synicalchick

but for the house my favorite is cats. I have furkids and water kids. Two beautiful brown tabby girls Buffy and Zena and a 110 gallon tank full of Tetras and one big beautiful Angel. Used to have a hamster.. love him but their little life spans are to short and I said never again.

WHOOO HOOO! HOOORAH FOR YOU!

It's my absolute favorite food on the planet.. I too hope I will be able to still partake of it's gloriousness.....:hungry:

In my opinion.. since you are already going in the a.m. I would wait unless you take a change for the worse. If you didn't have an appointment tomorrow a.m. I would say YES go. Just my 2 cents

All of you are SO WONDERFUL! I just ordered one on eBay. I think this will be helpful right after surger too so I dont' have to twist. I have a couple of bulging disk in my lower back and having to twist and turn to do normal hygene stuff is ROUGH>

Today I came armed with slim fast to use in between meals and tons of Spring greens/lean ham/one slice provolone/ and other of my fav salad fixins... cranberries, flax seed, blueberries and some sunflower seeds. I will be chowing down for lunch.. I brought so much of the spring greens that I may even eat some for breakfast.. hard to beat a really good salad. I'm trying to get a handle on myself again, mentally something happened when I finally made the decision to get the procedure... I'll call it 'emergency eating'. OMG.. I may never get to eat this again.. OR this.. or this.. or this.. or that over there... And OMG I won't be able to eat this quantity ever again so I must eat the 12 oz steak.. not just 7 oz.. I mean.... So basically, this thinking has found me at 335. Now I must take control again and behave and eat good things like I KNOW I should. Food is my addiction and I've let it rage out of control. sigh.. baby steps.

Today I came armed with slim fast to use in between meals and tons of Spring greens/lean ham/one slice provolone/ and other of my fav salad fixins... cranberries, flax seed, blueberries and some sunflower seeds. I will be chowing down for lunch.. I brought so much of the spring greens that I may even eat some for breakfast.. hard to beat a really good salad. I'm trying to get a handle on myself again, mentally something happened when I finally made the decision to get the procedure... I'll call it 'emergency eating'. OMG.. I may never get to eat this again.. OR this.. or this.. or this.. or that over there... And OMG I won't be able to eat this quantity ever again so I must eat the 12 oz steak.. not just 7 oz.. I mean.... So basically, this thinking has found me at 335. Now I must take control again and behave and eat good things like I KNOW I should. Food is my addiction and I've let it rage out of control. sigh.. baby steps.

It's funny I came across this post today. My husband and I were just discussing if we would be able to get credit for this on our taxes. He seems to think since we don't own a house or have kids, it won't be enough to get credit for it because it has to be a certain amount but that we would save all medical receipts anyway. If I end up having to self pay it will be 16.5K here in Nashville Tn.

Such big ideas I can have on the weekends... all it takes is a trip to Sam's and a :money:debit card... :guess ooooooo a WHOLE CASE of Slim Fast *improved* chocolate drink. WOW.. like.. I can start doing slim fast and just eat supper.:hungry: ROCK! Well.. Monday a.m. rolls around.. so far so good.. drank a bottle of water on the way to work. Got to work and drank my breakfast @ 7. 8:20 rolls around and I'm hungry:eek: so, I grab another slim fast. 10:30 rolls around and I'm hungry again so this time I eat a pack of oatmeal. Noon/lunch time:lunch: rolls around and I"m like.. Ok.. if I do another freaking slim fast I won't have anything to fall back on this afternoon.. I'll get a salad out of the vend... well... they didn't HAVE any salad in the vend so Naturally a good replacement is a roast beef sandwhich and a bag of chips ... what? Oh.. it wasn't? Hmmm I stood there in front of the vend forever deciding..:decision:. so after that I was ok the rest of the afternoon except about 2ish I go REALLY :bored REALLY:notagree sleepy. Drank some coffee :ranger: and I'll just tell ya now.. it didn't help. 4 is time to go home so on the way I stop at the tanning place (In my opinion my fat looks better the darker it is...) Anywho.. I get home thinking.. I'll do another slim fast and be good... again I say PSSHHH:guess I ate the rest of my venison stew. now it's after 6 and i can't have ANYTHING else. Just knowing I can't have anything else.. makes me want to eat everything in the house... but I digress....:der: sigh I am hopeless.

