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Paula, I am so happy for you. I know first hand how difficult MIL's can be. You were very clever, tending to the kids and such. Way to go!

Thank you, lil one. Some bandsters have referred to their bands as "built in will power". I guess, for now, I am going to use the encouragement and support from my friends here as a boost for my will power-or lack there of.

Hi William and welcome! I wonder if we have ever seen each other-it's a small town. Good luck to you. I hope you heal fast. Who is your Dr.? I am looking for a new one. My doc is no longer in my network.

We really do need to get together!

I am so happy for you Greg! That is really good news.

I have found that the leaking problem I have is mainly from tossing and turning (I still have back and neck pain from my car accident in may) When I turn on my side the mask gets pushed out of place. I recently tightened the mask just a bit and it seems better. Your also correct about that button that lowers the pressure. When I get up in the night, it does help to push that button.

I agree! Beautiful pics. It's always so sweet to see a man hold a baby with such love and tenderness.

Betty, sounds like you had a great time. Crawfish fondue-sounds yummy.

Vera-Sounds like you have had a great day. I bet that stuffing was delicious.

Kristy, I think staying in bed sounds good. As a matter of fact- I think I will go now. Turkey makes me sleepy and that fryed turkey my brother cooked was yummy. Gobble Gobble Gobble

That's great! Everyone will be so impressed-we all are! Have a great time!

Thank you! I am so glad that I have the benefit of the groups experience and support. Don't know what I would do without you.

Happy Thanksgiving to You, TOO! I know exactly what you mean about being thankful for this group of wonderful friends!!!

We are going to be spending Thanksgiving with my brother and his wifes family(they live near us). I haven't seen him in a long time! I was so excited when he called and invited us! GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY! I GOT UP EARLY TO CLEAN-NOT HANG OUT ON THIS COMPUTER!!!! I guess I will chat with you cats on my break!

Safe trips, love, and best wishes to you all!

Thank you for the help. I am going to give them a looksee! Go! Fight! Let's Win!

The insurance I use wants proof of weight problem for atleast 5 years ( I had that-how about 30 years!), 12 months (within the last 24months)of Dr. Supervised weightloss efforts. ie... behavior modification, education, weight loss meds, miniumum of a month between weigh in, all that Jazz AND 6 months of Dr. Supervised exercise.

It doesn't matter that I went to my current PCP almost 4 years ago and asked them to help me lose weight. It wasn't documented. The dr. checked my thyroid and ran a battery of testS but never WROTE that I NEEDED to lose weight, I suppose! Wasn't it obvious that I was 5'1 and weighed 215 at that time. I have always been the one to tell the dr. all I was trying-they knew that I wanted to lose weight but what I get from the insurance it that-it was never documented in my charts. Atleast that is what my insurance is saying. I guess it doesn't matter that I go to the dr. 2-3 times a month (for health problems due mostly to my weight) and that they always RECORDED my weight. I guess the year and half that I stayed faithfully on Atkins and did lose 25 pounds before I started having kidney stones doesn't count-I told Doc. when I started that but she must not have recorded it. I even kept a journal of everything I ate, Vitamins, Water intake, meds, moods, etc.! The doctor must document what they try to help with. I guess the lesson here is [B]DOCUMENT EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE YOUR DOCTOR IS, TOO!!!!! It's all PHOOEY if you ask me! Insurance companies STINK!! [/b] But.....I am not going to give up! I have received several good suggestions and I am going to keep up the fight!

Leatha-it was awful but I was laughing the whole time-go figure! I'm still laughing! I wanted to slap a big wad of that blue goo into the person at the store's hair that said it was a good product! Is that bad of me? LOL

Greg! How are you feeling? I know you aren't subscribed to this thread and you won't read this-will you?

Oh man! it is hailing here!

LOL Keeps things interesting to say the least!

I am beginning to worry about you Greg! :paranoid LOL I bet if someone posted a thread that said,"For women only, or No men allowed" You'd be the first to pop your head in for a quick looksee! :laugh You are soooo silly. :ninja

Man! What a rip-my place has been charging me $17! I need to shop around!

I am going to do what I can. Right now, I am just trying to regroup. If anyone knows of specific dr.s that will do payment plans, please PM me and let me know. In the mean time I am going to start making my dr. document everytime I fart! Oh wait-that's another thread! At any rate, she will be busy because I am going to Well, anyways I am not going to give up. My credit stinks and so loans and such are out but..our truck will be paid off soon so I could start saving that 500 a month and our house payment is supposed to go down in Jan. or Feb. - that's another 200. Lisa is right about fast food and such. I could save alot there. I will probably lose some weight that way as well. I do have a bad habit of stoping in for a bite when I feel lonely or depressed. Lately, I have been trying to pop into curves or online with you all. Thank you all for the ideas. I am definately going to keep up the fight.

Yup and any time your doctor writes you a script for Meridia or Xenical, that's medically supervised.

What are these and can you take them with Thyroid med and anti-depressants and such? I really am going out the door now. I will talk when I get back.

Thanks to all of you! If it wasn't for all of you I really don't know how I could have made it through the past few months. You know the first thing I thought after I read the letter is-Will I still be able to hang with my friends at LBT.com? Well? I'm not out of the club am I?

I just got off the phone with my insurance and they said to get the 12 months documented blah blah blah....I will work on that end of it. Then, I called Dr. Cribbons office(band surgeon) They said that they will probably get the letter from the insurance in a day or two and THEN she said, "Oh, by the way did I tell you that we don't accept BCBS any more? If you do eventually have the surgery-It will be out of network." Thanks for telling me!! I wonder WHEN they were going to let me know that!

My PCP is supportive. Actually, I found out about the surgery through someone at the office that had had the surgery and lost alot of weight. I will be talking to her soon. I am not giving up. I am going to keep exercising and if it is okay with yall- I will continue to spend time here. Maybe I will save money and go to Mexico. I am open to anything! Oh! It's time for me to get my butt down to Curves for work out #2 today! They close in an hour. Love you all! Thanks for being my friends!!!!

:think I got a rejection letter from the insurance today! Can I just say- They stink!!! I actually have some much stronger adjectives to describe them but I will spare all of you the cursing.

Our reviev determined that the denied services(Lap band) requested are NOT MEDICALLY NECESSARY based on the following:

There is no documentation of 12 continuous months of medically supervised weight loss program that includes nutritional therapy, behavior modification, supervised increase in activity, pharmacologic therapy-unless contraindicated-and maintenance support. This 12 month program must have been in the last 24 months. Programs such as weight watchers or Jenny Craig are not considered medically supervised weight-loss programs.

Anyways-I am upset to say the least. I have been through so much to try to get approved. How can they say it's not Med. necessary? With all of my medical problems, I am in the dr.s office atleast 2-3 times a month! Medical equipment for sleep apnea(which is probably due to weight!) Medications for depression, anxiety, migrains, etc...... Don't they understand that if I lose weight-many of these problems will go away?! I have so many thoughts and frustrations going through my head right now! This surgery has been the only source of hope that I have had that I might be able to actually live a normal life. I am trying not to have a "melt down" but I just feel like my rug between hope and hopelessness has just been yanked out from under me! What do I do now?

Too Cute! I love them! Yall are sooooo talented!

I have a purple lip?! That isn't very sexy is it? Well, anyways-I went to the local beauty supply store to buy a few items I needed. With money tight lately I deceided to get an at home waxing kit. The selection was overwelming! There were several types of wax and all these different kinds of strips(paper, muslin etc), and What to heat the wax with??? Quite frankly by the time you get everything you need to do it right - you could have just gone and had someone else do it. But of course, you have enough left over to wax forever! When I was just about to say FORGET IT! I noticed this small box. Tweezless, Paperless it reads. I read the box. Sounds simple enough and only costs $4! I take my items to the register, check out and go home. Visions of a beautiful me are going through my head ( wax kit, deep hair conditioner and my favorite stying goo-Noodle Head)are going to transform me!

Later, I shower, exfoliate, shave, condition, and well, I feel great. I open up the wax. It's dark blue! I heat up my wax and carefully apply the blue mess to my lip, carefully following the directions. Brittany was already laughing at her mother with a blue mustache-and then.....I prepared myself to pull it off. "Quick and smooth motion" I say to my self. I grab one end and go for it! I scream! Brit falls off her stool laughing! Steven comes running to see whats wrong and I still have this crap stuck to my lip! My eyes are watering and my great feelings are in the toilet! I tell Brit she is going to have to yank it off for me. Again, I brace myself. She yank! I scream! And a little tiny peice comes off!!! By this time, We are both laughing so hard our face and sides are hurting, our eyes are watering (hers from laughing, mine from PAIN!!) It took several more yanks, screams, and a few sounds that I didn't know I could make before MOST of it came off!~There were still traces of it stuck here and there. My lips was purple, red, and blue!!! Needless to say, my eye brows never got done!

Great Job One and All!

Curves this AM-Weighed in Last night-no weight off but I have lost a total of 9 inches since I started. Body fat went down 2.6! Slow but steady wins the race right? My legs are getting firm-now If I could do something about this large tire around my middle!

LOL that pic was a hoot!!!

Marie-You go girl! Will you be posting any pics?