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sheilamj1fan's Journal
 

Doctor visit at UT Medical

Hello everyone,   I went to my other appointment at Dr. Madan's office (UT Medical) on yesterday and everything went great! They are very imformative and easy to talk too. I submitted all my paper work on yesterday to the coordinator and she will submit them to UHC on Monday. She said she loves UHC because they are so easy to approve WLS, at least within seven to fourteen days. However, I couldn't sleep last night from waking up thinking about the lap band and when I was sleeping I was dreaming about my weight! So frustrating:phanvan !! I guess I'm still debating (for what I don't know) as I have stated before I'm excited at one point, but then I'm scare the next. I look at Telly's before and after pictures and think WOW!!! I could look like that and then I get ALL excited and motivated, then once the adrenaline is gone I'm like do I really need to do this?? I think do I really need to go to such an extreme solution to lose weight? I just need to get back on my diet and WORK OUT! Then I think about all the failed attempts I have tried to lose weight. So I don't know...     Type ya later Sheila Be BLESSED!
sheilamj1fan

sheilamj1fan

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nanniemidder's Journal
 

Starting this journey

I will be making this journey with the help of my family! I applied for my social security disability in July after years of battling ill health and then recently had to have a heart cath done. Thank goodness the heart is really okay. Today I got a letter from social security stating that I have been turned down for disability! Big bummer :cry. I am 5 foot tall and weigh just over 325 pounds. I am tired of feeling lousy all the time and just getting larger and larger - I want to be able to enjoy my grandchildren and do things with them. So after the hospital scare my brother and sister decided to help me pay for the surgery. I do not have insurance of any kind so this is self pay for them - they are the greatest. I am a little worried about how well I will do on the lap band surgery but the bypass is another $11,000 more than the lap band here. I am very happy with my doctor and am looking forward to getting this paid and getting a date soon. If anyone has any words of encouragement they would like to share or tales of any their journey I am very interested.
nanniemidder

nanniemidder

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waitingtiljan's Journal
 

November 17th, 2006

SCHEDULED MY SEMINAR! Yay...I'm finally on my way to having this done. I called today to reserve my spot at Dr. Grossbards seminar. Dh is going to go with me. I've had such a hard time convincing him how much I really really want this done. He just doesn't "get" how I feel being fat. He has no worries about his own body or what other people think. I have a hard time being in this body...always thinking that people see me as less, not being able to have a conversation because I feel like other people dont' think I count. I'm sure it's all in my head, but I'm constantly thinking about my weight. It's really no fun at all. I've reached my limit though...I can't stand my weight or how I look. Lately I don't even care how I look. I'm just fed up. I'm 274 today. My highest was 283. I really just want to be comfortable in my own body. I want friends! I want to do things with my kids instead of sitting down and watching them have all the fun. I want to hike, run, build a sandcastle without looking like a beached whale! LOL It all boils down to me losing the weight, getting some confindence, and finally living! I'm so excited because I know that this is going to help me!!! :clap2:
waitingtiljan

waitingtiljan

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avilla's Journal
 

Night of 3rd fill

For the first time since I have had the band I am actually feeling real restriciton with liquids even...This has never happened before...I have heard lots of people talking about having to sip sip sip their drinks and it taking an hour or 2 just to get down their protein drinks in the mornings...Well, now I know what they are talking about...I just had a protein drink for dinner and after 2 small drinks I had to actually take a break before I could drink anymore...There was no room left for anything else...And a couple hours ago I almost got sick off of a half cup of small curd cottage cheese...I am really feeling it now...I guess its a good thing that I am finally to this stage and finally have real real restriction...I am totally scare about what is going to happen when I start back on solids on Sunday...If I was having PBs before on my last fill I can just imagine how much I am going to have to slow down on my eating and how much more I am going to have to chew...I think that I might have to add a couple snacks between meals now just to make sure that I am getting enough calories cuz right now I get real full real quick...Will just have to wait and see how it goes in the days ahead...Hoping for some real weight loss this time!!!!
avilla

avilla

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kutia's Journal
 

Still a sloth...