Such big ideas I can have on the weekends... all it takes is a trip to Sam's and a :money:debit card... :guess ooooooo a WHOLE CASE of Slim Fast *improved* chocolate drink. WOW.. like.. I can start doing slim fast and just eat supper.:hungry: ROCK!:confused: Well.. Monday a.m. rolls around.. so far so good.. drank a bottle of water on the way to work. Got to work and drank my breakfast @ 7. 8:20 rolls around and I'm hungry:eek: so, I grab another slim fast. 10:30 rolls around and I'm hungry again so this time I eat a pack of oatmeal. Noon/lunch time:lunch: rolls around and I"m like.. Ok.. if I do another freaking slim fast I won't have anything to fall back on this afternoon.. I'll get a salad out of the vend... well... they didn't HAVE any salad in the vend so Naturally a good replacement is a roast beef sandwhich and a bag of chips ... what? Oh.. it wasn't? Hmmm I stood there in front of the vend forever deciding..:decision:. so after that I was ok the rest of the afternoon except about 2ish I go REALLY :bored REALLY:notagree sleepy. Drank some coffee :ranger: and I'll just tell ya now.. it didn't help. 4 is time to go home so on the way I stop at the tanning place (In my opinion my fat looks better the darker it is...) Anywho.. I get home thinking.. I'll do another slim fast and be good... again I say PSSHHH:guess I ate the rest of my venison stew. now it's after 6 and i can't have ANYTHING else. Just knowing I can't have anything else.. makes me want to eat everything in the house... but I digress....:der: sigh I am hopeless.

Hang in there sister

HOOORAH FOR YOU TOo! V. EXCITING!

HOORAH AND CONGRATS! I AM SO EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR YOU!!! I'm still in the fighting the insurance phase. hugs! Tracy/Synicalchick

I just LOVE this thread. My BMI is somewhere between a 51-54. got my 1st denial and am now appealing. DH has decided that we are going to go ahead and self pay in the mean time. He is so sweet. We bought some of those self heating sticky pads for my lower back and I told him great just put them over there.. I can't use them unless you are here. With a surprised look he said "What? Why not" so I demonstrated how my arms will not go back that far... good lord if it didn't make him tear up. he knows I struggle but I keep most of it to myself. It really got to him. He wants to go for it asap. I'm a little frustrated now though.. I can't get the surgeon's office to contact me back about self pay. ARGH. Also, since I'm ong the super-sized bandster site I have a taboo subject if you will. am I the only one out there that has to contort and snap my back in half to wipe my bum? it's TERRIBLE. Any suggestions? sigh:cry

Can someone out there tell me that has self paid, but kept fighting the insurance and won.. how that works? do you get reimbursed? I got my 1st denial and we are now in the 1st appeal process. My DH is telling me that if in a week or two that haven't approved it he wants us to go ahead and self pay... keep fighting the insurance and get reimbursed. Is there anyone out there that has done this? How do they reimburse you? Does the insurance company pay you or the hosiptal??? Thanks :laugh First Consult: 1/3, 2007 Viewed online 'seminar' 1/3 :grouphug: psych eval test 1/3 :confused: Appt to discuss Psych eval results 1/15 :clap2: Dr. Morton's office called to tell me they faxed my 300+ pages to BCBS 1/19 :faint: waiting.. waiting and well.. waiting some more:pout: got letter from BCBSof TN that I'm not fat enough to qualify for the procedure (summerized by myself of course) 1/30 the day before my 37th bday. Starting appeal process 1/31.. my 37th bday :high5: :peace: Insurance approval________?:dance: :laugh :banana first meeting with internist at surgeons office ____? Surgery date_______?:nervous

