Finally!!
 

I've finally got a surgery date! I'm so excited!

I actually ended up having to switch surgeons because the one I had was dragging his feet so badly. He's been a bariatric surgeon for a while, but this area of his practice is new. I was in the group of the first five patients that he was going to have, and he was planning on flying in a specialist from Australia to assist with those first five procedures. Well, he kept giving me the run-around about when we were going to do it (originally, he said mid-October, now he's saying that he might be ready to SCHEDULE it in early December...). I finally found out (after calling him and telling him that I was considering switching surgeons because he kept giving me time frames and then falling through on them) that the reason for the hold up is that the other four patients were paying cash, and he was giving them more time to save for it! I have researched this procedure so much (and so well, I might add!) that I am totally READY, and his constant run-around was driving me batty. Add to that the fact that my husband's insurance is changing a bit on Jan. 1st... The insurance will be the same, but our co-pays will go up, and the hospital co-pay will be going up six-fold!! Yikes!

So, anyway, I started researching other surgeons, and I found one that I really like. I called them today, and they actually scheduled my surgery for November 17th! Wow! I'm only two weeks away now! Can you tell that I'm excited?

Congradulations, I too was surprised with a earlier surgery date than expected. When I called to check if my insurance had gotten the packet, they responded yes, and your approved. My Surgery date is Nov. 10th. They gave me 11 days notice. But I'm not *****ing..... See ya on the lighter side, Hodegard!

oh my goodness!!! oh my goodness!!! this is so exciting!! and it sounds as if you've made a wise choice in switching surgeons. if the first surgeon doesn't have enough US-based contacts to help him through this, there may be a problem in other areas.

soooo, keep us posted, you soon-to-be-svelte chickies!!!!

Congrats! Two weeks - I would be sooooooooooo excited and nervous and apprehensive, and, and, and, and..............

Seeing the surgeon tomorrow, myself. Hopefully will have a date set then.

Congratulations! You're doing Lap-band, right? I'm waiting (not too patiently I might add) for our new insurance to take effect Jan. 1 so I can do it too. Keep us informed of your progess and let me know how Bandlandia is.
Chickadee