Why can't I make my lazy butt go to the gym? I don't know. I'm tired of thinking about it. It is hard to find the time what with my 3 jobs, errands and such. I could if I really tried, but it just seems like too much effort. Like I said, I'm a sloth. Another week gone, another 5 lbs. gone. I'm about 12 lbs. away from achieving my 3rd. goal. I hope my dress is still on sale. Unless my restriction tightens up real soon, I'm going to schedule another fill for the first part of December.
kutia

kutia

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thickchickTEXAS's Journal
 

10 pound challenge!!

Since I have to wait January 2007 to have my surgery I'm challenging myself to lose 10 pounds by then   water water water water water water water I started off on Wednesday eating tuna salad & wheat thins No more fried anything and no sodas diet or regular. No bread !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! water water water water water water water Im doing well so far slipped and had diet coke **temptation** water water water water water water water   Oh yeah I'm goin to began to exercise also.   Wish me well
thickchickTEXAS

thickchickTEXAS

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avilla's Journal
 

3rd fill

Ok, I went in and had my 3rd fill this morning...Now at a 2.5 in my 4 cc band...I actually saw my dr today and he did my fill, I havent seen him since my follow up after my surgery so it was nice to see him again...Well, at a 2.5 my barium went down very very slow and had to swollow several different times to get it to go down...But the dr says that i have lost 13 lbs since my last fill about 2 months ago and was totally happy with my loss...I guess that their expectations arent as high as the ones with the band...I thought that I was going really slow on my loss lately and had been at a stand still for several weeks without a loss of anything basically, but as long as he says I am doing great then I am not going to be all depressed about it...Well, I am on the thick liquids till Sunday morning and hopefully that will help jump start my loss...I just had a Dannon Light and Fit yogart and it went down really good and tasted great...I will have to see how the fill treats me after it has time to settle in
avilla

avilla

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losingjusme ....
 

happy Friday!!

well, i went to the step class and yes, it did indeed kick my ass, but apparently i liked it ... i am going back for more next week.   i tried the elliptical this morning :faint: oh damn, i sucked so bad. i didnt even last a minute so i went to trusty Ted the treadmill and worked him really well. i only went for 33:10 (ha- "only") but i was doing some serious inclines (9.0 - 10.0 for 1 - 2 minutes each 2-3 times) then i rested then went back to 3.5 - 5.5 incline for most of the other time.   i cannot believe the new outlook i have. i am actually in a good mood. go figure!!   i am not sure what i am going to do tomorrow. i may take the day off, but who knows. it depends on how active i am at home.   oh oh oh ... i hit 10% loss... yup - 40 pounds ... GONE ... i only have 19.875 pounds til my first mini goal. i am :biggrin1: :biggrin1:
losingjusme

losingjusme

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TakinThePlunge's Journal
 

I am back to Excellent!!!!

Well, now I can report 100% mobility in and out of bed and no pain or soreness. I am healthy again, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BUT I am also eating scared cause the last thing I want is for this to happen again over some thing I put in my mouth. Anyway, life is good I still love my band and BTW during my ordeal recently I had total connection with my Dr's co-ordinators and support group so I was not alone and that helped alot. 315/289/210
TakinThePlunge

TakinThePlunge

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tinybelle's Journal
 

just getting started

I'm so ready to do this. I little scarred. But READY. I'm at my heaviest ever weight. I weight more now than I did when I was pregnant. I hate to think about that. I'm looking forward to slimming down and feeling attractive again. :nervous I have a dr apt for Nov 22. several friends are going thru the same thing right now about 8 of us at the office i work at.
tinybelle

tinybelle

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Cha Cha's Journey
 

Patches are a Miracle

I got the nicotine patch and started wearing it today. NO CRAVINGS!!!!:clap2: Today has been very easy with no desire to smoke. I just hope that it will continue throughout the next few weeks. My DH sat down with me to eat, and he cut his food up into teeny tiny pieces, and ate very slowly and took his time. He did this with me so he could learn what my eating habits are going to be like. He has read everything I've brought to him, and has asked a lot of questions. He's being very supportive.   I see the nutritionist and get the results of my psych eval next Tuesday. I will work on my letter to BCBS this weekend. Hopefully next week, I too will have my paperwork submitted to the insurance compamy.
angelburch

angelburch

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My Journey
 

11-16-06

I am soooo happy that it is near the weekend! This has been such an exhausting week. I have done 7 days of the liquid diet successfully and am happy with the weight loss, we also had parent teacher conferences this week and that has been grueling. I also started to aquire a sinus headache which really freakd me out today. I was getting all upset that I may not be able to have my surgery on Monday as scheduled, especially since I have made many special arrangements to have the date work out. My surgeon actually prescribed me an antibiotic just to stop anything from starting up more. I am taking the five day Z-pac and Claratin D, I really hope this all helps! I have really really mentally prepared myself for this surgery and I truly hope that it goes on as scheduled.
Veggestyle

