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I am from East Tennessee and hace surgery May 2.

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I'm waiting and praying for an approval!! I'm in Hou. TX and I'd like to have and be a BUDDY :D

Hi raquelrdgz

I am in San Antonio, I know its a couple hours away, but kinda close! :-) I had my surgery 4/4/12. I am 2 weeks postop today! Feeling great!

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Hi raquelrdgz

I am in San Antonio' date=' I know its a couple hours away, but kinda close! :-) I had my surgery 4/4/12. I am 2 weeks postop today! Feeling great![/quote']

Congratulations!!! I got a letter from my insurance requesting to know if my band was paid out of pocket or insurance so that they can determine a decision and I am freaking out!! I was covered by my previous insurance and I don't know why or how that could make a difference!! Needless to say, until I get a call from my dr I am still on the waiting game and I'm soooo ready!!!

Enough about me-- how do u feel?? How much have u lost? What was it start weight??

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I had RNY on Sept 12, 2011 and I have lost 95 pounds. The weight loss has slowed downed quite a bit and I feel hungry more than I have before. I am so scared I am going to be one of the ones who starts gaining back. I am determined to keep it off!

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Thought I had a few buddies but, looks like they gave up :( How is everyone doing?

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Losing it for me-I had my revision to rny on May 21st. Not losing weight has fast as I thought but I'm doing well overrall. Just learning when to stop eating. A few times I have ate too much and was left with a horrible tummy ache. Anyhow I live in Thomasville NC and I am looking forward to meeting others out here as well, this is an awesome app!!

Dawn

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Congrats on your revision. Don't forget you're body is still healing and you probably still have some Fluid left from the operation/IV they gave you. You'll be losing soon! How are you feeling?

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I thought I'd post the first thread to get the Buddy Threads going. I'm from Massachusetts and would love a buddy through this process if you're game :)

I am in Phoenix, AZ. Will have my rny surgery on July 16, 2012 at St Luke's Phoenix.

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Yayyyyy. Glad to have someone around the same date as me. Are you all set to go??

December 28, my birthday

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Hi Sandy, welcome to the thread. July 16 will be here quick. I go in July 11 if my insurance co-operates this time. I've been denied twice but, hopefully we'll be all set this time.

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Well ladies, denial #1 completed 

But I'm not giving up! Sure smarts though.

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Well ladies' date=' denial #1 completed 

But I'm not giving up! Sure smarts though.[/quote']

Keep appealing till you get approvex. My INS furst told me on Ph Bariatric not cover sell I got to doin research and found it in their own website and empliyer found same one, called them back, quited the dicument number paragraph and sentencd whefe says it is,approved. Their like well yeah if you follow the steps. I sd well I didnt expect to walk into surgeons office and say I'm hefe, now lets get with it and do this now. She didnt like cause I quoted her from their very own document, employer did too cause put them on conference call just in case I needwd them. So went thru the steps and requifements and got approved first time.

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Yeah, I'm not taking no for an answer! I saw the doctor yesterday and she is ready to fight

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eglean I've been denied twice. We're going yet again for a 3rd time. I see my PCP next friday to obtain what the insurance claims they need and I'll try again. I have a date for 7/11 so hoping it gets approved this time around.

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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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        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.

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