hollyncharm

there is a REALLY informative video on Home its easy to follow and they really make it seem like its not a big deal even if it is surgery. i dont know i havent been banded yet I'm working on it though but that video made me feel more comfortable with it. maybe it will help do the same for your parents.

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i just started to really dig into getting the surgery so i haven't had allot of exposure to UHC but they did tell me that i have to have a DR statement saying that i qualify. so i have scheduled that for may 3rd. after the DR eval. he has to send it to UHC so they can evaluate it and approve it or not. i hope they do. they did say that they cover WLS and the web site said that out patient surgery is covered 80% after the deductible. so i hope that helps some. ill tell you more when i know more.

i know this is off subject a little but.....swim suits!!!! i haven't worn a SS in 2 years and even when i wore the last one i wore a t shirt and shorts over it so it didn't count. ANYWAY last night i was out with my boyfriend and i saw the cutest SS every and i did something that i haven't done for years...i went over and picked it up! even when i did wear swim suits i would buy cheapy ones because i always HAD to buy a new one next year and it just seemed like a waste of $50 if i only could wear the thing 5 times. when i was looking at the at this one last night i decided that it would be very worth it to pay $100 for a SS if i could buy a size 8!!!!! my boyfriend agreed. so this time next year if i have gotten to my goal weight i will be buying my first SS in years and not even looking at the price tag!!!!

i dont know if you ended your last relationship or not but if you did good for you way to take control of your life. thats when you know you really love yourself like you should, when you can do something as hard as breaking up with some one after a relationship! as for the new guy heck yes i love seeing happy new couples! chubby is ok. with my experience they are the ones who try the hardest and will treat you best. unless they get too full of themselves but i would never make them feel bad about their appearances even if they were an ass hole!

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great! i have been freaking out about the surgery. you didn't even remember it. that makes me feel like 30 degrees better! I'm so glad everything is going well.

so i was brushing my teeth last night and looking in the mirror and all of a sudden it just hit me, "i could be having surgery:whatchutalkingabout ..." and i got so scared. i have been ok with the idea for about a week or so but last night it just felt like i have been repressing the reality. but now this morning I'm in between about it. yea its surgery and I'm scared but it doesn't stop at the surgery. the surgery is my first step to many awesome things so like everything else life changing the first step is the scariest but ya have to take it. but yea i just thought id tell you about that. i wander what brushing my teeth had to do with anything?

so i was brushing my teeth last night and looking in the mirror and all of a sudden it just hit me, "i could be having surgery:whatchutalkingabout ..." and i got so scared. i have been ok with the idea for about a week or so but last night it just felt like i have been repressing the reality. but now this morning I'm in between about it. yea its surgery and I'm scared but it doesn't stop at the surgery. the surgery is my first step to many awesome things so like everything else life changing the first step is the scariest but ya have to take it. but yea i just thought id tell you about that. i wander what brushing my teeth had to do with anything?

so i have been like super scared about the idea of surgery so to make myself feel more at ease with it i have made it a point to tell every person i know and have come in contact with for about a week now. out of like 40 there was only one guy who said that i shouldn't and he only said that cause he wouldn't pay money for it but i sure would so i ignored him! my friends all said that they are proud of me for being so brave (ha ha I'm so not brave) and that they are excited because i deserve to be thin. isn't that nice!? so I'm excited. i think i have encouraged a few people to get banded as well, or at lease planted the seed in their brain. i have gotten allot of "exercise and eatless..." and i told them (with the dirtiest look i could make) "i have been over weight since i was 5, i have been on every diet possible i even go to the gym on my lunch break at work, and you think i haven't tried?!!" they usually don't say much after that. i have been afraid that people will think I'm wimping out of hard work but you know what it isn't their metabolism and they don't know my body so heck with them ill do it how i want and look hell of allot better than them when I'm don't.

good luck!!!!! i hope everything goes even better than you thought! just think after today you will be on your way to thin city!!!

thank you so much for your help. i have called the insurance company and they told me that they cant be sure of an amount to tell me because i haven't been approved yet. so i will go to the Dr and get approved. until then i guess ill just save as much as i can.

ok so I'm thinking I'm going to go with Dr Allen at Norton's. maybe. my insurance is funny and i don't know what they will pay and i don't know how much the whole things costs so i cant save for it accurately. can any one help me?

