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I don't think I will be getting banded soon :(

Nova lady

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Nova lady    0

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I got news yesterday that I could be banded on Jan 9. So excited!! Until this afternoon when my financing called and told me that they might not cover all of the surgery. I am completely gutted :( All I can do now is wait and see how much they will pay and if I can find away to cover the rest. I might have to postpone until feb or march :(. Sorry just needed to vent,

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Dobiegh    15

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:( I'm sorry! I'm in the same boat as you, potentially.

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Nova lady    0

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Sorry to hear that. I wish they could see how much we need this. It's a very hard decision to make. Oh we'll guess I will wait and see. Hopefully your goes better.

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Dobiegh    15

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I hope so too. I work for a hospital so I might be able to get my surgery taken out of my check every pay-period. But the lady hasn't gotten back to me. I'm graduation from nursing school in May and I need to lose weight before then so I won't be in so much pain.

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Nova lady    0

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Hope everything works out for you. I know what you mean about pain. I have RA. It would be nice to pain free.

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Dobiegh    15

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You have RA? I have a seronegative version of RA called Ankylosing Spondylitis. So we really are in the same boat! I think insurance should be more willing to pay for more if you have another condition that your weight is effecting, like arthritis. But what do I know?

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Dobiegh    15

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Are you on any immunosuppressants?

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d9leigh    31

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What type of insurance you have and what state?

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Nova lady    0

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I am on remicade now. I was on a lot of other meds but remicade works now. Are you on anything. I used to work as a CCA or what you would call a nursing assistant in a nursing home. I had to stop because of pain in my hands and feet.

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Nova lady    0

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I live in Canada so my insurance will not cover it. I have to finance myself. Where do you live?

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Dobiegh    15

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I'm on Enbrel and methotrexate currently. But I don't think the Enbrel is working like it should. I have an appointment Dec 17 with my rheumy. I'm going to talk to her because my pain is increased and so has my ESR. I live in the USA and my insurance covers it 50%, covers all of the surgeon fees, covers anesthesiology. But, even then, it is still very expensive.

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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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      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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