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tenacious

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speck    1

speck
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Hey Ronda,

I just want to say hello. I have relatives in Cedartown Ga. so I am familiar with Carrollton. I hope your surgery goes well. I was banded on the 10th and all is well.

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wildrose    0

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Hi All, I've never posted before. I am covered under State Health HRA and attended a telephone conference today and was informed that Lapband procedure will be covered effective 1/1/09 through UHC and CIGNA if you have HRA or HDHP plans. This is the information in the Decision Guide. Treatment of Morbid Obesity at approved Centers of Excellence for members who meet the medical guidelines and complete specified requirements. I contacted UHC but they did not have a list of the requirements yet. My surgery was scheduled for 12/8 because I would be self-pay and had to get the money together. I have cancelled now and will wait to see what the requirements will be. Just wanted to let everyone know that may have State Health and have been waiting on this.:)

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rondapooh1    0

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Thanks for the support ya'll. Tomorrow I go see my Dr. Crawford and my nutritionist. Still nervous. :(

I'm ready to get this show on the road.

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Gracey    7

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Hi All, I've never posted before. I am covered under State Health HRA and attended a telephone conference today and was informed that Lapband procedure will be covered effective 1/1/09 through UHC and CIGNA if you have HRA or HDHP plans. This is the information in the Decision Guide. Treatment of Morbid Obesity at approved Centers of Excellence for members who meet the medical guidelines and complete specified requirements. I contacted UHC but they did not have a list of the requirements yet. My surgery was scheduled for 12/8 because I would be self-pay and had to get the money together. I have cancelled now and will wait to see what the requirements will be. Just wanted to let everyone know that may have State Health and have been waiting on this.:(

I have been going through the process while on United and so far, all has been smoooooth. <knock wood> Good luck!

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rondapooh1    0

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Rondapooh1, how did your doctor's appointmen go?

Hi all! My appointment went really well. I like Dr. Crawford. He's fun but still serious if that makes sense. I also saw my nutritionist today. She was very nice and told me to call her anytime. My pre-surgery bloodwork is on the 16th and surgery is the 21st. They said I won't have to even stay overnight probably which is great. Dr. C compared it to gallbladder surgery (which I had a couple of years ago) in regard to recovery time. That's great since I was back to work the next week.

I start my full liquid diet next Tuesday. I did convince them to let me have home made vegestable Soup at night. Dr. Crawford agreed as long as it was meat free. YEAH. I think I'll survive now. :tongue:

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lcjackson    0

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Hello Georgians,

I live in Dublin, GA but had my surgery in Savannah at Memorial Bariatrics- Dr. Oliver Whipple. I was banded on Sept 23, 3008 and things are going very well for me so far. I have one more week on full liquids then I start soft solids. My doctor does 21 days of liquids then solids. I am sooo looking foward to eating some food that I can chew. Nice to meet you all.

Speck- I am glad to see that you are doing well. Yeah Sept Samuri's

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Hello Georgians,

I live in Dublin, GA but had my surgery in Savannah at Memorial Bariatrics- Dr. Oliver Whipple. I was banded on Sept 23, 3008 and things are going very well for me so far. I have one more week on full liquids then I start soft solids. My doctor does 21 days of liquids then solids. I am sooo looking foward to eating some food that I can chew. Nice to meet you all.

Speck- I am glad to see that you are doing well. Yeah Sept Samuri's

Welcome! Glad to see a fellow Dubliner on here. :biggrin:

I know there are more of us out here, but they haven't spoke up yet. LOL.

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swiley    0

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No, you are not alone. I am from Lawrenceville, GA. I have done everything just waiting for 1 class and a consult. Hope to see u post again.

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Snowboots    0

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Hello fellow Georgians! I am in Atlanta, and am scheduled for surgery with Dr. Hart on Halloween.......SO I'm seriously gonna be a SMASHING PUMKIN!!!!:thumbup:

I just started my pre-op diet today, and it is a real treat :smile2:. I am nervous and scared, and keep thinking what if my liver doesn't shrink enough, hope I don't have to reschedule, blah blah blah......

Best of luck to you all!

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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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        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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