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Fed BCBS basic. ????

I have BC here in PA and it took less than a week. Good luck, you should call the insurance company.

Oh god, I've got a list..... broccoli salad. It's basically blanched broccoli, cauliflower, in some mayo/cream sauce with a ranch seasoning mixed in. We used to sell this at the grocery store deli I worked at(schnucks if you are a midwesterner in the St. Louis area) I thought it was healthy so I'd buy that, but OMG the facts on that one I would have been better off and probably less hungry if I had eaten a whole rotisserie chicken! In that same vein is 7 layer salad. lettuce, mayo, peas, cheese, spinach, and some other stuff I can't even remember layered up like a big giant lasagna. I thought "hey it's salad it has to be good for me" but I easily put on 10lbs eating it. It's all the yummy fat and mayo and cheese that sink that one, but makes you want to eat it. Also melba toasts. I convinced myself that by putting ham and cheese on melba toasts that I wasn't eating that much, but would blow through literally a pound of meat n cheese combined before I was done, when if I had just made a regular 4oz meat and 1 slice of cheese sandwich I would have been full and done. On the subject of what mom fed us that turned us the way we are....my mom has and always been mentally ill. She's schizophrenic and hears voices in her head that tell her to do things that she wouldn't normally do if she were in her right mind. She's a loving mom when she's well, but when she's off her meds it's a whole nothing creature. I've come to a place where I understand that now and have forgiven her, but the damage was and is still something I suffer from her illness. When I was 4yrs old the voices in her head told her I was going to be fat! HUGE! Just like my brothers. They were all well over 300lbs by freshman year in high school that I can remember. So she put me on a diet that the voices in her head gave her which consisted on 1/2c cottage cheese and one half of a cling peach from a can. That's all I was allowed to eat once a day. If I snuck food and got caught I was given a punishment of several days with no food at all while they ate infront of me big giant meals and taunted me with how delicious it is and how I couldn't have it. I went from being able to eat whatever I wanted and never gain a pound and never hungry to a stark raving starving hungry person who gained weight at the snap of a fingers who went to my grandparents houses and first would hide from food and then shoveled food non stop. I went from being slighly under weight and taking up to a few days to eat a package of M&M's to severely overweight and ravenously ripping the package open and swallowing them all at once literally overnight. In essence, her illness started me on the road to a life long battle with weight and the inability to get the starvation mode turned off. Then when I was taken away by CPS from time to time when they bothered to follow up, the fostercare people would feel sorry for me and stuff me with yummy stuff I never had before like oreos and ice cream and potato chips and brownies and cakes for your birthday just for being alive(who knew about these things!) and it was the first time I had froot loops or Burger king or deep dish pizza! I fell in love with that stuff and as I got older and bounced between home and fostercare, those special treats became my comfort and it's amazing how our parents or even well meaning people can really screw us the hell up with food! I still want the comfort of stuffed crust pizza after a bad day and I still want a bowl of ice cream when I really need a hug instead. It's a process to break those associations for sure! I'm struggling now with the help of a good shrink to undo the damage, but cottage cheese to me always equals punishment. I've struggled with that my whole life and even though I bought some this week to try to develop a new association with it, I can't bring myself to open it. It's just sitting in the fridge taunting me! I know this is one I have to get past because I've read the post op diets and cottage cheese is a huge component in the soft food stage plans I've seen, but my body is already rebelling at the thought.

I guess this is now happening to me. I was sleeved June 12. I hadn't had a period in 5 years bc of depo and I've had an iud for 3 years. A week after surgery, I started spotting and now I'm having a full blown cycle. It is frustrating. I was worried something was wrong.

Awesome news!!Yes. It is good for me bc it's the only protein I've found that I can tolerate. I'm not recommending it for anyone, just sharing. ????

