AudreyG

Haahah I totally agree. I am a Pisces as well. I meet people who were born in march and I say ohhh are you a pisces and I get snapped at if they are an aquarius. =] Pisces Rock!

Well.... I'd have to say that being of only 18 YOA I have experienced quite a few things. I dropped out of school and got my GED and enrolled in College cause it got so bad. Everyday at lunch two specific girls would moo at me from across the courtyard so everyone could hear. Yeah try eatign lunch a fter that happens...I can't tell you how many times I starved because I could eat infront of peole. Once I was riding my bike, probaby in 6th grade, and I had gotten off to push it up this very steep hill, when two GROWN MEN drove by in a pick up truck and said "Why don't you ride fat ass?" I remeber going home to my mommy telling her that even grown ups make fun of fat people too. Once told by an EX that I needed diet slim fast....and when I replied "uhm your retarded there is no such thing" he said well yeah why do you think I cheated on you...have you looked in an F***ing mirror...er wait could you even see all of your self in a mirror. I got in my car and said "hey sorry about your dick buddy...and get some proactive" Which by the way proactive rules. Then there was the time when my dad called my sister nad I slobs when we were in 5th grade...he continued to clal us fat pigs and then I do remember one tiem him threatening to chain up the fridge. But who the hell cares...he was a drunk back then. But just recently the big thing that hurt me was when we found out my moms insurance doesn't cover the lap band (which was a huge suprise because at her old company she had UHC and the did cover it...but I wasnt 18 then her new company had UHC as well so we just figured it would be the same coverage) I broke down into tears and my dad was so confused. He aksed well why don'y you just lose weight the normal way...diet and exercise instead of that belly band thing....GEE DAD if that worked I wouldn't be 275 pounds....anyways the fact that his daughter was considering major surgery and he didn't even know the name of it pissed me off. So I just looked at him and said "Dad you wouldn't understand you've never been fat you and mom were always the good lookign ones in high school always popular. Why do you think I'm fat...do you remember whe you calle dme and Amanda (my sister) names for all those years...oh no wait thats right you can't you were to bus guzzling bud light. I want this surgery because I want it for life. I want the gaurantee of never beign fat. Never being unhappy. I don't want to end up like you. 44 years old and miserable. " He never said a word to me about it again.

YAY more good news! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've heard good things about them...well for THIS year that is. Glad to hear it worked out for you! Thanks for your help! I don't know what id dow ithout this website!

Has anyone here been approved by BCBS of WA? If so did they make you do a supervised diet? Were you denied at all? Any info would be so appreciated.

did you have to do any supervised diets or anything of the sort?

Hey guys...I need your help. I have a job interview with a company on Tuesday...their insurance company is BCBS of WA...I'm wonderign if anyone knows what BCBS policy if for the lap band. I have heard rumor that they started to cover it in 2007 but I'm curious if anyone knows the specifics...like if u have to do a diet or anythign like that? Any help would be soo appreciated!

Hi! I just read your post and maybe you can help me! I have an interview with a company that has Regence Blue Shield of Washington.... So is what your saying that the cover it now..or...I guess I'm confused. Please help! I'd love some good news

Help!! I am in desperate need of finding any companies within the Seattle area....or ANYTHING close that have health insurance that covers the band. I know that ADP (payroll company) does but that's about it....Maybe Cingular or some national companies...if anyone perhaps works for a national or large company and they got approved please please please let me know. My mom worked at ADP for 7 years and had UHC and they covered the band but I had to be 18 So now I will be 18 in 2 weeks and she just got a brand new job still with UHC but they employer disn't chose to have the band be covered. Just my luck! So if anyone can give any advice it would be veyr much appreciate!!! Thank you!! Audrey

I started calling my BF Sunshine by accident...one day I wa sjust like...sure thing there sunshine. And it just stook so know I always call him that....because he really does light up my world. So does his smile.... And his deep brown eyes.... Hahaha. I know I know I'm young....and boy is it fun! :clap2:

So I got the best phone call of my life today. After applying to ADP(a payroll company in bothell that I know for sure has UHC and covers the band, my mom use to wokr there) several times for months it seems they have finally called me. They did a phone interview and will be calling me back in two days to scheduel an actual interview...with ADP they have a recruiter from a different state call you then the center gets notified that they need to interview you. After telling my best friend she was like "Gosh the hours and the pays sucks" And all I could think was who the F cares when insurance covers my $17,000 surgery!!! Wish me luck! I pray that they will hire me I would give my right arm for this....probably the left one too!!!

