Hi Kari, thanks for the reply,I read the posts each day and night ..I am so great full for the  support of  this OH site.I was a bit scared at some of the things  I read such as(  the gas pains after surgery etc..) But I had a stapling in 92 and  got a real bad infection and it  ate  away my staples and as  you know my  weight came bk on.My Dr. said it would not be a revision  becuz there is nothing to  revise  every thing is  gone nothing to even prove I had stapling ..So I'm going to try  the lap band.I wanted  RnY he thought this would be  better..........As for the  Diet my Dr. will not  do the surgery if I gain more then 5# actual weigh in weight I'm up 2 #. hope the 2 week liquid will  take that  2# off...I'm so  envious  of those who had it done and is on the losers  bench..I lost  112 # having stapling  in 8 months  .I hope   this will be as  easy for me as  that was, although I  realize  the banding takes longer to get it off but more beneficial to keep it off too.. Good Luck Kari.. Jeanie :p

Good luck to you! I've been back and forth about weight gain/loss on a supervised diet.  I'm doing it right now and there is a clause in my insurance that states you have to be unable to sustain weight loss on the diet for them to approve--so right now I'm just maintaining and working on changing other things (like cutting out caffeine and carbonation).  Wish I could be more  help, I'm kind of in the same boat as  you!  :) Kari

I have Principal but it's only managed care for my employer.  There is generally no way to get around the supervised diet.  My insurance requires a 12 month supervised diet that I am trying to get around.  They are in the process of changing the requirements so I'm seeing if that will help me out and they may consider me without that requirement.  Good luck! Kari

Thanks for letting me know! I probably qualify for Medicaid or Medicare, but am still sorting through the paperwork. If Iowa Care turns me down, I'll go that route. Congrats on approval!

Hey Sleepin Dove..well from the time I submitted to insurance..I was approved in less than a month