Veggestyle

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KariWI's Journal
 

11/16/06

I went to see the nutritionist Diane today. Basically she went over the things to do postop and preop and what to eat. Gave me a pep talk on the fact that I may no feel restriction for 3 to 4 months and therefore may not loose during that time...NOT. She then told me that I'd need to have lab work done. I assume they don't tell us ahead of time so we can't "hide" any results. They drew 8 vials of blood. Next step is Stress test 11/20/06.
KariWI

KariWI

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Bosteph's Battle of the Bulge
 

Let the waiting begin...

It's now in the hands of my insurance company. There's not much more that I can do to hurry the process along. I hope that can get scheduled quickly. Another lady (who just got banded) in my office told me that when she called our insurance company she found out that the usual response time is 48 hours. I hope that it's true!
bosteph

bosteph

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chameleon's Lap-Band Journal
 

Mean People SUCK...

Ok, I have to write about the events of last night. I have been having pain with my back lately. I have a herniated disk and sciatica that kinda comes and goes, well right now I think it has moved in for an extended visit. Anyhow, it hurts like a beeeatch so I finally had to break down last night and go get my vicodan prescription filled. I went to wallgreens cuz it was like 9:30 when I realized that I would never be able to sleep without a pain pill and wallgreens is open 24 hours. So I pull in in my husbands big quad cab 4X4 Dodge ram truck which is hard pressed to fit perfectly in a conventional parking place, but it does, it just takes some doing. anyhow I was a little crooked but the truck tires were all inside the lines so I got out of the truck to go inside and some guy in his middle to late 50's with balding hair and a mean looking face is walking out to his car which is parked next to the truck but still has about 3 1/2 feet of clearance. So anyway this f-er says "what the F is wrong with you ya fat bitch don't you know how to park that thing? You would think that you'de have practice what with you havin to maneuvere your fat ass around all the time. How the F am I gonna get my car out?..." I turned aroud and look at his car and there was plenty...and I do mean plenty of room there and I go " Ummmm I think you can get out just fine and if you can't you don't need to be driving" Then He goes "shut the F up you fat F get your fat ass over here and move your F ing truck." I just kept walking into the store and he goes "You better hope your truck is in the same shape you left it in when you get back" and when I was going throught the door he goes "lets see if you can fit your F ing fat as throught that door ya fat C---" I got inside and I was so shook up that it took me 2 minutes to think that I better go out there and get his license number and make sure he wasn't vandalizing my truck. I picked up a pen and went out with my date book open and there he was parked behind my truck and just stepping out of his car. As soon as he saw me he got back in and with the window down he was yelling "What the fuck is your problem ya fat bitch did ya think I was gonna do somethin to your F ing truck...well you better be scared ya fat C---" After I went and looked at the side of the truck I went to the back of his car and wrote down the plate number. He was like "Your a F ing cow ya know that? Do ya think that scares me ya fat ass bitch? Finally as I walked by I turned around about three feet from his face and flipped him off. He goes Ya know what bitch that's the kinda shit that gets fat bitches killed" and I just kept on walking into the store. Once I was inside he drove off and I called the police. They came out and just told me there was nothing they could do about it because he didn't outright threaten me. The police woman who showed up was kinda laughing about it and saying theres really nothing we can do about someone yelling obscenities at you unless we actually hear him, then we could charge him with disorderly conduct. As far as the threats she said he would have to say "I am going to vandalize your truck" or "I am going to kill you" in order for it to be taken as a threat. I was so angry and in shock about all of it that I just left after giving my useless information and the useless License number to the store manager who at least pretended to be sincerely concerned about it and she didn't laugh about it like the female police officer had. The police woman was not even interested in taking down his license plate number! I was so appalled by this and I thought God I am so naieve to have been taken by surprise like that ...I mean when I was younger, in early 30's and I looked about 23 or 24 because fat girls always look youger just because we look like babies with our moon faces...anyway I expected youger men to treat me badly because it had happened a number of times and I wasn't even that big then...like a size 16 or so. What I'm saying is that as a 42 year old mother of 2 almost grown children and as a professional I just don't encounter these kind of men in my daily life ever and I was totally bowled over by the unprovoked evil and hatred this man showed. I am still reeling from it right now! Anyway, I just had to write this and I think I will also copy it to a thread entitled "Evil comes in many forms". It really shook my already shaky self image and I am now trying to regain my composure and my pride.
chameleon

