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Tess L

By Tess L, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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mel61670    0

mel61670
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Okay everyone who wants to get together and meet give me a bunch of date you are availble to meet for lunch in worcester at picadilly pub and I will try to find one that works for everyone. email me all the dates you are availble and with in 1 week I will give you a for sure date. I can swing any weekend. so let me know. mel61670@charter.net we already have to confirmed that they would love to go so now lets find a date that works with everyone in June.

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mel61670    0

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Ok everyone it looks like the majority of people can get together on Sunday June 11 lets say 2:00 at the Pic on Route 9 in Worcester.

I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday and the said that the lap band was not covered under my insurance. But before I started this whole process I called them and asked them and they said yes why would they pay for all the visits to dr and phys. and nutritional appointments if it is not covered? I am so upset because I can not do this on my own the weight loss I have tried and failed the only thing is I hope that the doctors office Dr. Fiallo's office knows of a way around this. I do not know who to call the insurance company or the Dr's office.

Oh well I hope to see everyone at the Pic on June 11 at 2

Email me and let me know if you are a yes or no so I can at least get a head count

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Melissa, Your surgeons office probably received the same letter. Start by calling the surgeon's office because his staff knows they need to call your insurance and find out exactly what requirements were not met and they'll meet them. If its due because of exculsions to your policy from the employer they'll let you know that.

SherryW

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mel61670    0

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ok so is everyone still meeting on June 11th at 2:00 at picadilly pub???? Lets get this thing together. I might not be there seeing I am not able to be banded it discourages me alot and I am now doing weight watchers and so far have lost 5 pounds yipeeeee :-( I am so bummed about my insurance company and the doctors office it is unreal I am going to try to make it that day so I can meet all of you and hear your stories. Let me know who is going.

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Tess L    0

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Mel, sorry to hear your insurance won't cover the band, I hope everyone has a good time on the 11th I'll be cruising the Atlantic that day. Dr Hagg just revised my band on the 17th. so I need to start over. wishing you the best

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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