I'm Sara, 37, from Stockholm, Sweden. (Used to live in NYC with my American husband). Four children, 3 sons, one daughter, 18, 13, 7 and 4. I'm a psychologist. I started turning to food for comfort around 13 years old, but as soon as I put some pounds on I would diet it all off, and have done so my whole adult life. I've been slim to normal weight most of my life because of it. But to a great cost, starving myself, working out all the time etc. I have a thyroid issue (diagnosed at 20), so I always had to work extra hard to lose/maintain weight. I gained quite a bit during my pregnancies, but always lost the weight, I guess I'm vain, so I became very disciplined. Or rather, I've always been very disciplined when losing weight, but then I get fed up and binge and then back to starve mode, so safe to safe that I messed up my body a lot. When my now 4 year old son was 4 months old, I was diagnosed with aggressive cancer and after almost 3 years of chemo, radiation and constant cortisone I gained over 60 pounds in 2 years. I worked very hard for a year and a half to get it off, but what used to work, no longer did, I would lose a little bit (and all my cancer treatments had messed up my thyroid even more) and gain even more back. I became more and more depressed over my weight, since I was just getting bigger and bigger and couldn't control it like I used too. And I just saw a future of more and more weight related issues. My BMI was between 28-29 when I decided to have the surgery (obviously self pay), and I was sleeved May 11th, 9 weeks ago, and I've lost just under 40 pounds - with 20 pounds to go. I might go for another 10 more after that depending on how I feel. I'm a size 8 now, and I don't want to get under a size 4/6. I'm 6 feet and like to keep some curves as I feel it looks better on me being so tall. Of course I like the fact that I'm starting to look like my old self, but more than anything, I feel healthier and I don't worry about future health problems, as well as feeling like I've broken my binge/starvation "addiction". Which is the best feeling of them all.

This post made me laugh bc I am a skinny girl dying to get out of this fat suit. I have always joked that God keeps me fat so I won't be trashy. Not sure I will brave a bikini but my friends have been warned to call the fashion police if I take things too far! Lol

So today have been so much better then the past few days I had surgery wed July 8 I went from sleeve to bypass... they took out a lot of scar tissue also... so I been in crazy pain I was sick yesterday I been having a lot of cramping worse then my period cramps. I feel like I want to eat.. it's hard bc I was just eating food now to starting all over again... don't get me wrong I'm glad I got another chance to lose the rest of my weight and the weight gain back.. what All did everyone do on their liquid diet I got 2 weeks.i have lost 5pounds tho yay... but I just feel like I'm overwhelm with everything.. I still can't tell the difference yet between the two I guess bc I'm sure swollen. .. so how do I tell the difference or will it be when i eat?

THIS a thousand times! Pick a doctor you trust and then trust them. Truth is no one knows the "right" diet for sure bc we can't experiment on humans like we do on rats and randomly assign them to treatment and control groups. So each doctor looks at the research and takes an educated guess on what will work for their patients. And some give different guidelines to different patients depending on BMI, history, gender, age etc. Pick a doctor you trust and trust the doctor you picked.

@@maggie409 I was using gnc products but then my nut said they werent helping me bc of the carbs in the powder

My sleeve was Monday, Monday I did super, Tuesday was a breeze, Wednesday I worked way too hard on a BM & felt something pull around my incision site on the left & it hurts so bad! Dr says it's probably the 2 stitches they put in & not to worry, haven't been walking like I should bc it hurts, guess I better up the meds & get moving. Thanks for all the posts I realize I'm not alone!

@ I am fed basic. I sent a letter to my surgeon's office and Ned records showing my side effects and weight for the last few years. They said it might be enough and to get my psych evaluation done. Doing that in two weeks and we will submit. We shall see! Thanks so much.

ashley I feel you. I'm 35. I was tired of being tired, achy from walking a block, asking for seat belt extenders on air planes, I became a hermit too. I live in NYC and it felt great to be able to walk around as new buildingsa are always going up and the city is constantly changing. I'm only 3.5 weeks post op and am amazed at how much better I feel. AreLin, I was in NYC on a girls trip in December...we walked a minimum of 5 miles everyday (bc we couldn't figure the subway) and I downed about 5 Advil everyday. I can't wait to go back when I have more energy and am not turned off of going somewhere simply bc I have to walk a little further!! So glad to hear you are feeling better!! This time next week, I'll be on the other side, as well!!

I'm 9months post op and having the same problems... I too was slacking on protein and water intake and I haven't been in the gym in about a month....I'm restarting my cycle with one week of doing the liquid diet as if I'm fresh outvof surgery to kick start this weight loss....I've been at a stall for four months and its time to stop bs..ing and kick my sleevey in gear!!! Thanks for this post!!!