chameleon

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thickchickTEXAS's Journal
 

Gasp!!! Faint!! Swoon!!! AETNA SUCKS!!

11-16-06   I'm still waiting for my doctor's office to fax me the medical supervised diet thing that didnt work. WHY WHY WHY is it taking so long to get this paper work!!!   I'm getting so overworked about his whole thing I want it so bad!!!   what is a Thick girl to do??? :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:   UPDATE AS OF 4:52PM CST   4:15PM I SPOKE WITH SCOTT I DONT HAVE ENOUGH MEDICAL HISTORY FOR AETNA CAN KISS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I TOLD SCOTT THAT I WOULD CALL HIM BACK   4:18PM AFTER I TALKED TO ANGIE AND LAURA THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR UHC *YES I CALLED TWICE* I FOUND OUT THAT MY COMPANY HAS WLS INCLUDED AND UHC WILL COVER IT UP TO 80% I WILL PAY ABOUT 2200 OUT OF POCKET I WILL HAVE TO GET A IN NETWORK PROVIDER.. ALREADY GOT HIM ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS A BMI OF 40% AND A LETTER FROM DR. R.     4:25PM THAT HEADACHE THAT ATENA TRIED TO GAVE ME IS GONE   4:35PM I TOLD SCOTT THAT HIM AND I HAVE A DATE 1-3-07 AND I WILL NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. HE LAUGHED AND SAID OK, HE ALSO SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH MY ABILITY TO HANG IN THERE AND GET WHAT I WANT.   I FEEL GOOD ALL OVER AT THIS MOMENT.   AETNA IS THE BULLY OF THE SCHOOL OF INSURANCE THEY DONT BELIEVE IN GIVING JUSTICE TO ALL OF US THAT NEED IT   SHOUT OUT TO DOUG & TERESITA (((((((((HUGS))))))))TO U :eek: 4:59PM:clap2:
thickchickTEXAS

thickchickTEXAS

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My journey
 

It's set Dec. 19th

November 16th- I got the call I have been waiting for. The insurance copy has approved the surgery. I am set to be banded on December 19th @ 7:30am at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren Ohio.... YEA!!! I started crying when she called. I can't wait. I feel like Dec. 19th is never going to be here. I have the Psych Workshop tonight at the Weight Loss Center (WLC) and Gabe (boyfriend) and Mom and Dad are going. I am very interested to see what that's like. When I went for my first consult the nurse informed me about this workshop and the purpose is to discuss the emotions that go along with lossing a large amount of weight and due to that a lot of people split up. I DO NOT want that to happen so I asked Gabe to go with me, since this is can help build our relationship. I had my nutirion appt this past Monday and she gave me all the information for the first days/2 weeks after surgery. It was very interesting, enough though I have done a lot of research there is still information I didn't know. I also never knew how to read nutrtion labels. If you are in this area (Youngstown, Ohio) and you are interested in this surgery you should really consider St. Elizabeth and St. Joseph Weight Loss Center. A lot of people in this area think they need to go to Cleveland or to the big city to get this surgery, but they can have this surgery and get the best treatment right here. I have nothing but great things to say about my experience with the WLC and its employees.
ysuknow

ysuknow

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Teresita's Journal
 

Life

There is not enough time for everything/.   My life is full of me and weigh loss. What did eat, did I move enough to burn some calories, what am I going to eat for my next meal, what am I going to eat tomorrow, do I need to go to the store   work home cleaning stores gas help others meetings :faint:   Thank God
Teresita

Teresita

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Bullwinkle's Journal
 

Gaining control of my eating...

