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So I had my consult with the second surgeon on July 12 as I had planned. In some ways it was not what I had expected. There was a lot of stuff to answer and I had a list of questions. I also had another that I emailed with later and he replied quickly. They did give me a date which I am not sharing with many until I have actual insurance approval. He did not ask, but I am trying to lose some weight before the date that was given to me. So now it's just a waiting game. This week will be 2 weeks, so I think I am going to call the surgeon's office to make sure they submitted. So far they have paid on most of the pre-surgical stuff that so many other people have problems getting payment for. So I am optimistic that the surgery itself will be approved as well. And I am getting even more inspired by some great success stories here on this site. 

More news as it comes......till then NO JINXES!!

I am really not the kind of person who usually gets nervous but I have to say I am getting some butterflies in my stomach. I called the surgeon's office today to make sure all my test results were there and in order. I had to track down my EKG results but finally everything was in place. 

Happily, the scale this morning showed I had lost about 12 pounds in a month. It hasn't weighed me exactly right since I tapped out over 400 but today I came in at 396. But the battery is dying so I don't know exaclty how accurate it is. As soon as I get weighed tomorrow at the surgeon I will post my "real" current weight. 

I think what I am nervous about mostly is that he won't want to do the LapBand on me. Or he will say that he might have trouble positioning it or the port. I am also thinking he might ask me to lose some weight on my own before that. Which would be ok but I would rather just get on with this already!!

This Thursday July 12, I am going to have my initial consultation with another surgeon. I am not going to bad mouth the one I saw first, just didn't feel it there , know what I mean? I am hoping it goes differently with Dr. Ballantyne. I also went about it differently (mostly because the communication from him and his office was much clearer.) I have had everything done that he requires before the consult. Now the only thing left is to see him and submit for approval. Which I am hoping will go pretty smoothly. One thing I am happy about is that although I work for a "corporation" it is actually in essence a family owned business. If this insurance company gives me crap I am going to talk to our owner's son (who I have a friendly relationship with) and see how quickly he can get it turned around. I really don't think it is going to come to that but if I have to I will. 

I feel like this is all happening just in time. Physically I feel worse than I ever had. Aches and pains and just feeling blah. I am sure it comes with being my heaviest ever. But I have been doing well lately. Just hard to exercise with the leg/knee/back pain but I am working on that too. We have Nick's surgery coming up on the 17th. He is having his gallbladder removed. I am hoping that will eliminate his physical sickness and then once he is done with it he will feel free to look for a new job which will take care of his current mental problems. 

I am going to start blogging on here more often. I think keeping a record of my journey is important. Once I get the hang of things on here I will post a ticker and more photos.