Can someone out there tell me that has self paid, but kept fighting the insurance and won.. how that works? do you get reimbursed? I got my 1st denial and we are now in the 1st appeal process. My DH is telling me that if in a week or two that haven't approved it he wants us to go ahead and self pay... keep fighting the insurance and get reimbursed. Is there anyone out there that has done this? How do they reimburse you? Does the insurance company pay you or the hosiptal??? Thanks :laugh First Consult: 1/3, 2007 Viewed online 'seminar' 1/3 :der: psych eval test 1/3 Appt to discuss Psych eval results 1/15 :clap2: Dr. Morton's office called to tell me they faxed my 300+ pages to BCBS 1/19 :faint: waiting.. waiting and well.. waiting some more:pout: got letter from BCBSof TN that I'm not fat enough to qualify for the procedure (summerized by myself of course) 1/30 the day before my 37th bday. Starting appeal process 1/31.. my 37th bday :high5: :peace: Insurance approval________?:dance: :laugh :banana first meeting with internist at surgeons office ____? Surgery date_______?:nervous

Can someone out there tell me that has self paid, but kept fighting the insurance and won.. how that works? do you get reimbursed? I got my 1st denial and we are now in the 1st appeal process. My DH is telling me that if in a week or two that haven't approved it he wants us to go ahead and self pay... keep fighting the insurance and get reimbursed. Is there anyone out there that has done this? How do they reimburse you? Does the insurance company pay you or the hosiptal??? Thanks :laugh First Consult: 1/3, 2007 Viewed online 'seminar' 1/3 :der: psych eval test 1/3 :confused: Appt to discuss Psych eval results 1/15 :clap2: Dr. Morton's office called to tell me they faxed my 300+ pages to BCBS 1/19 :faint: waiting.. waiting and well.. waiting some more:pout: got letter from BCBSof TN that I'm not fat enough to qualify for the procedure (summerized by myself of course) 1/30 the day before my 37th bday. Starting appeal process 1/31.. my 37th bday :high5: :peace: Insurance approval________?:dance: :laugh :banana first meeting with internist at surgeons office ____? Surgery date_______?:nervous

Can someone out there tell me that has self paid, but kept fighting the insurance and won.. how that works? do you get reimbursed? I got my 1st denial and we are now in the 1st appeal process. My DH is telling me that if in a week or two that haven't approved it he wants us to go ahead and self pay... keep fighting the insurance and get reimbursed. Is there anyone out there that has done this? How do they reimburse you? Does the insurance company pay you or the hosiptal??? Thanks :laugh First Consult: 1/3, 2007 Viewed online 'seminar' 1/3 :grouphug: psych eval test 1/3 :confused: Appt to discuss Psych eval results 1/15 :clap2: Dr. Morton's office called to tell me they faxed my 300+ pages to BCBS 1/19 :faint: waiting.. waiting and well.. waiting some more:pout: got letter from BCBSof TN that I'm not fat enough to qualify for the procedure (summerized by myself of course) 1/30 the day before my 37th bday. Starting appeal process 1/31.. my 37th bday :high5: :peace: Insurance approval________?:dance: :laugh :banana first meeting with internist at surgeons office ____? Surgery date_______?:nervous

