WEll i have MORE great news!!! I just got off the phone with my insurance and i got pre approval!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I meet everything thats needed and MORE NEWS...i dont have to do any deit for the insurance!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH i am sooooooo excited girls!!!! I cant wait ...i have been needing this for a long time. GUESS WHAT! The nice guy said he wished me the best of luck and that it will be a new me and the company is behind me 10000000% YAY!!! I love military i am on cloud nine. Insurance wasnt a big deal i knew i would get approved..but being pre approved and everything and finding out what i just did means i am ONE big step closer..if only July 12 would hurry up!!!!! I am looking into joining support groups..Thank you ladies soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!

Hey Gurlie! You said that you are not to far from evansville, I would suggest that you try to get in the Liv-Lite program with Deaconess Hospital. I think that they have a good program and they even have weightloss seminars that you can attend to find out some information. And I think that all of the informational services are free too. Go to discoverdeaconess.org and scroll down to the link that says support groups and click on the Bariatrics support services. Also, if you need to find a good doctor in your area try to go through the Liv-lite.com program. It really helps a lot of people out who are seeking the surgery! If you have any more questions or need help email me. You are doing a wonderful job though of trying to find friends and support groups. Just keep the faith and everything will be okay!!!!!! I will keep praying for you gurlie!!!!! Finda Nessy

Hey, your perfectly normal for being a lil bugged out by all of this, i know i was, their going in and re doing your plumbing basically but honestly for me, this was the best thing i could have done both physically and mentally, im three months out and i totally love it, i love the fact that im losing weight and having better health and such. Im sorry your friend regretted getting the surgery done but dont let that dscourage you, all i can say is goto your seminar and hear what the doctor has to say and then if you feel you like the doctor, do some research on the dr himself and the type of surgery to make sure that its the right one for you. I CANT STRESS RESEARCHING ENOUGH! specially since we have this gem of a website, lol. Even if it is older people on the main messageboard, its such and awesome place to atleast read, it answers SO MANY questions you think of and some you dont. if you wanna im i have aim and my SN is artisticdork. _mike openRNY 2/25/05 623/550/532/500

i'm 19 years old and he took me so u might want to go the siminar he has and talk to him about it. i'm not real sure why he does that but if u find out let me know. ashley

Hey nikki! I am looking for the RNY lap. I called the doc today that i think i want to do it and i have a seminar set up on 7/12!!! MY first step