Mystie
Gastric Sleeve Patients
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Sometimes I just like to add a little bit of True Lemon to my water.
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When I went for my information session this week they said the hospital's surgeons pretty much exclusively use the Realize band. I'm glad, cuz I was hoping to go with that kind, anyway.
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One of your doctors probably tacked the diagnosis on your visit at some point without you even knowing, guaranteed. Granted, they SHOULDN'T be sending in claims to your insurance listing obesity unless they're actually treating you for it, but they do it all the time. I work in billing and lots of docs just add the diagnosis in with the mix of whatever they're seeing you for. My OB/GYN even put it down during my pregnancy.
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Thursday I'm going for a WLS information session. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing, but also anxious. I'm very lucky that my insurance covers WLS after the 6-month prep. In fact, where I work I can't throw a stone without hitting someone that's had it, but usually they opt for bypass. My preference is to have an implant as opposed to removing part of my innards. Plus I know a few people that had the bypass and wound up stretching their stomach back after a few years. And I don't want to lose my ability to digest sugar, cuz I'd still like to eat a small piece of cake on my birthday! My breaking point has been the weight gain from a recent pregnancy putting me higher than I've ever been combined with a venous insufficiency in my left leg. My left foot is always swollen up, and with a family history of diabetes, I'm pretty terrified I might wind up eventually losing my foot if my weight doesn't go down. I can't even find decent shoes to fit my fat, swollen feet anymore. I've never been under a size 16 in my entire adult life. If I ever get under a 10 I'll probably die of shock, lol! But I'll just be happy to not groan and hear my knees grind when I get up from a chair.
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That's so amazing! I'm jealous... and can't help but thinking that even if I get under "plus" size, it'll probably still take me over a year later to pay off my Lane Bryant charge. Lol!