Were you approved right off the bat or is this after an appeal? T

Well, I got my friggin insurance letter today from BCBS of TN saying that .. and I quote " Based on the information received and teh terms of your health benefit plan, we determined that the requested service is not medically necessary." Even though I had prepared myself for this.. it's still irritating. Let's review.."not medically neccessary" shall we. I'll be 37 tomorrow I weigh 334 BMI 54 I walk down the hallway and I'm out of breath and exhausted Family medical history.. diabetes both sides. HIGH LDL both sides. Father/grandfather quadruple bypass surgeries at 51 & 58. High blood pressure both sides, gall bladder problems, cancer & obesity. chiropracter visits every two weeks for lower back pain carpal tunnel aggravated by weight. been over 200 for 15 years been over 250 for 10 years been over 300 for 5 years...Hmmm I see a pattern here folks. Gee.. I'm starting to see what they mean.. medically necessary.. PSHHH I'm healthy as a HORSE...and the size of one two... IDIOTS. Anywho. going to talk to my surgeon tomorrow about my options, see if they'll contact the lawyers that represent the lap band people and take it from there.

Well, I got my friggin insurance letter today from BCBS of TN saying that .. and I quote " Based on the information received and teh terms of your health benefit plan, we determined that the requested service is not medically necessary." Even though I had prepared myself for this.. it's still irritating. Let's review.."not medically neccessary" shall we. I'll be 37 tomorrow I weigh 334 BMI 54 I walk down the hallway and I'm out of breath and exhausted Family medical history.. diabetes both sides. HIGH LDL both sides. Father/grandfather quadruple bypass surgeries at 51 & 58. High blood pressure both sides, gall bladder problems, cancer & obesity. chiropracter visits every two weeks for lower back pain carpal tunnel aggravated by weight. been over 200 for 15 years been over 250 for 10 years been over 300 for 5 years...Hmmm I see a pattern here folks. Gee.. I'm starting to see what they mean.. medically necessary.. PSHHH I'm healthy as a HORSE...and the size of one two... IDIOTS. Anywho. going to talk to my surgeon tomorrow about my options, see if they'll contact the lawyers that represent the lap band people and take it from there.

Well, I got my friggin insurance letter today from BCBS of TN saying that .. and I quote " Based on the information received and teh terms of your health benefit plan, we determined that the requested service is not medically necessary." Even though I had prepared myself for this.. it's still irritating. Let's review.."not medically neccessary" shall we. I'll be 37 tomorrow I weigh 334 BMI 54 I walk down the hallway and I'm out of breath and exhausted Family medical history.. diabetes both sides. HIGH LDL both sides. Father/grandfather quadruple bypass surgeries at 51 & 58. High blood pressure both sides, gall bladder problems, cancer & obesity. chiropracter visits every two weeks for lower back pain carpal tunnel aggravated by weight. been over 200 for 15 years been over 250 for 10 years been over 300 for 5 years...Hmmm I see a pattern here folks. Gee.. I'm starting to see what they mean.. medically necessary.. PSHHH I'm healthy as a HORSE...and the size of one two... IDIOTS. Anywho. going to talk to my surgeon tomorrow about my options, see if they'll contact the lawyers that represent the lap band people and take it from there.

URGH.. all this waiting and not knowing if I'll be approved. sigh My DH and I have planned my 'last steak dinner' trip for the weend following V.day in Gatlinburg, TN. One of our favorite spots. it's only about a 3 hour drive from here. Is it sad that we have planned a trip based on me eating one last large steak dinner... hmmmm ANYwho. tick tick tick tick tick T

URGH.. all this waiting and not knowing if I'll be approved. sigh My DH and I have planned my 'last steak dinner' trip for the weend following V.day in Gatlinburg, TN. One of our favorite spots. it's only about a 3 hour drive from here. Is it sad that we have planned a trip based on me eating one last large steak dinner... hmmmm ANYwho. tick tick tick tick tick T

:laugh First Consult: 1/3, 2007 Viewed online 'seminar' 1/3 :eek: psych eval test 1/3 :scared: Appt to discuss Psych eval results 1/15 :clap2: Dr. Morton's office called to tell me they faxed my 300+ pages to BCBS :faint: waiting.. waiting and well.. waiting some more:pout: :high5: :peace: Insurance approval________?:dance: :laugh :banana first meeting with internist at surgeons office ____? Surgery date_______?:nervous