Nursebarbie

Cacique is awesome!

Its an irritant to the stomach and dehydrating. Some have no problem and some do like me. Miss my coffee.

It is so hard to find a bra in anything above ddd any place other than lane bryant. Love love love that sale! Nordies also has nice elomi and wacoal bras reasonably priced too.

I'm in oc. Dr zane of kaiser.

My doc said I could have regular coffee so I did. And it was awful. I was so sick all day. Can't even stand the smell of coffee and I was a coffeeocholic before. Weird.

My surgeon said if it fits inside your wedding ring than you can swallow it.

Hoping you feel better soon!

This will be the final nail in the lapband coffin. Saw that commercial and thought wow now they are really grasping at straws here.

You can appeal more than once and at different levels. Fyi.

Came with a big cookbook for soup, breads, smoothies, all sorts of stuff. My hubby has wanted it forever. I had wanted the magic bullet but since we had gift certificates he won. Otherwise I'm not sure I would have paid $600 for a blender.

They really can't tell until they look inside. File an appeal with your medical group. Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

And see if they can get the same kind of deal. Its really worth it and I'm a bargain shopper.

We saved those gift certificates for a year. Didn't quite know what to use them for. So glad we waited. Maybe others can check out qvc and see

I am having a great time finding out!

A brand new cuisinart blender. Didn't even puree all that well. Vitamix purees even roasted chicken! I have more food options now.

Can you call and ask for the bariatric case management dept? Maybe they can help you with getting this approved with Kaiser. Worth a shot.

I appreciate all the view points and hopefully this is helpful to the OP in finalizing her decision.

Nutritionist - " weigh and measure your food. Here's some hand outs. Eat 1200 calories sugar free fat free. Drink 64 oz Water. Eat 60 gm Protein." Doctor- " exercise 30 minutes every day. Eat less move more. Eat less carbs. Eat more protein. No junk food." Psychiatrist- " any plans to hurt yourself? No? How long have you battled your weight? Were your parents overweight? How did being overweight make you feel?" Same stuff in different versions for me past 30 years. Frustrating when I know if my thin friend and I eat the same kind of sandwich. I will metabolize it slower and retain more calories than her. People know why they are fat. We eat too much food than our bodies can naturally handle. For a variety of factors. I may not be an "expert" on the sleeve (yet) but I am an expert at being fat and its miserable when you are 14 and being teased at school. All it did was reinforce unhealthy habits of trying to lose weight and ruin my self esteem. I even tried to kill myself when I was 15 because I hated myself. This is why I am so passionate about this topic.

Fertility is increased so watch out! I for one, hope to reap this benefit!

And who ever called you a plant is not being helpful. Why are so people getting all uppity on these forums? Now who is being judgemental? Shouldn't we understand intimately how it feels to be looked at as less than human because we are obese? It seems some of us are way too quick to judge and end up putting their big size 11wide foot in their mouths!

I understand the pain your daughter is feeling. I was the same way. Missed 43 days my freshman year of high school because I hated the way I looked. I didn't make the best choices and even didn't reach my potential in school all because I didn't want anyone seeing me. If she has a genetic link to being overweight than all the diet and exercise in the world won't likely be successful long term. The sleeve can help her NOW and alleviate years of private humilaition of being obese. She may just blossom after that. I would do it for my daughter in a heart beat. There's no point in waiting until she's older and even more introverted. 14 year olds have babies. That is way harder than a sleeve. I will stand my ground on this one. You are her mother nobody else and I for one support you.

I have 6o plus pounds to go, 24 pounds down. 4 weeks out.

I say don't let the door hit you on the butt hubby. Not worth it.

I did! Hormones are trying to keep up with the weight loss.

Omfg! Sooooooo much better! My hubby keeps chasing me around the house!