indygirl
Like most other people on this site, I'm tired of being fat. I started looking into WLS a while ago; however, I really got serious about things in 2005 when my weight, diabetes, and HTN got a bit out of hand. I saw an ad for the lapband on my Dr.'s website, went to the info seminar, had a consultation with the Dr., and submitted the info to my insurance only to be denied because of lack of supervised weight loss. This all took place in March of 2006. I started a 6mo supervised program with my PCP, resubmitted in Aug of 2006 and was approved. I started this journey at 247lbs.
At the beginning of Oct'06, I began a 10 day preop liquid diet. On the day of my surgery, Oct. 18, I weighed in at 235lbs (-12lbs). I spent 2 days in the hospital and as of today 10/27/06, I weigh 230lbs (-17lbs).
