becoming frustrated....

Good afternoon: This is my last Nut appt the eom. I am so ready to get on t the road of success! However I would like to know if anyone has had the lapband at Riverside and what was the duration of "waiting" after they seen the last NUT visit. I do understand that time does vary per insurance approval but I have saved alot of my vacation time up for the procedure and I'm worried if I take a week off will it bite me in the butt later on. I have done just about everything from switching to decafe and to splenda but I need some reassurance that the long part is over...now is just waiting for approval. At first I wanted to do this by the G-bypass but I thought long and hard about it and I didn't gain it in a year so I do want to loose it in a yr and I also want to eat a normal diet when this is all said and done.