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the new drug is pretty good. RSV is actually a neurological disorder, and the new drug treats it as that, and not like the pain killers and muscle relaxants that used to be prescribed for it. I have it, but I try not to take drugs, so i deal with it. I have found the less stress in my life, the less RSV I have, so I try to do a lot of relaxation techniques before bedtime. last night was impossible for me though. our a/c is broken and it was 86 in here last night.

we have the opposite prob. andy will get on, go poop a little. then jump off to run around the house and tell everyone and be cheered on. then the underpants go on, then the pants, then he has an accident cause he was not really finished. it does break his little heart when that happens too. he tries so hard. but he doesn't understand how to tell if he is done yet when he is going poop.

Finally got a scale that goes up to 360. got on it last week and cried. i thought i was lower than 360-something. today i am 355. and going down. i am going to reach 299 before surgery!! or die tryin lol

if you call up and ask about your policy, request that you be told if it is an exclusion, or some other reason you will be denied. Also, ask for a copy of your policy to be sent to you so you have it in black and white. if there is not an exclusion, then fight. some people go through 2 or 3 denials before getting approved. some insurance companies have that as part of the approval process to weed out the wishywashy

PE's are hard. I had one after the birth of my daughter. I hope you have luck in getting the financing for the the surgery and this all goes well for you.

You could be denied insurance for individual coverage. But if you go out and get a job that has a group health plan, then you cannot be denied. So get a job with a company that is fairly large, with a good health plan, and everything will be fine Diva

I have United Healthcare, and I was told by a setup coordinator that set up my husbands employers insurance coverage that UHC is giving huge cost breaks to employers that exclude the surgery. they are phasing out the ability to have the surgery through the employers. so in reality they "used to be" band friendly. my husband's employer is a small company so they took the break, which means they have the exception, and that means no insurance coverage for me. The rep said that they are doing this due to the high mortality and complication rate from GB and lump lapband in with it. yet one more reason to hate insurance companies lol

Anderson is my little trooper. occasionally he has an accident. he is in pull ups when we go out because he has had a few accidents in public. But for the most part when he has to go he gets really really excited, and announces it to the whole world, then runs into the bathroom to use the potty. Then he'll come running out of the bathroom when he is done, waving the underwear or pullup he was wearing, proclaiming that they are still dry, not caring who sees his whatsis. lol thank gravy i work at home.

damn skippy i want to be in a bikini bod. i am really looking forward to being tiny again. i used to have a FABULOUS bod. very curvy, large chest, great hips, looked good in a bikini, and i still hovered around 100 pounds. i want to get back to that. i might not get to 100, but i can get smooth all over and be in the right shape to wear a bikini.

my calendar age is 29.2 and my real age is 31.8. To lower my real age more i need to stop smoking, take a daily Vitamin, and socialize more. but then when would i have the time to drink??

I am extremely, over the top, head over heels, knock your socks off in love with my husband. We have been together since I was 16, he was 19. Just best friends at that point. Then when I turned 18 he gave me a necklace for my birthday. It was the only gift I got that year, and it was perfect. I haven't taken it off since. We fell in love around that time, and got married on December 4th, 1999. Counting all the time together, it adds up to 13 years together. He is still my best friend. He is also my partner in crime, confident, joker, and all around protector. He's the best dad in the world to our two kids, and the most supportive and loving husband I could have ever wished for.

My apron is large due to up and down weight, and two kids very close together. it isn't just skin, but it is quite loose and annoying. my pcp says that if my insurance was nicer, it should be medically nec for me to have it removed. it is bad now. when i stand you can't see my hooha. :confused: and when i wear tight pants it makes it look like i have a butt in the front LOL thank god for longer shirts. Its not like it hangs down to my knees, but it is certainly a pain in the butt and really makes excersize kinda difficult. Like I could do sit ups well if it weren't there. I agree that it is not the same as a TT. It is just skin removal, but usually not done to pretty things up. Most apron removal surgeries that are just for that leave a lot to be desired looks wise. but it would be a huge weight off (quite literally) to have it done and be able to move easier. I am curious if anyone else has done this, either before, during or after weight loss. I want to know what the recovery time was like, what the scar is like, and so on and so forth. it is not as invasive as a tt since the muscles are not touched. just the skin and fat under it is removed.

oh of course. i am planning on having a total body lift afterwards. i am wondering who had their aprons removed before hand just to make things easier. i would do both. the apron removal, then the tt and total body lift after. i am not wanting to have the apron removal done before hand and nothing after. i would look funny. lol

Who here has had their "apron" removed before you lost all of your weight? I am kicking around the idea of having this done when i go down to Mexico to have my lap band put in. My lapband doc works with a plastic surgeon closely and I could have it done the next day. It would make life so much easier to not have it there when working out and moving around! LOL If anyone has please respond, or pm me directly. I have lots of questions.

she is here. she has been really busy lately. but i spoke to her today :uwelcome:

this is fabulous!! thank you so much for sharing this with people! I know that for me it has answered tons of questions!! I only hope that all my fills go that smoothly.

We don't have great credit either, so we saved money and are having the surgery in Mexico. Cost for me is 9100 and includes everything, even airfare.

i have been doing the same thing. but dh made a good point. he said "you don't know what style is going to look good on you. what if you buy all of this and end up looking like hell?" blunt, but correct.

oh these are great!!

When I was about 4 (I remember this so clearly) I wanted to be a tour guide in hawaii. I thought that would be great cause you could live in paradise and get to go to the beach every day. This was right before we moved from hawaii so you can tell i really wanted to stay. When I was in high school my dad really wanted me to go into zoology or oceanography or vet medicine. he was a failed vet student (never graduated and joined the marines) and wanted to live out his desires through me. i rebelled and ended up dropping out of school. i got my GED and moved to florida to be with my now DH. I went to college while he went to college and got a few degrees and certificates. Now I am a mom, a wife, and a contract graphic designer. I get to work from home so I am so happy. I did a lot of weird things as a kid. One of the wierdest...I was a piggy bank as a kid. My clothes never had pockets, and our school lunch cost $.90 so I always had a dime left over after lunch. I didn't want to throw it away or lose it, so I would swallow it. lord only knows what could have happened. But I did it alot and never had any probs from it.

I think the funniest part of it all is that the website listed sends you to an erectial dysfunction and premature ejaculation site. LOL For those of you upset by the rule against advertisement, please understand that there are ways of giving word of mouth without being an outright advertisment. I push my doctor, but also explain other choices and why I am choosing him. that post above was an outright advertisment.

Did you drive or fly?

you said they didn't need to be cheap, so head over to Nordies! I tell ya, they have a great shoe selection in just about everysize! And they can bring in your size if they are not carrying it at that moment. and the great thing about them...if you wear the shoe and it just doesn't fit well enough, you can bring them back with no hassles!!

Just raise your hands to the heavens, lift your head, and cry out "SEX! LOTS OF WILD SEX!" i promise you will only get a few questioners after that.

Oh, one other thing you can tell your husband to make him feel more at ease. Mexican doctors most of the time have WAY more experience than american doctors due to the fact that it was just recently made available in the US. Many of them have over 1000 surgeries completed, and my doctor has over 5000 completed. That is compared to the 200 or 300 you will find most us doctors have.