My process took me over a year but it is not like that for everyone.  I am recommend that you either call your insurance company and find out EXACTLY what they require or you work with the insurance coordinator in your office very closely.
I have PPO Blue and I had to have 6 months of a physician assisted diet, a psych eval, an EGD, a CXR, a cardiac eval, an EcG, and a ton of blood work.
Also, if you can, make sure you do your weight checks with your surgeon's office.  My family doc was all for my surgery and was willing to do my weigh ins and then could not get me seen some months.  So I got weighed monthly Apr '11. May '11 June '11, Aug '11, Sep '11, Nov '11 all to get ready for my surgery which I was hoping for in December.  NOPE....  because we missed July and October we had to put it off. 
Then I started doing my checks in the surgeon's office.  Because of my job I have a pretty narrow window of time where I can take off so I was shooting for the first week in June. 

The surgeon's office made darn sure I got in to see someone at least once a month.  In fact, I had a 4 pound GAIN in April (where I burst into tears and cried for 8 solid hours but that's another post lol)  so they scheduled me for 3 weeks out instead of a whole month for the next check because they thought my gain had something to do with being a female (hint hint) and what do you know?  I was down 12 pounds in 3 weeks!!!

I didn't quite make my 1st week of June window but my date is the 27th.  I ALREADY feel like it has been worth the hassle.

I saw your post and did a little research.  Now, I have not had my band done yet so I cannot even imagine what you are going through but I thought I would try to help.

What I have been reading said that sometimes you get too tight if you are not hydrated enough.

Did your doc even scope you to check your band because the other thing I have seen was that those symptoms can be caused by band slippage!  I would definitely get another opinion.

I am so laid back I would never leave because of an idiot.  I was just truly surprised by it!  I am a VERY experienced gamer ...  World of Warcraft addiction and all of that so I have dealt with my share of trolls lol.

And no... not all men are scum.  I happen to be married to a pretty amazing one!

  Good Morning Everyone,

Life is so great !!!   Even though things doing go the way that we had planned it.   I am so grateful for my life and the life of my family members.     Today I am So grateful for all my friends and family.    I have a really good family that loves me unconditionally and trust me.....I love them the same way.   I also am grateful that I had a wonderful father.    My father has been a resident of Heaven for almost 23 yrs. now and my mom has been there for over 5.    I miss both of my parents so much.   You can't replace your family or parents so please love them with all your heart and value their presence if they are still with you.   SO today I am so grateful for friends, family and my parents who raised me with high morals and values of things in life.   PLEASE share if you will what you are grateful for today.   Have a blessed wednesday.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Thank you for the reply, I orig. had the realize band until it had to be removed due to scar tissue build up.  I was so used to going to this forum, I forgot.  Thanks again and I will heed your advice on following instructions.