I know me too but i still dont want my hopes too high for the bcbs fed u never know.. All i know these days are gonna be sleepless. :/ until i hear back

I tried that too..hmm, I think I did it for eh, 2-3 weeks. I wanna say I lost about 9-10lbs. It's okay, but I remember having to adjust some of the foods I ate bc I'm not a fan of tuna or bananas, which might be why I didn't lose more? Good luck with it!! -Kay

Hi Mommyfrid, I had my surgery on Feb 27th. And I have had only three fills, at 3.5cc of a 10cc band. I must say that I still don't have any feeling of restriction. I basically can eat whatever I want and it really takes a fair amount of food to fill full. The last time I was getting a fill (of a flippin' 0.5cc) the nurse told me I was almost in the Green Zone! I'm pretty sure she has no clue. I kept telling her about my eating habits. As far as weight loss...well...the pre-diet (SugarBusters) about 35 lbs and just post-op about another 25lbs. All in all, I am not dissatisfied. I just want more fills, not BS about the Green Zone. And before I forget, congratulations on your accomplishment! You are doing fabulous. Keep it up!

You're not allowed to take pill form BC anymore. They don't know how much is actually being absorbed. Got to find another method. I'm on the patch this month but switching to the shot next month. Best of luck !

I went from the sleeve and had the bypass wed I'm so nervous about this change has anyone been through this... I had a lot of scar tissue they took out and revision me to the bypass bc acid reflux. .. I'm in so much pain With my sleeve I lost 110 pounds and gained about 30 back my doctor said I should lose what I have gained plus more.. he said the eating and other things is different from the sleeve..I don't want to be sick

Anyone had BMI of 38 and gotten approved with Federal BCBS? I am waiting to hear from them. I do have Diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, high cholesterol and osteoarthritis. All these are new this year and decided sleeve could help me be rid of some. Hope to hear from others who have bcbs fed.

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR OMG I am menopausal as well and more than know what your talking about. have always been 40 - 50 lbs overweight all my life doing the yoyo thingy up then down up then down lol I must have lost and gained about 500 lbs in my life lol but since this menopause BS I have packed pounds bringing me to 80 - 100 lbs overweight. I have begun the WLS process and am looking forward to surgery to aid with dropping 80 - 100 lbs and putting an end to the yoyo effect. I wish you the best of luck and hope your weight loss picks up.

Anybody have any recent denials from bcbs fed?

I had surgery on Feb 6, 2015 and I had my 4th fill today. As of today, I have 7cc's in a 12cc band and I've lost 61lbs since I started my pre-op diet on January 27, 2015. I have a friend who had surgery a month after I did and she's lost 33lbs. My doctor wants to argue about an adjustment every time I ask for one bc he's looking at my overall progress since Feb, but the thing was I never felt the restriction that I read about others having. This fill today is the first one that I actually have to drink liquids slowly and can feel a difference. I hope it does the trick bc I don't think my surgeon wants to do anymore fills on me for awhile. Just curious what other Feb Bandsters are experiencing, how many fills you've had, how much weight you've lost, restriction you feel, etc. Just overall how it's going I guess. Thanks!

Fellow Canadian, BC born and raised, transplanted to Saskatchewan in 2007. It looks like I am going for VSG July 29th with Dr. Ariel Ortiz. Everything is as the 98% likelihood of happening, I am just hoping nothing falls out of place! Zoiks!!

I want your opinions ladies, as many of you as can/want... it is now day 41 and I have lost 7.5 lbs, following a post op diet. That means my carbs have been at 30-40g and protein >60g. I haven't paid attention to my fat intake, it gets tracked but I don't care, it all comes from clean hormone free animals, raw grass fed butter and milk, and organic coconut oil. What about increasing my fats? I'm not talking about drinking straight from coconut oil jar (eww) but making a concerted effort to get X amount of fats in? I'm really at my wit's end, and I don't go to a doctor because they just won't believe me. They won't, you know it. They will just privately believe I am a liar and that I am sneaking food etc etc etc.