That's awesome!  Congratulations! You'll have to let me know when you get your surgery date! Take care!! JoDee

Strangely enough, no treadmill! A bunch of questions, an EKG and an echocardiogram since I have high blood pressure. He said I'm clear! Just a small amount of buildup showing on the echo, but he said understandable for HBP and not a big risk. He's sending my clearance report on to Dr. Eibes office and my PCP. yippee!!

I had to do the treadmill - good Lord, I thought I was going to die!  They injected me with this stuff and then I had to have this test, then do the treadmill, then have the test again.  It was a very expensive test!  Nuclear medicine!   How did it go for you? JoDee

Hey, girl! Yep, I figured the meeting is the 8th. Dang work...if so many people hadn't asked off and it hadn't been a big sales weekend, I would have been able to attend the August meeting. I told myself that if I heard from insurance by that Saturday, I'd move heaven and earth to get those few hours off. But, I didn't have a response from insurance yet then,so I let the meeting come and go without me.  Ok, I have no idea where Vine street is. I'll have to see what addy is in the binder so I can map it! How much have you lost?? :)

I'm sorry!  I haven't checked the Iowa board in a while!  I am doing great, thanks for asking!  I started at Curves last week (after getting the okay from Dr. Eibes' office).  I go in for my first fill and an exercise consult on the 28th. The next support group meeting is September 8th (I think they intentionally skipped September 1st because it is Labor Day weekend).  I'd hate to have you show up and no one be there!   LOL  You do know the support groups are now on Vine Street, right?  They are no longer at Methodist because the room was too small! What is great is that the support group now boasts a heck of a lot more lap band patients and those wanting lap bands!  When I went to my first support group meeting in January of this year, I was in the minority - big time.  It was all RNY people there that had had the surgery or wanted the surgery.  I think there was one person who had had the lap band and I was the only one who was interested in lap band.....LOL Hope to see you at the meeting on September 8th! JoDee