Lap Band Surgery

I just got approved for lap-band surgery, and my surgery is scheduled for Monday!

Go check out my other blog for more info: Angi and the Lap-Band

Update on my lap band surgery

...the date to exactly 6 months from when I startedis April Fools day...

Wow, I've only got a few months left till I can make a date. A date for what you ask? My surgery!!!! I'm on the doctor monitored weight loss plan now, I have to be for 6 months in order to be approved for the surgery. If you haven't read my previous posts on this subject, you can get more information from Journeylite's lapband Houston page. There are facts and testimonials to read. Although I'm sure you'll here lots from me in the future. I can't wait. If you time the date to exactly 6 months from when I started the doctor monitored diet, it will be April Fools day. Is that a sign or something? Should I wait longer? I can't do it any sooner.

Did I mention that I can't wait? lol - I'm hoping that the weight loss will not only make me look like a hottie. lol - but maybe it'll also help these darn headaches.

Disclosure

Frustration and Weariness

...if I lose 15 pounds like this
I won't need the surgery!

I'm not likin' today. I know its friday and all, which is great...BUT... I feel all restless and tired. I'm having trouble concentrating and looking out the window is making me sad because I'm not out there in the nice weather. It's cloudy out, not too hot, not too cold. Great tennis weather if you ask me. Gonna be going to Albany this evening, no tennis courts. Boo.

On top of that, well, I've told you about the surgery that I'm planning, right? Well, one of the pre-req's is that you follow a certain diet beforehand to get you prepped. It's not a hard diet, no measuring or weird stuff, it's merely this: You eat three meals a day only. No snacks or in-between meals. That's really all there is for now. There's a list of other things too, but I'm trying to develop new habits a little at a time so I'm not overwhelmed.

So I didn't realize how much of a snacker I was till now, plus I'm trying to eat less at each meal too, because I was a real pig. I've taken one of my normal meals and divided it in two for my breakfast and lunch. So I'm eating half as much. I've lost 4 pounds in the last week since I started doing this so it's working, but it's frustrating not to be able to eat when I'm hungry.

My family is helping out; we moved dinner up from 7:30 to 6:30 to make it easier on me so I don't have to wait so long. I eat lunch at 10:30 am, so 10:30am to 6:30 pm is still a long fricken time to wait for dinner. I lapsed and had a snack yesterday - a bowl of ice cream and cake. But other than that I've been doing pretty good, so I'm hoping the snack didn't kill the 4 pounds I've lost.

There's one other problem... if I loose more than 15 pounds I'll be underweight to qualify for my surgery and still have my insurance pay for it. Of course, the bonus to that would be that if I can lose 15 pounds like this I won't need the surgery! *shrugs* What can you do? You know what I mean?
So today is kinda bummin' me out, like I said. Can't wait till I get outta work so I can suffer while not sitting at this desk.

Placement tests

Today is the day I take the placement tests for school. I feel a little like I'm getting in over my head with all this. I'm going to school and of course, will still have to work. Crazy, huh? Hopefully though, when I look back on this in a few years, I'll be making sites for people and I won't regret getting this done.

In other news: I'm getting Lap-Band surgery. That is of course assuming my insurance will pay for most of it. I sent in a request for more information from my insurance company and I've already been to the seminar for the surgery. Cross your fingers for me, will ya?

UPDATE: I just got an email back from my insurance. They said that "if approved" then my out of pocket will be a max of $600. That's $500 co-insurance/deductible and possibly a $100 hospital stay fee. I was expecting $1000-2000. So I'm nearly in tears with happiness. Now all I need to do is start the pre-approval process to which that email referred me to call Aetna directly.