier today to get a little more information as to pre reqs for approval for the surgery. As far as I know ... as per my insurance co I need to have a psych eval and a nutritional consultation. No mention of any sort of 3 to 6 month dr supervised dieting... wich is a plus. I am in that state of mind of "I have made the decision I just wanna get the ball rolling and do this" Hopefully it wont be too long of a process I may talk myself out of it...I have been known to do that LOL