newme0617
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newme0617 got a reaction from Alexandra39 in Ny Waiting For Medicare Approval
I am thinking it will take a bit of time for the info to trickle down to a person answering the phone at Medicare..but from what I read, it has been approved...
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newme0617 got a reaction from Alexandra39 in Ny Waiting For Medicare Approval
http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=258&ver=2&NcaName=Bariatric+Surgery+for+the+Treatment+of+Morbid+Obesity&MEDCACId=26&IsPopup=y&bc=AAAAAAAAIBAA&
APPROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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newme0617 got a reaction from eggzy82 in April Bandsters!
went to doc today for a FIRST fill, had surgery on 4-18.
The port is infected and needs to be removed!! I never had a fill.
I asked how this could happen and he said it is hard to tell...could be a microperforation where the band peforated the lining of the stomach and caused the infection to travel down to the port...
Yesterday i noticed a lum near the port site....today it is red and he said to placeme on antibiotics and then see him this Friday and take it from there,, he is not the one that did the surgery as I had surgery out of state I live in and he was one of the doctors i considered but went with someone out of state...the doctor I went to today, was for a fill and whe he saw the port he said no fill, of course and he said the only way to get infection to be gone is to take out the foreign body(lap band)...so he said to get it out and then in 3 months place another lap band...
Marlene
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newme0617 got a reaction from Jen75 in April Bandsters!
Do much better today...Scale moving ever so slightly to the downward side...I am walking alot more...no more stuck episodes...every day is a new day.
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newme0617 got a reaction from Lauracat in Protein Shake Hard For Me To Do
Thanks for the suggestions...what about placing the shake in the freezer and then take it out frozen and spoon it down?
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newme0617 got a reaction from DaBlockzPRbabii in Protein Shake Hard For Me To Do
That is so interesting...I was told ONLY Protein shakes post op for two weeks...so here I am trying so hard and failing to do the three per day...I cannot even get thru a bottle..I have been trying to get it other ways...
Like cottage cheese, oatmeal, yougurt, etc...but these add up in calories when trying to get the Protein in...so like a catch -22...I am keeping a food journal and have been able to keep the calories down,, but the protein is suffering, greatly...
I do not want complications...
Right now, I have a shake sitting next to me...trying to finish as a Breakfast food...
The shakes also make me thirsty...weird or not?
Thanks for your response