*sigh* Well I knew from the start that the person interviewing me was going to be very hard to read because my mom had known him when she worked there. So basically the job the wanted to use me for was the production job. Which means I' d have to stand for 3 12-hour days sorting payroll and stuffing it into bags. It only pays $10.42 and hour...my last job paid $12 so that was dissapointing. He told me that I was his first interview and I would know within 30 days id they are going to hire me because their policy is that they have to see if the recruiters send them anymore resumes. However...the good news is....the hours are swing/night shift....and NO BODY wants them. He did mention that they could work around me school scheduel if need be. Which I think was a good sign because maybe he thought I'd be flexible enough for the job. It's just very troubling right now because I honestly could not read him...something I am usually very very good at doing. However he did go into extream detail with what the job would entail...which from past interviewing experience they do that if they are very interested in you. I was concerned because the guy who interviewed me, Ken, is Cindy (my mom's EX-BOSS) husband...so I thought there might be some hostility. But another good point was that the receptionist, Michael, knew my mom and loved her...so we were making chit chat and he said "yeah you're really guna like it here" And Ken is his boss too. So we'll see. I am going to send him a thank you card in the mail tomorrow. I did ask him about bennifits and it is STILL UHC and when my mom worked there 6 months ago they DID cover the lapband infact one of her co workes has had it so I know they have covered it for a while. And the don't make you do that stupid supervised diet! It's just a BMI over 40. THANK GOD! The good thing is the offer bennifits to part time employees and there is no 90 day grace period. So I am crossing my fingers as to getting hired. And honestly...as terrible as this is if I need to just work there for 2 months...and in those 2 months do my preop (I have done everything else, nurses consult, DR consult ,and the Psyc Eval) get my surgery. Work for a few more weaks and then just leave I will. I know that' sunethical but the odds are already against me cause everyone was made my mother left the company after 7 years...and they seem to be taking it out on me. Very frusturating. I know the job will SUCK standing for hours all day with 275 pounds on my poor ankels....but hey....a $17,000 diveded by two months of work is $8,500...So really when you break it down like that it is more than worth it. So I guess I justhave to hurry up and wait right now. I think I'll look for a temp agency in the time being. I have high hopes...from what the really nice receptionist said...they are having the hardest time ever to find swing shift people. So I think I'll be the only person they can pick. I hope I hope I hope. =] I will sooo keep all of you updated....This is huge to me and by far the closest I have come to getting the band. I'm trying not to get too excited...because I don't want to be let down...but I can't help it. I'm tired of being the fat girl. It's amazing how much it controls my life...just the other day some of my friends wanted to pick me up and go on a mini road trip to portland...and I wouldn't go because she has a two door car and I would have to sit in the back...and I would be so ebarassed trying to squsih back there. And today I was packing to go camping (which I haven't done in like a year) and I realized that I didn't even fit into my favorite Dale Earnhardt camping chair. So how do I explain to my friends that I can't sit around the camp fire and roast marshmellows...cause I can't fit in a camping chair? I just want to be normal.

You guys are so nice!!! I can't thank you enough. It's so nice ot have people who can relate to me!! I just have to get this job! Have to have to! Luckily since my mom use to work at ADP she knows the person interviewing me so I have an idea of how I need to act which is a plus. Thanks for al the crossed fingers out there!! I promise to keep you all posted on what happens tomorrow.

They just called me back and I have an interview tomorrow at 10:30am. YA YAY YAY. I will let you guys know how it goes!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR KIND WORDS!!! You guys are the best!

Thanks Kelly!!! I see your getting your band in 7 days! YAY FOR YOU! The cool this about ADP is you get health insurance right away ...no 90 day grace period. and I turn 18 in two weeks so maybe my birthday wish will come true..I get hired at ADP and get my surgery!! I hope I hope I hope!

Thanks so much for your support!!! It means so much too me! I am just crossing my fingers!

Help!!:help: I am in desperate need of finding any companies within the Seattle area....or ANYTHING close that have health insurance that covers the band. I know that ADP (payroll company) does but that's about it....Maybe Cingular or some national companies...if anyone perhaps works for a national or large company and they got approved please please please let me know. My mom worked at ADP for 7 years and had UHC and they covered the band but I had to be 18 So now I will be 18 in 2 weeks and she just got a brand new job still with UHC but they employer disn't chose to have the band be covered. Just my luck! So if anyone can give any advice it would be veyr much appreciate!!! Thank you!! Audrey:kiss2:

