Sunshine3073

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

1. Did your insurance pay for plastic surgery after your weight loss?
2. What hoops did you have to jump through, if any to get your insurance to cover your plastic surgery?
3. What type of plastic surgery did your insurance cover?
Any other information would be great. I need to find out if my insurance will cover and need to know the right questions to ask and how to word my questions. TIA.

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

I was so worried about what I was going to have to pay for my bypass. My insurance company nor my surgeon's office could/would tell me what my out of pocket was going to be! My surgery bill from the hospital was only $99.82!! The anesthesologist was $160 something. I'm stoked!

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

Thank you for all the responses and ideas!
My husband and I went on a hike on trails through the woods yesterday. I really enjoyed that! There are few trails like that, so for now we'll stick to that one until we find other trails.

I am so happy to have found this thread. I have been exercising since pre-op (over a year now). I remember people telling me that I will start to love doing it. And they were wrong! I still hate it.
But it does make me feel better. So I carry on...

I am of the school of thought that any strenuous activity is exercise. I count gardening and walking as exercise. People get too caught up in traditional gym related activities and it can impede them from exercising. The key is to move more. Find something you love. If it's gardening do that. If it's dancing, do that. Just get your body moving!

Find something you like to do that is also fun. Bike riding, bowling, hiking, dancing. etc.....

Are you pre op or post op? Before my surgery I used to despise exercise. Once I began losing weight exercise got a lot easier and more fun. I try to stay active with things I enjoy such as kayaking, hiking, & swimming.

You can dump with the sleeve and gastric bypass. There is late dumping too, which doesn't happen immediately. It can happen a couple of hours later.
It's not just diarrhea. It's getting really hot and sweaty, and your heart races and you feel nauseous.
For me, it's something high in sugar and fat. Like cheese cake. I shouldn't eat cheese cake anyway. That comes to mind because that was the first time it happened to me. Ice cream for sure, if I eat more than a couple of bites.
I've had it happen with baked yams when I put butter and brown sugar on it.

I was going to say something very similar in my last response... I couldn't find the right wording, so I left it out. Thanks for mentioning this!

I hope your surgery went well and you have an uneventful recovery,
Be sure and let us know how you are doing when you are up to it.

Sounds like you're going through some pre-op stuff. Immediately pre-op time wasn't easy for most of us.
With regard to your phrase "addiction to food," that's a loaded term. There's considerable debate about what "food addiction" means or if it even exists. Is it merely a "tumultuous relationship with food"? Is "overeating" sufficient to define a "food addict"? Or does "food addiction" require binging? Or does it merely require "comfort eating"? And to what degree?
I don't use the term "addiction" to describe how I ate prior to WLS. But God knows I had some terrible eating habits. And although I didn't eat badly all the time, I ate badly enough often enough and was inactive enough most of the time that I eventually achieved a BMI of nearly 40. At that point I was trapped by my obesity and comorbidities and could no longer get back to a normal weight (no longer obese or even overweight) by dieting and exercise.
That's why I had WLS.

Lots of food addicts here, myself included. As others have said, surgery will not help with the addiction. You will have to work on changing the behaviors.
For me...success bred more success. Once I got going, it was fairly easy. Maintenance I find is more challenging. Plus I have a propensity for self sabotage..which I'm working on with a therapist.
Good luck..and good for you for knowing the weight does not simply fall off. You still have to work it big time.

1. True/False: My doctor says my taste buds may change after surgery and foods I love now I may not like.
It depends.. I can't stand really sweet foods anymore, and I was a BIG sweets eater. Some people don't tho. One thing I can stand is smelling food after I'm full. Makes me want to barf.
2. Will my appetite REALLY go away? Will the feeling of being hungry all the time disappear?
Depends on what I eat.. carbs? nope.. I am hungry not long after. Protein? yes.. I'm full quick.. 3 bites and i'm done and full for long time.
3. I'm totally addicted to food. While I have been able to mostly control it over the past 3 months, there are times when I have NO WILLPOWER and stop at Culver's on the way home from work for a big, greasy double cheeseburger and a soda! Will I be able to break this after the surgery?
This is mental hunger that you have to break. No more soda after surgery.. and you might be able to get the burger, eat a couple bites (no bread) and be done. the burger part is ok for you. but you might not be able to tolerate burger, so again.. it depends.