Amanda G.
New Year
Jan 31, 2008
Wow, I just realized I hadn't updated my profile in a while and thought I better get at least one January post in.
Well, things are looking good right now. I was thankfully lured into the DS forum in December and have been doing some serious research for the past 6 weeks or so. At first I was put off by the DS being more invasive, but after a lot of time cutting through my ideological crap and really looking at who I am and what I want from my WLS, I feel that the DS is the best option for me.
So who am I? I am someone who:
* Wants to have more children after recovering from WLS
* Will graze non-stop through the day
* Has issues with vomitting. (SERIOUS issues!!)
* Doesn't have the time or resourses to continue going in for fills
* Wants the best chances for permanent weightloss
* Is a MAJOR milk drinker
*Does not EVER want to have a revision.
* Wants to eat like a NORMAL person and not go from one extreme of stuffing my face to the other of eating only 2 oz at a meal.
* Who has not had dinner with out a glass of water as far back as I can recall.
* Wants to enjoy my children while they are still babies and have the energy to keep up with them. (Yes, my 5 year old is still a baby!!!)
This month is month #3 of my 6 month diet. I have been walking a fine line trying to maintain so I don't drop my BMI below 40 but still trying to show an effort at the same time. As of last week I am at 241 so I am maintaining just fine.
I called Dr. Crookes office in LA and will be going to his seminar on March 15th. They were very understanding about me not being able to travel to LA very often so they scheduled my consultation for the following Monday. Now I get to do both in one trip. Hooray!
I got my 5 year weight history from my OBGYN last week, will be finished with my 6 month supervised diet in April and have already confirmed that Dr. Crookes is a contracted provider and DS is a covered benefit on my plan. I am hoping I will only have to submit for approval once. My fingers are already cramping from having them crossed for 3 months....only 3 more to go!
Well, things are looking good right now. I was thankfully lured into the DS forum in December and have been doing some serious research for the past 6 weeks or so. At first I was put off by the DS being more invasive, but after a lot of time cutting through my ideological crap and really looking at who I am and what I want from my WLS, I feel that the DS is the best option for me.
So who am I? I am someone who:
* Wants to have more children after recovering from WLS
* Will graze non-stop through the day
* Has issues with vomitting. (SERIOUS issues!!)
* Doesn't have the time or resourses to continue going in for fills
* Wants the best chances for permanent weightloss
* Is a MAJOR milk drinker
*Does not EVER want to have a revision.
* Wants to eat like a NORMAL person and not go from one extreme of stuffing my face to the other of eating only 2 oz at a meal.
* Who has not had dinner with out a glass of water as far back as I can recall.
* Wants to enjoy my children while they are still babies and have the energy to keep up with them. (Yes, my 5 year old is still a baby!!!)
This month is month #3 of my 6 month diet. I have been walking a fine line trying to maintain so I don't drop my BMI below 40 but still trying to show an effort at the same time. As of last week I am at 241 so I am maintaining just fine.
I called Dr. Crookes office in LA and will be going to his seminar on March 15th. They were very understanding about me not being able to travel to LA very often so they scheduled my consultation for the following Monday. Now I get to do both in one trip. Hooray!
I got my 5 year weight history from my OBGYN last week, will be finished with my 6 month supervised diet in April and have already confirmed that Dr. Crookes is a contracted provider and DS is a covered benefit on my plan. I am hoping I will only have to submit for approval once. My fingers are already cramping from having them crossed for 3 months....only 3 more to go!
2 lbs
Dec 14, 2007
Well, after food journaling alone (no diet plan or excercize prgram) I lost two pounds in two weeks. I have been consuming between 1900-2100 calories/day. I saw my internest today and now that he knows where I currently am, he wants me to start keeping my food intake to around 1600 calories/day. So begins the actual diet...ugh.
I am hoping that by April we will be submitting documentation for approval of my Lap-Band. I have requested all of my medical records from all of my physicians going back since my son was born and will be seeing my internest every 4 weeks to monitor my weight and food intake. I am hoping that will be sufficeint for BC/BS. However, the surgeons office STILL has not called me back. It has been a full month since I went to the seminar. I don't want to bug them since we really cant do anything for a few months, but I do want them to be working on a game plan too. I think phone call number 15 is going to be placed to their office this afternoon.
I am hoping that by April we will be submitting documentation for approval of my Lap-Band. I have requested all of my medical records from all of my physicians going back since my son was born and will be seeing my internest every 4 weeks to monitor my weight and food intake. I am hoping that will be sufficeint for BC/BS. However, the surgeons office STILL has not called me back. It has been a full month since I went to the seminar. I don't want to bug them since we really cant do anything for a few months, but I do want them to be working on a game plan too. I think phone call number 15 is going to be placed to their office this afternoon.
Virtual Model
Dec 04, 2007
Just checking to see if this worked
Step one~check
Nov 30, 2007
I just got home from my appointment with my new internest. Can I say LOVE HIM!! First of all the office staff was amazing. I had both of my little ones and the 5 year old boy I babysit with me. (This was seriously the only time I could go so I had to bring them with me) The nurses were falling all over themselves cooing over the baby and playing with the boys. When it was time for me to go back they begged me to let the kids stay with them in the front so they could read stories to the boys and play with Alyssa. Who could say no to that!?
Then when the doctor came in we fully discussed my weight history, co-morbidities, current diet and game plan for the future. He wants me to start a food journal as of today and then come see him in two weeks to see where we need to go from there. There is a website he gave me so he can monitor my progress online as well. He then did a urine sample and blood work there in the office (didn't have to go to a seperate lab....A HUGE LIFESAVER when you are carting around 3 little ones)
He feels that LapBand would be a good direction to head toward and already knows the insurance protocols for BCBS off the top of his head. I truely feel this surgery is meant to be. Not bad for a doctor that I randomly selected from my provider directory!!!
Then when the doctor came in we fully discussed my weight history, co-morbidities, current diet and game plan for the future. He wants me to start a food journal as of today and then come see him in two weeks to see where we need to go from there. There is a website he gave me so he can monitor my progress online as well. He then did a urine sample and blood work there in the office (didn't have to go to a seperate lab....A HUGE LIFESAVER when you are carting around 3 little ones)
He feels that LapBand would be a good direction to head toward and already knows the insurance protocols for BCBS off the top of his head. I truely feel this surgery is meant to be. Not bad for a doctor that I randomly selected from my provider directory!!!
Newby
Nov 25, 2007
Or as my husband calls it...noob. I am just starting my journey toward Lap-Band. Due to insurance requirements I will be starting a 6 month diet supervised by my new internest that I will be meeting for the first time on Friday. I feel like I have a long road ahead of me, but in reality, I have been struggeling with my weight for 7 years. Six months is not a big sacrafice.
I am excited about meeting others and hearing about their stories. I have the tendancy to start projects but I rarely finish them. This is something that drives my husband up the wall. I am determined that Lap-Band will be something I see all the way to the end (meaning a lean, mean 125) and not just another forgotten attempt at self improvement.
