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Chubarella    87

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@ alliecat1095 - What kind of insurance do you have? I have Valley Baptist Health Plans. I only attended the first weight loss seminar in Brownsville, not any of the other meetings.

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alliecat1095    128

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I have Cigna but apparently there is a clause no wgt loss surgery. Do u work for VBMC?

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Chubarella    87

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@ alliecat1095 - Yes, I do in Brownsville. This year our insurance will pay 100% for the surgery, but I do have to pay for all doctor visits and tests myself.

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alliecat1095    128

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I live in Edinburg but work at Harlingen. Time is sure going really fast now.

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alliecat1095    128

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They had better prices at Harlingen wgt loss clinic . Dr Reyes was about $4-5 thousand dollars more.

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Chubarella    87

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Oh really, good thing you shopped around. I'm working right now and its very slooow.

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Chubarella    87

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Well the weight loss secretary just emailed me and told me that because of the insurance yearly deductible, its $1,000, so I'll have to pay the $1,025 but the other tests will be 10%.

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fattymcfatterson    107

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Chubarella,

I would just want to make SURE that if you pay your deductible off during this calendar year with the sleep study that your surgery WILL be done before the next year's deductible kicks in! My original surgeo had a financial interest in the sleep center he referred to (of course) and they accepted my insurance payment as payment in full. It helped me meet my out of pocket max so it was a HUGE blessing! I think each study was around $5-6 k. Anyways, I hope everything works out well for you! Maybe they will work out payments for you or something. Good luck!

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Chubarella    87

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Thanks! The surgery itself is covered 100%, so I'm glad for that at least.

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tishissweet    15

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Price that you pay depends on your insurance. At the lab I work at, I believe our studies run between $2500 and $5000 depending on which test you are getting done. I'm not completely sure because I don't do the day stuff. I'm the one that tortures you with the electrodes, cannulas and masks!

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alliecat1095    128

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Price that you pay depends on your insurance. At the lab I work at' date=' I believe our studies run between 2500 and 5000 depending on which test you are getting done. I'm not completely sure because I don't do the day stuff. I'm the one that tortures you with the electrodes, cannulas and masks![/quote']

Going to appt with pulmonologist and I also have 2nd part of sleep study tonight. Surgery 1 wk away...yikes

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Chubarella    87

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tishissweet: Wow, I didn't think a study like this could be so much

alliecat1095: Its almost time! Congrats!!! I'm tired of waiting and my weight keeps going up and down, up and down

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alliecat1095    128

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tishissweet: Wow' date=' I didn't think a study like this could be so much

alliecat1095: Its almost time! Congrats!!! I'm tired of waiting and my weight keeps going up and down, up and down[/quote']

Hi I am having to wait on pins and needles. My Ekg is abnormal so I might need to move my surgery date 1or 2 wks from next week.. I might need to be cleared by the cardiologist... I will find out later today or Monday.

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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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