Yesterday was a great day eating-wise. I think I'm getting things under control now. I've lost a few pounds (water weight) since Monday.   As usual, I had my coffee with half-n-half and Sweet-n-Low in the morning, then I sipped on a diet orange Faygo until noon. For lunch, I had a generic SlimFast shake, and a Lipton cup-o-soup, chicken noodle, and when the cup became half empty, I'd fill it with more hot water. I did that a few times until the chicken broth tasted more and more like just hot water. It filled my stomach, so I wasn't hungry for food. Then I drank Diet Snapple the rest of the afternoon.   It was very tempting about 3:30pm to eat one of the tootsie rolls from the candy dish in the office, but I didn't.   At home after work I had my usual 16-ounce cup of instant coffee. Dinner was a little polish sausage and sauerkraut, and a slice of Swiss cheese. Later I had a low carb tortilla with some home made chicken salad on it (chicken, boiled eggs, mayo, onion). I also had a protein bar with 3 net grams of carbs.   So, I was fully satiated yesterday and can only say that I experienced hunger once all day long. I know that I cannot make a habit of having protein bars AND food in the same meal, so I'll work on that today.   Onward.....
Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle

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libertysuzanne's Journal
 

Funny NSVs!

I had a wonderful day of NSV's last night.   With my hypermobility, I had really come to dread having a bath. Not only was the extra weight putting more pressure on my joints, but the bath was getting rather snug! Which made it more difficult for me to get out of!   Well, last night I set myself in my bath and discovered I know longer had to squeeze into it, infact I could gently sway, there was a space either side of me! Also, the chore that was shaving legs, suddenly was easier! My legs weren't being kept away from me by my tummy! There was no awkward spots being missed. (this is one bit my hypermobility is good for.)I was able to stretch my leg to the point where it oculd touch my shoulder, extreme I know but I can't remember I was last able to do tha!   I know that these are small NSVs, but it is a great heart warmer for me. I do look at myself nearly every day, wishing to see drastic changes nad being disappointed. Which I know is silly. The last remenants of my hope that I would lose all the weight with a snap of my fingers, is dwindling day by day and the reality is settling in comfortably!   Just as it takes 4/6 weeks for the healing to complete, it is also a healing process of the mental kind. I am regaining control of my eating and my life. It is a day by day process but is still the best thing, apart from haivng my son!   I'm even contemplating the possibility of dating! Now note, this is just contemplation, it's not just the weight that is holding me back from a realtionship but is most definitey a factor. Being single does have some fantastic advantages lol!
libertysuzanne

libertysuzanne

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DouglasP13's Journal
 

fun fun fun

Well, I had fun yesterday. A friend of mine went with me to St. Louis to see Regina Spektor. Who is Regina Spektor? Well, that was my question too. She is kinda like a female Ben Folds, but not as good, and wierder lyrics. It was like a poetry reading put to not-so-great music. It was nice to get away from the troubles and woes. The concert place was pretty raunchy, and the opening act was a guy who played guitar, with a drum machine, and a fake band playing on the machine. Let me tell you, he really sucked. I am usually polite to someone who is trying. But there were several instances that I laughed out loud. I mean, he really truly sucked big time. I don't know how to get the point across, but he was really bad, very very bad. Anyway, it was a small room, I was afraid to touch anything, there were no chairs, and I mean not 1 in the entire place. And with my wondrous extra weight when you stand for 3 hours, my legs start tingling, then it starts to go numb. Well, I finally found a place to sit: on top of the pool table. Appearantly I started a trend, because within 5 minutes, there were 9 of us on the pool table. Okay, there was one good thing about the place, and that would be that since the music was this off type of thing, so was the audience. Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against anyone, but the crowd was made up of a bunch of what some people would call 'freaks.' Well, I have always mixed well with them, and lots are my friends. Well, anyway, I felt at home with them. We were all the same, and nobody looked at me like I was different. I may be fat, but some were covered with piercings, some tatoos, some with 12 colors of hair, and even some really smelled. So I just fit in, but jeez, 250 people in a small room like that, it was crazy, but the pool table was fun. Anyway, the good thing is, is that I didn't catch any diseases!!!!! Yay!!! Well, on Friday, I'm going back up there to see Monty Python's Spamalot. Now that should be awesome! Well, I'm outta here for now. I'll be back when I have more drama. *evil grin*
DouglasP13

DouglasP13

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