I am currently dating an anchorman and a surgeon wow just so I'm not mistaken those are both hectic jobs so i am assuming that they are two different men...... :thumbup: nice. I'm happy with one and he sometimes is more than i can handle but most def props to you for being able to balance all of the things in you life and TWO men. I'm impressed. :biggrin2:

lol you all are so cute. that is a huge dream i have is to look good in those baby doll skirts and cottony sun dresses. right now I'm too chunky and i dont look like the girls on the "cotton" commercials and i feel that people with nice collar bones and slimmer midsections look best in those. i just feel bulky. watch out tho when i get banded ill be unstoppable! whoot sun dresses and those lace-up wedge sandals!!!! ha ha ha ha ha : D

first step was call the insurance company. did it! second: the insurance company requires documentation from my DR saying that i can have the surgery. called the DR MADE THE APPOINTMENT!!!! whoot for me. i have guts...yay. ok so next I'm going to a seminar on the 6th which is 3 days after my Dr's appointment. i feel pretty confident that my Dr will help me out. I'm right on the line for my BMI but he is funny about weight. i went in for a spider bite once and he never even looked at it he spent the entire appointment telling me that I'm over weight and what kind of health problems I'm going to have. so i know he will be happy to hear that there will be one less fatty in his office.

first step was call the insurance company. did it! second: the insurance company requires documentation from my DR saying that i can have the surgery. called the DR MADE THE APPOINTMENT!!!! whoot for me. i have guts...yay. ok so next I'm going to a seminar on the 6th which is 3 days after my Dr's appointment. i feel pretty confident that my Dr will help me out. I'm right on the line for my BMI but he is funny about weight. i went in for a spider bite once and he never even looked at it he spent the entire appointment telling me that I'm over weight and what kind of health problems I'm going to have. so i know he will be happy to hear that there will be one less fatty in his office.

first step was call the insurance company. did it! second: the insurance company requires documentaion from my DR saying taht i can have the surgery. called the DR MADE THE APPOINTMENT!!!!

first step was call the insurance company. did it! second: the insurance company requires documentaion from my DR saying taht i can have the surgery. called the DR MADE THE APPOINTMENT!!!!

WOW omg 18 lbs! thats awesome. what is that like an underwear size? i do need a good scale. hmm..... there is a tj maxx down the road from me.... what brand is yours ill see if they have that one at mine?

im so glad you sugested that i read your blogs. i have and they help and i just made my first apointment with my dr. to discus if i am eligable or not! i know i am my BMI is like 41.? and my dr. is funny about weight. you can go in for a spider bite and he might not even treat you for it cause he spent the whole time telling you how atrisk you are for this and that for being over weight. so i know he will push the omvelope for me!! whoot. but just incase, wish me luck!

i have never had a short relationship. i didn't get my first boyfriend until i was 12 and at the time i thought that was forever.... but it isn't i know allot of people who didn't date until they were in their twenties. my last boyfriend is the reason why i am as over weight. he used this weird way of complimenting me when i looked my worse so that i never dressed up. he would say that i looked cheap. so for a year and a half i lived in sweatpants and t-shirts, hair in a ponytail with no makeup. it was aweful. he had this way of making me feel special but like he was the only one who would ever make me feel that way then he would be hateful. so i stayed with him as long as i did cause i didn't think i could do better. i now have been with a new guy for almost two years and he is perfect. he is so attractive and built! he is sweet and hard working he doesn't talk allot but when he does he means what he says and its always nice. he never says hateful things and he always makes me feel like i could do anything. i am who i am today because he has made me feel like i am worth being who i want to be.

ok so i dont understand insurance lingo but im gathering that as long as the DR carries the insurance then it covers 80%. i dont know how much the surgery costs to begin with so i dont know how much to save.....? but at lease they cover whoot!

ok so i dont understand insurance lingo but im gathering that as long as the DR carries the insurance then it covers 80%. i dont know how much the surgery costs to begin with so i dont know how much to save.....? but at lease they cover whoot!

ok so I'm with united health care and all it says it it covers 80% after satisfying the deductible.... what does that mean? i dont know anything about insurance. please help!!