Mewizza

I have to say the good thing about that is I can be on my mother insurance which of course is better then the company I work for. I mean I'm saving my own money because my company makes me pay for my own insurance & it doesnt effect my mother because her company provides their insurance for free.. but it's better, saving me money & I don't have to be in college & can stay insured up until my 26th birthday. Some of the bill does really help.

wish I could be more of help but I havent even started that part.. have you tired adding like banana or fruit?

We are limited on what we can eat, we are limited on how much we eat. It's a tool to help overweight people who have a problem over eating & losing weight. It's not a cure by no means but a tool. I see it as something to help me get back on track. Just like a paid of shoes.. they help protect your feet from the weather. The band is helping to protect you don't over eat & you eat healthier choices. In society now we don't eat to maintain our body we eat because we can. We eat so many unhealthy thing because it's fast or easy. They teach you at a very young age to eat within 15-20 min at school to eat a lunch when you should take more like 45-60 min to eat a small well portion meal. You can't lose weight by starving yourself because then when you do eat it store all the fat because your body knows your straving it self with the band it's just a tool. I hope that helps it how I explain to people who ask me. I'm not getting the band because I think it s a quick fit or a cure but it's a tool to retrain my body to eat slow, eat healthier & to eat when my body needs it instead of every min of the day.

I hope everyone is reading this, when this happen to me today I was shocked & blown away. I hope this never happens to anyone else. Here's what happened. I have to back track a little so please bear with me. So I switch my insurance @ the 1st of the year like everyone else, I went back to my mother insurance due to the new Obama healthcare law, I switched for a couple of reasons but that beside the point before I switch I did my research before dropping my insurance from my company and going to my mothers. I called to make sure the band was covered, how much it was gonna cost, & if I needed anything to do to be pre-approved I mean I asked everything. They told me everything so I switch because it was only gonna cost me $900 the everything in my health care would be covered for the year instead of my insurance I would have had to pay $2000 then pay %20 of everything for the year. So when I resubmitted with my new insurance I was DENIED! I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I kept asking what do you mean I was denied she said my new insurance doesn't cover any WLS how could this be??? I dropped my own insurance so I could be covered underneath my mom "better" insurance. I completely felt like my life was over. I kept screaming this can't be.. this can't be.. I know that poor lady felt bad for me. Well I refused being denied as a answer so I called my insurance & the confirmed my new insurance no longer cover WLS so I cry & ask a million questions like if there was loop hole or if it was a medical necessary.. I mean I asked everything.. she double checked everything.. she said in 2010 we covered it but now in 2011 we no long carry it.. of course I was crying and panicking because I was looking forward to restarting my life. This is something I've thought about since I was 18 and finally was ready to do it.. so I get off the phone because I have to accept what the insurance say because well they are my insurance.. so I'm crying at work thing what do I do? I should have stayed with my old insurance.. while I was talking back with the WLSC i get a call from a doctor. The rep I was talking to felt so bad about what happened she went to her manager & they stated they were gonna investigate & call the company to see why they stopped coverage, she then stated it might be a computer error.. I prayed hard that it was a error. I called my mom & made her get off a factory line to call me so I could tell her everything that was going on.. she went to her HR because my mom informed me that her company couldn't have changed their coverage due to all the employees are in a union & if any changes were made they would have to approve them & all employees would have be notified. My mom then called me after she was on the phone with the insurance company & the insurance company accidently had a computer error when renewing the 1s of the year & removed the coverage for WLS. I couldn't believe this. A FREAKING ERROR. I'm glad it was a error but I was seriously stressing. I can only imagine what else they might have messed up.. I mean what if I was a car accident & they didnt cover the hospital & they just said oh we no long cover when your in the hospital & you call your insurance company & they confirm what else do you do.. So I want everyone to be a wear & warned that insurance companies do make mistakes & you have to make sure they are covering what they are supposed. Write down everyone you spk with & ther operator #. So after a day of stressing & crying & thinking I will have to pay 18k for a surgery I need and want they finally said the error is being fixed & it will be covered.. now to I wait for the WLSC to call back so I can tell her to resubmit it back to insurance. DON'T EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS & NEVER LET ANYONE GET IN THE WAY.

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I havent been banded yet but I can't wait. I'm not doing this for anyone else but me. I need HELP to lose this weight & the band is going to help me like nothing else has. I have had 2 aunts and 1 uncle also do the lap band.. my uncle is the only one who regrets it because he was not ready to lose weight.. so he hasnt had a fill and eat like he used too... my two aunts have lost a great amount of work & one even had a baby. Don't think about if you might regret it.. because you wont the only thing you will regret is not having it done sooner.<3

Mine is Mewizza it wont let me post it because I havent had 5 post yet.

I took the same 16 page test.. I just took it to the best of my ability. The reason they ask the same question 3 different ways to make sure your consistent. I was upset that they didnt even asked me 1 question about why I'm doing the wls or how i think it will change me or what I expect. I was shocked. I took the stupid test to make sure I'm not hearing voices and I dont plan to kill anyone lol. Although I havent been approved yet and my insurance changed on the 1st, with my new insurance I wouldnt have had to do any of those silly test.

So I'm still waiting to get approved all my paperwork was sent on the 22nd. I'm scared though because my Insurance runs out on the 31st but then my parents are covering me.. since I'm not 26( only 22) yet I get free insurance under my parents. Its the same BCBS but it's a tad bit different but while I'm in limbo they have me two different packets one for the Lap-Band & one for the Realize band? I was looking over the paperwork and can't tell what is the difference.. and also what did you choose? Where you given a option? Why did you pick on or the other.. what is the difference?

My insurance wanted nutritionist & psych exams then wanted the last 5 years of my weight... I started the process in may and really drug my feet and did all my test in Dec.. All my paperwork was turn in on the 22nd & I'm still waiting.. the only issue I have is my insurance changed on the 1st so most likely I will have to do all this over again.

I'm currently waiting for my approval.. I really drug my feet for 6 months then got all the stuff I needed done this week and on Wednesday the sent the final paper work so now I wait.. Only thing I'm scared about it I might have to wait longer because my insurance changed on Jan 1. :-(