Ok I'm clearly having a rough night and just need to vent. I feel like I have been jipped (sp?) out of this surgery so many times. My mom worked at ADP for 6 years with UHC and they covered it...but only if I was 18...then when I was 17 and 7 months she changed jobs to Key Payroll online and still has UHC but they dont cover it!!! Gah just my luck. Then 6 months ago she got a credit card for 20,000 but it is maxed out now cause she took alovely trip to Arizona....Then she refinanced the house and spent 20,000 on our kitchen alone (more than the cost of surgery) and normally she has great credit and could get financed for a surgery here in the USA but now her debt to income ratio is too high because of her new stupid southwest airlines credit cards. So basically I have been told oh yeah this will work...Siiikk! too many times. I feel like I am so close yet so far. I have been researching this for 5 years now ever since They had that girl from wilson phillips on TV for the NWWLS commercial (if u live in WA im sure you know what I'm talking about). I just feel like my time is never going to come. And I have applied at ADP (the place my mom use to work, which I know for sure covers the surgery) for receptionist and admin jobs for over a year now and they just won't hire me.<br>I just wonder when my time to shine is going to come<br>Sorry to vent I just feel hopeles....and today I was crying and my mom told me "It's not my responsibility to pay for your stupid weight loss surgery...I didn't make you fat." All I could think was uhm...maybe if I had some emotional stability when I was a child and didn't have an alcoholic father I'd have felt more loved and not needed food to comfort me. I know most of you bandsters on here are older than me and maybe are parents too....but it's very difficult when both of your parents were bombshells and popular in high school and never been overweight...I mean my mom simplifies it to "Why should I finance a surgery when you can't even pay your cell phone bill." I duno I just think she needs to take a step back and realize that spending $20,000 on new kitchen isn't as important as your daughters lifelong happiness, health and success. Maybe I feel like it is owed to me because I truley feel like she should have provided more stability in my life. I rememebr beign in 3rd grade and beign called fat for the first time...and I didn't realize that I was different until then...I just know that if I saw my kids gettign chubby I'd enroll them in basketball or some form of fun exercise and have activites for them to make healthy Snacks....like celery and Peanut Butter with little raisens on them. I wouldn't wish beign 275 on my worst enemy....and just can't figure out why my mom didn't fight harder for my health when I was so little.

Thanks for your kind words sunshine 2! I really appreciate it. And yes I am 17, 18 in two weeks...wouldn't it be nice to get health insurance that covers the band for my birthday! Haha. I am goign to call around to some fianancing places today to see what they offer if anything to student with no credit. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks for you help!

You know I never thought of that I guess your right no credit is better than terrible credit. I think I will call around today. =] Thanks

Yeha. I totally understand I ca't blame her...and I don't want to sound like a whiney teenager...it's just frusturatign trying to get her to understand..plus she promised me when I was 16 that she would make it happen for me. And I have a great job as an admin assistant...and I coudl afford the payments and all I just have the trouble of having NO credit history...so people are like yeah right like we are guna give you money.... What I think I'm going to do at this point is save for Mexico since that is only $8,500 as opposed to $17,500. =/

I currently am in the process of saving up my pennies to get the lap band in TJ, MX by Dr. Ortiz! I am hoping to be able to afford the surgery by the summer...or get hired by microsoft whichever comes first. However one of my main question I am having trouble fidnign an answer to is weather or not it is normal for people my age (18) to have loose skin after surgery? I haven't talked to anybody my age who has had the band so I relaly have no one to ask....but maybe you all can help. I am 5'7 and 275 BMI of 43. I guess most people would say you can get a TT and what not...but doesn't that have terrible scars that go along with it...I have been over weight my whole life and I'm still young I wana show off my new body! But I don't want to have TT scars either. Any advice would be very much appreicated!!!

Thanks for your response! I appreciate your input. I just guess it's a cross your fingers kind of thing. I wasn't aware that tummy tuck scars were low...I guess I'm just not familiar with taht type of surgery. I know what you mean by wanting to wear a two piece...I have never ever done that!! Beign overweight my whole life, that has always been a dream of mine! Maybe someday... =]

Thanks for all of your help...I really want to get hired at microsoft..I have excellent customer service experince...I have been workign as an admin for 2 years since i was 16 (graduated early) but i swear it seems u need a 4 year degree just to be an admin at microsoft. So frsuturating. If anyone else knows about any other companies PLEASE let me know. Or if you know your company helth insurance covers it and perhaps you work in HR then HIRE ME! No joke! Lol...ok I'm clearly desperate.

Yes, I have heard a rumor that Microsoft does. I just need to apply there like crazy lol. I see you had your surgery done by Dr. Montgomery. He is who will be doing my surgery....I have done everything except for have insurance that covers it cause insurance changed. =[ Thanks for your help!!:clap2:

Help!! I am in desperate need of finding any companies within the Seattle area....or ANYTHING close that have health insurance that covers the band. I know that ADP (payroll company) does but that's about it....Maybe Cingular or some national companies...if anyone perhaps works for a national or large company and they got approved please please please let me know. My mom worked at ADP for 7 years and had UHC and they covered the band but I had to be 18 So now I will be 18 in 2 weeks and she just got a brand new job still with UHC but they employer disn't chose to have the band be covered. Just my luck! So if anyone can give any advice it would be veyr much appreciate!!! Thank you!! Audrey