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Does anyone know if he performs surgery on patients witha BMI of 35 with no health problems?

So very nervous....my insurance is UHC and I just sent in my stuff to them...they have a month to approve or deny. My BMi is 37 with no comorbidities....nervous that they will deny me. *crossing my fingers*

u gotta post pics!!! what is ur current weight?

:phanvan im just gonna bump this up and hope someone responds.

Anyone used this guy or know anyone who has??? Just hoping for a recommendation.

I live in North Texas. Didn't know where Tijuana was until I looked at a map. I'm definitely closer to Monterrey.

Anyone have a review of this surgeon?

How much are Rumbaut and Sanchez?

TO get a student loan to get lapband surgery?

Of the big names...how much do they charge and where in Mexico are they located?

charlesvox, how have u done with ur band? how long have u had it?

Wow...that's crazy. It's amazing that you lost 70 pounds in the first place. A day on Atkins gives me such a severe headache. I cant do without my glucose.

Do you notice that people have treated you differently? Like...do you notice sales people looking you in the eye more? Or getting preferential treatment from strangers? Or your friends no longer wanting to hang out with you?

You know. That's a really good way to think about it. Plus I know my weight and my performance are very closely tied together. I get so stressed out...and what do I do? Eat. Late night studying? Stay up with food. All the exercise in the world cant counterbalance one week of final exam binging. And then I get so tired so fast and stuff. The thing is, I've been thinking about this for so long. Had I just gotten it back when I was researching, I'd probably be at the size I wanted to be by now. I've done a year of WW, vigorous exercising, even TrimSpa pills (HA!) with no more than a 15 pound weight loss. I think I'm gonna just suck it up, take out an extra portion from my Stafford loan and just do it.

I know that's right. My classmates go on alot of extravagant trips. And I havent seen anyone truly living hand to mouth. I just hope I am not going in over my head in student loans. :faint:

Any students been in this situation?

I went to this party the other day and I just felt completely and totally invisible. Like the 20 ppl around me forgot that I existed. I was wondering if things wouldbe different if I was a hundred pounds lighter.

i dont need to get any permission to use my money however i see fit...as long as my tuition gets paid and I pay everything back...it's all good.

IF I had 40 hrs a week to work ...even at a half decnet job...I would definitely do it...but Im in med school. There is no time for a part time job. Even if I got one it would be YEARS before I could collect 10,000 dollars.

With my student loans...I would have 30 yrs to pay it off at low interest....im prolly gonna have 100K in loans anyway (grad school) so what's 10k??

Got denied by UHC six months ago. In that time I managed to lose about 15 pounds putting me in an even lower BMI category. I think I'm 34 down from 36 or 37. If I can prove 2 comorbidites. i might have a chance. So I made an appointment for sleep apnea and one to my primary physician for lab work to see if I have high choloesterol or hyperglycemia. I'm just hoping that this isnt one huge disappointing waste of time. But you never know til you try, right?

Who are famous people who have been banded? The only one I know is Khalilah ALi (Muhammed Ali's daughter). People say Oprah but I remember watching a segment of hers where she was doing sit ups in a workout bra and her belly was exposed. No scars to see (and believe me, I was searching!) Plus something tells me that she would tell. Star jones....definetely gastric bypass. SHe lost so much sooooo fast.

If you really think I am going to take the time out of my day to read that rubbish thesis.....lmao. Please. :tired You can think and believe whatever you want. I'm still right. The statement that "dieting" does not work is a joke. Maybe we have different definitions of what dieting is. I consider it, eating at or below your caloric requirements, eating the right kinds of things, on a permanent basis. If you eat less and exercise more, you will lose weight. Take less in, put more out, weigh less. That is what it is about. The lap band prevents you from consuming too much. it makes you feel fuller with less food because you've stretched your stomach past its limit and now you require more to feel as full. If you diet for an extended period of time, stock up on Fiber and Water, you can beat that. There was a time before the lapband and RNY was around and ppl still lost weight. Come on.

What does the lap band do? Doesn't it basically prevent the person from eating large amounts of food? It doesn't change a persons metabolic rate or anything on a chemical basis. So how is it different from dieting? All dieting is is reducing the amount of nutrition. The high failure rate of dieting is due to lack of motivation and follow through. To say that eating less and exercising more doesn't work is a joke. I stand by what I said.

You people are haters.