Tricia K.

If so, you should definitely try the Sweet Orange Ginger Cashews from World Market. They're delicious! http://www.worldmarket.com/home.jsp

Plans for today: 300 crunches 90 squats - completed 60 lunges - completed resistance bands 200 toe/calf raises - completed

Joyce, you're doing a fantastic job and I'm so happy to hear about how your life is improving. :eek:

Congrats! :eek:

This is a quote directly from Sandy R's response to someone asking a similar question on obesityhelp.com: "You may also wish to contact an excellent banded attorney, Steve Kalman, for help. He has obtained reversals of denials in many cases, (with just a letter or two on your behalf) when an ins. company pays for bypass or VBG, but refuses to pay for banding. Not allowed! They CANNOT require you to have a more dangerous and less effective procedure, when a better and safer one is available, and for far less money! Steve's website: www.BandedLawyer.com"

I have been heavy since about the age of 11 or 12. I started looking into the lap band about 3 1/2 years ago but at the time I was single and living in New Jersey with no relatives in the state. At my heaviest, I was 283 pounds. I didn't have any health problems, other than being fat. I was almost positive that my insurance would cover it but I didn't want to have the surgery and then have no one to help me during recovery. My friends were great but they all had busy lives with marriage, kids and work. I didn't feel right asking any of them to put things on hold to help me for up to a week. So, fast forward to last Summer. I was now happily married and living in Louisiana. My insurance company at the time had a written exclusion for weight loss surgery and/or anything obesity related, including nutritional counseling. So, after discussing with my husband my desire to have surgery and our desire to have a child some day, he and I decided that the best thing for us to do was to obtain a personal loan and pay for the surgery ourselves. I had surgery on September 16, 2005 at the age of 34. I am now 10 months post-op and have lost 84 pounds. I feel really healthy and am very active. We are both happy with our decision and hope to get pregnant with our first child at the beginning of next year.

I was a self-pay patient and my surgeon did not require any program fees. I had several meetings with the nutritionist prior to my surgery at no extra charge. My surgeon also has weekly and monthly support groups (depending upon location), which are also free-of-charge.

My mom's co-worker in Oregon just returned home from having surgery on July 4th with Dr. Joya in Puerto Vallarta, MX. She was very pleased with her decision and is recovering well.

Can I change my stats to reflect yesterday's weight instead??

*crosses her arms over her chest and shakes her head no*

Telly's a hottie!

Great NSV...congrats!

"I'm going off the rails on a crazy train..."

Congrats and welcome home, mysherryjo!

Yay!! Amy is back!! I am so happy to hear that you are home. Too bad about the trash smell though!! Icky. Get your rest and then get your butt back onto LBT. :biggrin1: Oh, and be sure to smack Telly on the butt for me when you see her next Friday! Ha ha. Or, you could just give her a hug. Your choice.

Plans for today: 250 crunches 500 leg lifts 200 toe/calf raises 150 bicep curls w/ 4lb. weight 150 tricep curls w/ 4lb. weight 100 lateral raises w/ 2lb. weight 60 squats 30 lunges I didn't do any of this...ugh!

Fun is one thing...but crudeness and specific talk about someone's pants getting smaller because of something else getting bigger, etc. is over the top. I'm far from being a prude but some things just shouldn't be posted. The FUPA discussion was fun/silly and was nothing like some of the recent posts.

I concur. :straight

I looks like you had a lot of fun.....good for you!

I'd tell ya but then I'd have to kill ya. :biggrin1:

That's pretty much what I've been telling her as well.

I've just returned from getting my 8th fill and I've never felt any burning sensation. Also, my surgeon recommends liquids for the remainder of the day, mushes the next day and then back to solid foods.

You'll find the answer in the following thread. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7959

Telly - I still stand by what I told you yesterday. I think you should get a fill. :hug: Yes, you do eat a bit more when you're working out but you shouldn't be hungry every 1-2 hours and be able to eat a lot at one sitting.

I count my calories on fitday.com.