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URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED: Representatives Johnson (D-TX) and Blumenauer (D-OR) are circulating a letter for members of Congress to support state health exchange plans providing equal and fair coverage for obesity treatment tools. The OAC is always advocating for better access to obesity treatment options, and they need YOUR help to explain why this is so important! It takes only 30 seconds! You can make a difference – ask your representatives to sign-on in support of covering obesity treatments in state health exchanges by clicking here.

Please also help spread the word – we have only a short time to influence this issue!

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Done. Although everyone of my state representatives is an idiot so I'm not sure how much good it will do.

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thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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Done, and thank you Alex!

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Hey, everyone. Hoping y'all are still around. I am a Heads Up program participate and could use some advice on what to expect. I just finished my two week liquid diet before the doctors approve me for surgery. Got my chest xray so just playing the waiting game.

Like you I finished my shakes on July 6th and completed my chest x-Ray on my two week visit. Now I'm waiting for the call. Please keep me updated when you receive your surgery approval call and I'll do the same.

Best Wishes for a successful surgery and banded life. Dr. Thomas is a great surgeon, and the follow-up visits have been great. Once you are a few weeks out from surgery, I can offer two bits of advice...... Schedule and go to ALL of your follow-up monthly appointments and get into some EXERCISE routine. I have a follow-up appointment tomorrow and since I will be one year out on August 22, I think they will start scheduling appointments every three months. I now exercise SIX days a week......If I can do it, just about anyone can do it.

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Done, thanks for the info!!! hope it gets passed, as I am only in the beginning stages... First appt is tomorrow

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      I have no clue where to upload this, so I'll put it here. This is pre-op vs the morning of my 6 month appointment! In office I weight 232, that's 88 lbs down since my highest weight, 75 lbs since my surgery weight! I can't believe this jacket fit... I am smaller now than the last time I was this size which the surgeon found really amusing. He's happy with where I am in my weight loss and estimates I'll be around 200 lbs by my 1 year anniversary! My lowest weight as an adult is 195, so that's pretty damn exciting to think I'll be near that at a year. Everything from there will be unknown territory!!

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      Well recovering from gallbladder removal was a lot like recovering from the modified duodenal switch surgery, twice in 4 months yay 🥳😭. I'm having to battle cravings for everything i shouldn't have, on top of trying to figure out what happens after i eat something. Sigh, let me fast forward a couple of months when everyday isn't a constant battle and i can function like a normal person again! 😞
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