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Hi Zoomomma, We are all hoping the same thing ! Good luck and let us know the out come... Lana

Hey Hopeful, I agree with you... it is the food. When I said that 10 years ago people around me thought I was TOTALLY off my rocker!

Hey Ducky, Yes, Yes, Yes all I saw were male docs and yes they treated me like I was crazy! And yes, it was as woman doc who finally came close to a diagnosis...she sent me to a male doc and it took him another 5 years! What crap I have spent hundred of thousands of dollars on docs and simply to no avail I still feel like crap! I started on the Protein Shakes because I was watching a health show and someone said they thought fibro was a protein deficency so I started myself on a protein regime.. I felt much better, for some reason I just feel better when I stay away from "FOOD"... I think the processed food, fast food and beef seem to get my symptoms started. Good luck

hey everyone, You guys are a wealth of information. I know that when I am not on as much "food" and stick mostly to protein shakes I am 100% symptom free. So I wonder if this is very much like a food allergy...with the end result being symptoms of pain. Have any of you had any lab work come up weird? Like liver function, or RA test? Neg for everything? It took me 15 years and 7 docs to find the problem, did anyone else have a similar experience? Thanks Lana

Hi all, I too have fibro, on a scale of 1 - 10 I am about a 3-6 most of the time. I don't think the surgery will help with the pain but it may take the edge off just a little. I wish you all the very very best with surgery and with your fibro. Lana

may 22.....what a victory lana

you look fabulous !

it's coming fast ! Good luck and best wishes you all you fellow May Flowers...

WOW, congrats Nicelee ! I am right behind you.... don't worry. Focus on your goal, just focus on the surgery happening and not what you feel your lacking. Good luck

Hi Yolanda, I don't have al the answers but I can tell you this is a great place to start, I have been posting on this site since Dec 07 when I first started to think about the lap band as a solution. By Feb I had all the testing done and was pretty much ready but I changed docs after the 1st consult because some docs charge outragous fees associated with this type of surgery. I did find another doc where the fees were not quite so high and I am scheduled for surgery May 12th. I wish you the best of luck and just start reading, read the pre & post op stuff people go through and decide for yourself if this is something you would really like to do. When you are informed you are better able to make an informed decision. Lana

sacramento here hollaring back ! I did have the barium swallow, it did not bother me in the least... it was just another step toward where I wanted to be. I have been on this path since about the end of Nov is when I decided, now many tests and 2 docs later I am finally on my way !

I can relate I was denied 3 times before I got an approval !

Hey bling, No need to panic, I am having surgery in about 3 weeks. I am scared too but more afraid of living my life as it is. I know that I will have to change inorder for this to work but I just think about how I could best live my life, I focus on the loves of my life and then I leave the worry with GOD because there is nothing I can do except try to move forward. I wish you the best, I can't tell you NOT to worry but I will tell you there is a place for that worry...

the only non adj band i know of were used 20 or so years ago

hi Beckn, I am having surgery May 12th as well !!

thanks for the info !

Dr Waldrep does not take my insurance, I could go there as a cash pay....lol

I read it as well, I simply did not take it all that seriously, it was crass I agree but also very very funny...They write like my girlfriends talk. I loved the analogies..."continue drinking coffee and your breath will smell like ass"...rofl

I am so worried, I will never get approved...and on the day of my next denial I will have a heart attack and just fade away...leaving behind everyone I love...

Want2, Have you tried Dr Koura's office? Dr Machado is just too pricy for me, great doc but come on... who did you see in Mexico, how did that go? Mexico may be my only option if this new doc in San Fran does not work out... I need advise.

Thanks DAC, I found the problem, the docs office submitted the claim but there was vital info missing, that is why I was denied...when I last saw them my bmi was 40 and I have HBP... and to top it all off the doctors office straight up lied to me and said they have not received an answer...the insurance answered the request within 2 days... I am really frustrated at this point.

DAC, Since you work there I have a question, if you have a bmi of 35- up and you have hypertension, is it covered? Or is there some weird rule that you need to be on 2 or more meds, or have had HBP for a certain length of time?

thanks kristin, dr machado is the doc I wanted but her program fee is 2750...

Hi all,I'm from Sac and having a hell of a time finding a doc with no program fee..or a fee that is more manageable than 5750, 3780 and 2500... if I wanted to pay that much I might as well become a cash pay! Anyone else having this problem? Anyone been to San Fran for surgery?

LMAO, you sure told her....