Everything is going to go great for you!   That is fantastic to hear that you are feeling better and the swelling is going down.  Thank God for small miracles!

Take care and I pray you continue to feel better.

Hugs,

Cira

Thanks Rob I will keep you posted on the support group online.

Oh that is great I hope you get the approval right away.


How are you feeling today? any better with all the swelling? 

Hugs,

Hehe... Rockport is a very small community below Parkersburg. The nutritionist that Dr Shin has , Bev, put me on a 1200 calorie diet and I had to keep a journal. I used sparkpeople.com   Pretty easy to navigate. As long as I lost a few pounds during the 6 months or showed some effort then they never said anything. This is probably wrong but it worked for me , but I gave myself the weekends to cheat. I mean, I didn't go all out but I slacked on the amount of carbs I ate and would drink a little bit of beer. I only lost 5 lbs the 6 months that I was doing my program. I had a hiatel hernia too.

I understand about the sounding of rudeness. There was times when I would get the feelings of rudeness. But I overlooked it since I deal with public as well . Besides I knew they were getting my file together perfectly for me to approved and I had a wonderful doctor.

your six months will go by really fast. I promise.

Jana

I am about 1 1/2 month post op. I have lost 17lbs. I am so happy I got my band. I don't regret it one bit. I had to go to Dr Shin since mid November since I had to do my  6 month program for insurance approval.  

I love Dr Shin. He is a God-send. He has such a wonderful bed side manor and compassionate about what he does. I really like his staff too. I think sometimes they get extremely busy.He is a doctor in high demand. They take care of a lot in that office. They made sure they had my chart in order for insurance approval and they get the job done the first time around. I had to travel 2 hours round trip to his office and it was worth every minute.

I would encourage you to visit the lap-band forum as well.  A lot of nice people there. I wish this forum was more active. But the lapband forum is very active.

I go for my first fill on Monday. The time frame from being able to eat solids to getting your first fill is very hard with the band. Since you have no restriction you have to make sure you eat the right foods.

Good luck with your decision
Jana

My herni was not hiatal - it was at my belly button area.  That's where most of my recovery came from.  I'm so sorry that you got that impression of his staff.  I have always found them to be very knowledgeable and helpful; especially where insurance was concerned.  Hopefully you got them on a bad day.  Dr. Shin did tell me during my initial meeting that bypass would give me quicker results.  But I wanted the lapband or nothing.  We never discussed bypass again.  I think he probably looks at the bmi ... if it's over 50 he, like most other surgeons, believe bypass is the way to go.  I am so very happy with Dr. Shin.  He listens and takes all the time you need.  I truly feel he puts his patients first and I feel so very well cared for by him.  At the last support group meeting he emphasized that fills are so very important.  If we have a problem or need to contact him to be sure and email him.  He says he checks email often and will reply as soon as possible.  And the use of the gym is a biggie for me.  It's located right around the hall from his office so you can get a workout in before or after your appointments.  Keesha is the exercise physiologist at the gym and is so kind and helpful.  She will come up with a workout plan that will accommodate any physical issues you may have.  Anyway, I've got a book going here!  If I can answer any other questions please let me know.