Can any of Dr. Miles or Schmitt's patients help me with a few questions I have? I have BCBS of AL PPO.

How much where you required to pay upfront? (with insurance)

What was the PREop requirement? (liquids for so many days etc?

What is the POSTop requirement? (liquids so many days, mushies.. etc)

I think that's all for now. We have a couple of vacations coming up and I would like to have a heads up on the money so I don't spend it on vacation lol and food requirements..... same.. need to be sure vacation goes along with them.

Thanks!!

Not a whole lot going on here I see while Ive been gone. Just got back from vacation- had a great time a little disappointed eating wise. Was able to eat great thursday and friday Got to eat crab legs. Sat and Sunday was able to eat lunch both days but not dinner?! Thats kind of backwards for me. It was so bad I was having trouble with mashed potatoes....gonna do protein shakes for a few days and I see the doc wed so we'll see...Hows things going?

Dont know if I'll be at the meeting saturday....

Kaninag, great you had a good time on vacation. The band is strange sometimes and seems ro have a mind of it's own (lol). I go on vacation in 8 more days and have decided to cancel my fill apointment for Thursday. I don't have the restriction i had 3 weeks ago but i still have some. The best thing for me is while you were gone i got down in the 250's!!!

YAY to the 250s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello everyone one and welcome bamablondie!

i just got time to get on here. i just got back yesterday from vacation and im still needing rest. today was the first day back to work and it was tuff. anyways i had a great time. i got to it some real good seafood and i done something that dosen't happen on vacation alot.

i lost weight, thats right i now weight 299. it's been like 17 years since i been under 300 pounds. so i am happy.

well off to download more pics. check back in later. got to work on the meet stuff this week also.

and everyone don't forget about the support group meeting this weekend.

hello everyone one and welcome bamablondie!

i just got time to get on here. i just got back yesterday from vacation and im still needing rest. today was the first day back to work and it was tuff. anyways i had a great time. i got to it some real good seafood and i done something that dosen't happen on vacation alot.

i lost weight, thats right i now weight 299. it's been like 17 years since i been under 300 pounds. so i am happy.

well off to download more pics. check back in later. got to work on the meet stuff this week also.

and everyone don't forget about the support group meeting this weekend.

YAY!! Thats awesome!!!!!

Glad everyone had a nice vacation. Looks like this summer will be a lot of staycations for us. Just too hard to get the time and everyone together to go anywhere...

Well I went to the Dr. today because I had another bad stomach ache on Monday night. I just went to see my PCP since I didn't feel that it was a band issue. I explained my symptoms to her and she is 90% sure it is gallstones. She said that this occurs a lot with weightloss patients. So they are gonna call me to set up a time for an ultrasound (they better not find a baby in there JK). I hope they can find out for sure why I keep having these episodes.

The cool news is, when I weighed I was down 6lbs from my last visit. I am so used to them having to add weight to the scale and this time they kept going down. When she told me 186 - I was like "NO WAY! Your scale has to be wrong!" she looked and gave me "I hear that all the time" look and then I told her it was too low and that surprised her even more! She assured me that they were new scales and they were right...LOL At least it made my appt a little better!

186- THATS AWESOME!!!!

Keep us updated with the gallbladder...if its causing you probs have em yank it out and be done with it!!!!

had a good time today at the support group. it was a great turn out. shamwa it was good seeing you again. sorry didnt get to talk to much it was a busy day.

and also amanda, sorry i didnt say hi. i tried to talk to everyone from here when i see them. but i will make sure i do next time.

glad to see zach come with kaninag. its great to see are home support group come sometimes.

i will post the list for the meet and greet in the morning on the correct thread, if you want to check it out.

Yeah had a great time today. I think Zach is going to try and get one of his friends who really needs some type of gastric surgery to come one month. It may be a while before I see you all again...IF I get to come to the August meeting it may be my last one this year. I am looking at moving to work weekends so that I can finish school in december. SO if I have to miss the meetings keep me upday but I will def try to make the walk!!! KEEP up the great work everybody!!!!

maybe a while befoe you see who?

and if it was me i would be ready to finish school to.

everyone that was at the meetings that gets on here...lol

does anyone have trouble getting their protein from food alone?

I dont but I eat a lot of chicken and seafood. Now sometimes for breakfast I will have a choc peanutbutter protein shake that has like over 30g of protein in it when all said and done. But I dont drink the shake to supplement I drink it because I like it and its an easy quick breakfast

i just made a walk for obesity thread on here. i better see some of you either going our donating to it. we as weight loss patients now the value of this. so lets help out as much as we can. i will be there and will walk as long as i can.

i am planning on going to the walk

i am planning on going to the walk

cool. make sure you enter on the team saints for wellness please. that way we get credit for it.

also do you mine me asking whats your name. that way we can put one and one togather on who you are.

also welcome to the site and are little family here.:smile: