Lisa I added you as my friend. Hope you are well

Call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask them if they cover bariatric surgery, and what the requirements are. Ask them to mail you a copy. This way you don't waste a lot of time, and possibly co-pays for things that you might not need. Also, it will let you know if you need to do a 6 month supervised diet as a requirement, so you can get jump started on that as well. Hypertension is considered a co-morb for most insurances, so if your BMI meets the requirements, you should be good to go.

Speaking from experience, if you have hypoglycemia, you might want to look into the DS, as hypoglycemia tends to get worse after an RNY. Also, if you are a metabolic syndrome person, the DS is a metabolic surgery. Do some research on it. The lapband does not address anything metabolically, and I'd hate to see you put your time and effort into a procedure that is going to disappoint you in the future.

Also, go to the RNY board and ask about the hypoglycemia and reactive hypoglycemia. I'm sure you'll get tons of answers.

One last thing - surgery is surgery. Lapband is touted as the "least invasive" but you are still being put under anesthesia, and you are still having surgery on your stomach. No two ways around the risks associated with that. The stats show that a good deal of lapbanders will require an additional surgery sometime down the road for erosion, band slippage, leaking port, etc. I'd take my chances on another surgery up front.

Hi Wendy!  I'm adding you on Facebook-I love having WLS friends there. :)

I figured out how to post pictures on Facebook finally( I am under Wendy Barnett Burke)

Now if I could just figure out how to do it on here(comptuer stuff is not my strong point)

I have noticed that if I don't eat enough protein I feel that way. 
Hope you feel better soon