One more...

I have one more question.. or a list of them I suppose that I was wondering if someone might answer.... What was your worst experience? What was scariest for you? *What do you have to do to prep for this kind of surgery (LapBand) *What does a psych have to do with it?? Why do you have to see one before having the surgery? *What kind of things besides BMI and underlying conditions could cause you not to have the surgery. I know that most of these questions will be answered for me when I go to my visit. But I was really wanting to know a head of time kind of what to expect. For some reason, I am getting nervous about it and I haven't even seen the Dr yet!

my worst of anything was friggin insurance....

Nervous is to be expected. It is a big step. Worst experience was going thru insurance approval,denial,appeal and finally approved. Prep will vary some with the Dr. There is a pre-op and nutrition class you must attend before surgery and they run the gamet with blood test, x-rays, and pulmonary test. You have to quit smoking if you are a smoker. I only know one person that was schedulded for surgery and wasn't able to have it because she went into kidney failure and was severly anemic. She still has not been able to have it in over a year and is on dialysis. (She waited to long). They require you to see a psych to be sure you are doing this for the right reasons. Another woman I know is being delayed on her approval while she is going thru counseling. She had a lot of emotional problems and was abused as a child which they feel has lead to her weight problems. The surgery is only a tool. If your mind isn't in the right place to use the tool correctly it won't work. When you have a question or concern post it here and/or write it down to ask the surgeon when you go for consultation. It's best if you have a list of concerns and questions to present to them because it gives you something to talk about and the more you talk to the surgeon the better feel you get for them. Dr. Evanson is great about answering questions and you really feal at ease with him.

Thank you so much for resonding to me. I currently am going through counsling, but have been overweight all my life, so i don't think i am fat because of what has happened in my life... I really want the surgery. I think I might get hung up on the psych eval myself as I am bipolar... so now .. i need to decide.. do i lie about stuff?? Cuz I honestly think i am mentally sound enough to have the surgery. Thanks again for the help.