Stevee

thanks juli! im so excited i could piss myself. hehehe

oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! surgery has been booked!!! its coming its coming! Upper GI booked for Sept 11th and SURGERY BOOKED OCT 4TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have myspace MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/230361199 update! I GOT MY APPROVAL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all i have to do is book an upper GI then book my surgery!

Stevee Yukon, OK to be banded hopefully by October! Dr Eldridge - Surgical Specialists of Oklahoma

update again hehehe the girl from the psych's office called me back yesterday and said the doc submitted the report. then the surgeons office told me they sent it all off to BCBS and should have my approval in 7 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

update update.. hmmm... well thank you to all of you that sent me money. its adding up. I'm up to $250 from the people on here and then between me and my girlfriend and some of my hair clients the grand total is .... drum roll please.... $330!!!! again thank you so much... i couldn't have gotten this far with out ya'll. it means the world to me it really does update on where i'm at as far as the other stuff... my psych eval was 8/7... then he was going to send the info to the dr and they would submit it to insurance for the approval letter. so i'm thinkin all is well. i call the dr today and ummmmmmmm the jerk hasn't submitted the report yet! its been 13 days!!!! i didnt like him the day of the appt and i for sure don't like him now! what could possibly be taking this long to write a report. grrrrrrrrrrrr i'm calling tomorrow first thing.

we have flex spending account but i didnt know what it was at the time so i didnt sign up for it and i can't sign up for it again until next may. so thats out of the question. my taxes though i actually file ASAP and if i dont have the surgery before then that money will go towards it as well. i'm only needing like $700 for surgeon fees so i'm hoping to actually have that by my birthday at least .. i would like to be banded before my birthday which is new years eve. so far with the help of the people in this thread i'm up to $150, my g/f is giving me $25, and two friends said they'd give me $25 too. and MsDad sent me an extra $60 (i thanked him up and down in an email to him. he is a remarkable man!) and i put it $10 for now (thats all i could afford this week) so i'm up to $270. i can do this. i'm trying really hard. i do hair part time and am trying to find new clients. right now with my checks not paying my bills, i'm using the hair money to stay on top of bills but believe me if there is any extra its going towards this! again thank you to everyone that has helped me. its so much appreciated and i love you all!

cheri - i've always heard that the way we learn is to do what we aren't supposed to do and pay the price i'm sure your foaming was your price. i'm sure that will happen to me at least once. not lookin forward to it at all. :confused: ok .. so i think i figured out the pay pal thing.. it looks to me like all you have to know on pay pal to send money is their email address. boy oh boy i just knew it was gonna be tougher than that. so if you want my email its stevee_stidham@cox.net again thanks to all of you. also i made a myspace just for posting about my weight loss journey so if any of ya'll are on myspace add me add me MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/230361199

i also wanted to tell ya'll that i'm not just sitting here waiting for a handout. i am so afraid of people thinking that of me. i am trying to save all i can. the account i opened has $10 in it. i know its not much but every little bit counts right? i had originally saved $100, then when i went to the dietician it cost me $100. so then i saved $50, and went to my psych eval and it cost $200.. so i owe them $150. i promise i'm trying i promise. i'm also going to have a garage sale on Sept 7 and 8. i putting everything i can think of in it. and my girlfriend is giving up clothes for it too... and for anyone that loves clothes and hates giving up clothes even if they fit ya'll understand how much it means to me to see her bring me a huge stack of clothes to see. all the money i get at the garage sale is for my surgery fees as well. again thank you all so much and i love each and every one of you and i'm here to support everyone as much as ya'll have supported me!

Thank you thank you thank you. i can't put into words what this means to me. i can't stop crying. its so amazing there are people in this world like you all. i'm working on emailing everyone that has offered to help me. and i can assure all of you this money will be used for my surgery and my surgery only. i have opened an account specifically for saving this money. my girlfriend has also asked me to thank you all from her. she feels awful that she can't help me more but what she doesn't realize is that i wouldnt have my house if it weren't for her being here to help me w/ the increase in the payment as well as buy my gas etc. again words aren't enough to express how greatful i am to all of you. i also want to say that i will also pay it forward. when i'm able to i will do this for someone else. again thank you and my tears are still flowing! i do have a paypal account that i've used in the past but i have no idea how to or what to give people so that they can send money that way. if anyone would like to help me i'd appreciate it. i can't say it enough. thank you. ya'll are the most supportive group of people i have ever met. whats so sad is that my own grandma wouldn't even give me 25 cents towards this. just shows that blood family isn't always better than family right?

the adjustable rate has a cap of 3 points each adjustment and the company its with will go the full 3 each time. the adjustment is every 6 months. the full cap is 12 points. so thats why it ends at 18.25 cuz i started at 6.25. i checked, re checked, triple checked believe me i think it is beyond f*cked up and its rape in my eyes but theres nothing i can do. every one i have talked to is like OMG they can't beleive it. funny thing is.. my ex husbands aunt is the one that set us up on it.... great family huh!

yes i would love to get a small loan or a credit card. but... here's my situation in a nut shell. i Just found out my mortgage is an adjustable rate that was fixed 3 years and will now adjust up 3 points every six months. aug 1 i hit 9.25, jan 2008 will be 12.25, july 08 up to 15.25 and so on and so on. it will cap at 18.25. i need to refinance but can't. i have a 602 credit score but my debt to income is 85%. i've talked to 5 different mortgage companies and no one will help me. not even the one my loan is currently thru. i've tried even having my g/f co sign so they'll use her income. well she has 35K in student loans on her credit, although they are consolidated into a small $200 payment no one will touch her. i have $8900 worth of credit cards that i just consolidated they will be paid off in 3.5 years but they say that looks way bad on my credit. so im in the search of a co signer. mom and dad cant do it cuz mom lost her job in feb and can't find one. i have my moms mom and her grandma but they live off social security. its a no go there.. then i have my dads parents that are rich and like i said she said they will NOT help me. i've exhausted all options believe me it kills me to give up. at this point they've run my credit so many times for trying to refinance that its really hurting me. i thank u all for your kind words and support...

