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It might grow back for all of you but took me years and years just to get my hair shoulder length my hair grows super slow so if I have to cut it or whatever it won't be the same length for a long time..luckily I have very thick hair so hopefully it won't effect me much. I hear garlic oil shampoo and conditioner helps

Can you really lose all that tummy in two months? That's insane! Great job

I had my first appointment last Tuesday and my surgeon put in a request for the treadmill test right after. Some insurances and centers are different and make you do your diet first. However my endoscopy won't be done till the end.

I have a treadmill test this Thursday. I had an Eco and the test in 2011 for a different reason but since I already had an Eco they are just going to make me do another treadmill test. All they make you do is run on a treadmill at different speeds. No biggie

I keep getting told the rice is bad and to have sashimi but I hate plain fish.

Good luck!

Congratulations!

Great job! Congratulations

im ordering them online so I'm getting two ill use one when it gets here which is going to be next week then if its positive ill try the next week after

Well I'm 5'3" I'm really 5'2" but they didn't push down on my fluffy hair. Anyways im 260 so my BMI is 47 and its pretty much in my boobs and tummy but I'm not looking at surgery nov/dec

Thanks I thought they were basically the same thing. Good to know!

So my insurance requires a drug test before I start my 6 months and I can't even have cotinine in my system..I occasionally have a cigarillo or a cigar and I had a few puffs of one last weekend so the coordinator said I need to wait 30 days before she does a urine test..I keep reading that it only stays in your system for a few days to a few weeks but I am not a hard smoker. Either she's making me wait 30 days to make me not smoke for that long or the online sites are wrong but I'm thinking of buying a home test and if I test negative call her and see if I can do this early cause I don't want to wait till the end of June to start things.

Mexico is something I don't want. I want something in my own state and in my town if I can where my family can be by my side. I don't want to take a plane anywhere and I've had friends get breast implants in Mexico and didn't like it. Ill pay more to stay put.

In the states. I'd never go to Mexico for anything

How much can they cost?

I'm pretty sure you can appeal as much as you want

Had my first appointment today with my surgeon. My insurance requires a drug test and you have to be weed and tobacco free..I'm not a smoker but unfortunately I took a few puffs of my bfs cigar last weekend so I can't start my 6 months of dieting till its out of my system which takes 30 days soo yeah..I also have to stay away from second hand smoke. Good news is my insurance is really easy to work with and get approved as long as I test negative and do my 6 month diet! But ill prob start my 6 months beginning of July and I need to try and lose 20 pounds since most of my weight is my tummy. So mery Christmas to me? Lol

I didn't yoyo diet I just have a hard time losing. It seems like everyone here is a yoyo dieter. The most I have lost is 10/15 pounds.

Why a year?

how much flabby skin do you have? I have to lose about the same

Some insurances don't require any problems after a BMI of 40 but I'm not sure about kaiser. Mine is a tough one and requires everyone to have type 2 diabetes.

I have a BMI of 47 but my insurance requires all people to have type 2 diabetes but most insurances don't require any problems if you're 40+ BMI

Have you done the Akins diet before?

I wish my aunt could go with me to my first appointment but its on a Tuesday morning so my bf is coming instead. I don't think a information seminar would have eased her mind..

You have family who doesn't support your choice about this. My aunt is the only family I can rely on and lives near me. But she doesn't want me to do this. When ever I stay over I have to dance around the subject and hide when I'm talking on the phone about it. She thinks there are other ways and the risks and complications aren't worth it. Her opinion means a lot to me but I need this and she makes me question my self every time but every time I keep coming back to I want to get healthy and in order to do so I need restriction