i wanted to update you all on the status of my surgery. I'm needing about $700 for the surgeon fees before i can have it done... and then the hospital and anesthesiologist will bill me... well my dad's mom had originally said she'd help me w/ that if i at least saved some of it. so i was gonna try to save 100 or 150. keep in mind this is a grandma of mine that has never really liked me. she's always favored my sister and cousins. but said she was willing to help me with this. so anyways my dad went to visit them today and grandma told him she wont be helping me. she just doesnt have the money which is total bullshit cuz they are sittin on a lot of money. so anyways this really changes everything. w/ my house payment going up $200 a month and my paychecks being so small i have to be real with myself... i can't save $700. so at this point.. i dont know whats going to happen. i dont know if the approval from insurance is only good for so long before i have to go see the dietician again and the pschiatrist and pay their fees all over again or what... but the surgery won't be happening this year i do know that.... just wanted to leave an update cuz i can't sleep for thinkin about this. so close to my dream and it comes crashing down. thank u all ahead of time for your support....

thats too funny that so many of us are at the psych eval stage! i had mine yesterday morning. and to be quite honest he was an ass! he asked me if i binge eat and i said no.. which i dont and he goes "um stevee this doesn't add up you wouldn't weigh this much if you didnt" REALLY???? to be quite honest i dont binge eat or emotional eat. i started gaining weight in 3 rd grade at which time i was extrememly active and swam like a fish... been to 3 docs about the fact that i dont lose weight when i try. so he could suck a nut for all i care! lol but i passed! hehehe now they submit it to my insurance and i wait for the letter of approval. i still have to save up 700 dollars before my surgery date. thats the only thing holding me back! welcome newbies!!!

:update: :update: well i went July 26th for my Dietician appt. first of all i weighed in at 269... down from 275. woo hoo!!! i got mmy pre op diet info and my diet for after surgery. i had to pay them $100. they said they'll turn it in to the insurance and if they pay they'll reimburse me. next tues i go to my psych evaluation. i have to pay them $200 and same thing if insurance pays i'll get reimbursed. then the doc will submit all the insurance for approval. and then i can book my surgery!!! woo hooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! i had a lil drama this weekend. i agreed to let my g/f's ex/best friend and 3 more friends come stay with us. BAD IDEA. me and the ex g/f and the ex g/f and my g/f got into it. that b*tch is not welcome in my house again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats for sure!

ok i had my pre op!! woo hoo its out the way. i found out i will have to pay my deductible of 500, plus 10% to the surgeon, like around 150-200, then 10% of the hospital bill and 10% of the anesthesiologist bill. all my insurance requires is a visit with a dietician and a visit with a shrink! waitin on the dietician and shrink to call me to book my appts then they'll submit it all to the insurance for final approval. oh by the way when i weighed in i weigh the most i have ever!!! i'm at 274.8 i coulda cried. my bmi is like a 49!!!!!!!!!!

lol i just laughed so damn hard!

thank you!!! im so damn excited i could just piss myself! lol but i'll control it!

:update: :update: :update: Well as most of you know i started my new job may 29. the company i am working for has about 25ish employees that have had the surgery done so i knew i was a shoe in. well i know i cant miss work for 90 days right... well i now have a friend that i met on myspace that turns out is a nurse for a lap band doc at the same office everyone from my job has used! i also found out that they are open on tues at 8am... my shift at work starts at 9am. so my friend that works there told me that i should start making my pre op appts for tues at 8am that way i wont miss work and i can get them all out the way so that come end of aug when i hit my 90 days i'll be ready for surgery! so here i am.... next tues is my first appt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm ecstatic. if i could do a cart wheel damn i'd do one! lol :Banane21::Banane11::Banane01::Banane33::Banane44::Banane23::Banane35: :Banane43::Banane55::Banane13::Banane27::Banane17::bananajump::Banane28::Banane30::Banane41::Banane20::Banane10: lol can ya'll tell i'm excited!?!?!?!

my new job is kickin my rear!!! i can't keep up with the thread i'm so lost! just wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone! i got 2 girls at work that started w/ me that wanna check into the band with me! it would be nice if one or both of them get it done with me! well ya'll have a good one!

im just afraid to order stuff without knowing if it will fit you know?

its me again. remind me please to NEVER go shopping again until AFTER i have the surgery!!!! i went to old navy today to look for some polo shirts that i can wear to my new job since we dont have to dress up everyday and NOTHING fits me there! i could of cried!!!!!

hello everyone! what up what up! hope all is well. haven't been on in a while. started my new job and we dont have email or internet so i wont get to be on here as much. but.... on the flip side. i'm loving the job. its lots of training and lots of stuff to learn.. but the people are great! a girl i used to work with is in another class that just started up there so we get to lunch together which is cool. and i've made friends with a girl in my class. but anywho.. just checkin in... ya'll have a good night and an even better weekend! Muah* oh yeah and um... wadew .. um i hate ya! lol just playin i'm just jealous! congrats though for real!

thats for all the congrats everyone. also i found out today they have a Gay and Lesbian Organization group thingy called GLOBE! i'm so gonna join it!!!

the insurance i've got doesnt require anything but a psych test and a meeting with a dietician. the surgeon's office i'm going to says this is the best company to work for to get an easy approval on the band! woo hoo!!! lol. the new job is customer service rep for an insurance agency. i took a pay cut but i think it will be well worth it in the end!