loris616

This whole thing has been the worst process that I have ever gone through in my entire life! When I first approached my doc about it he decided to do blood work to test my thyroid because the last time I approached him 18 months prior that was what he thought then too:confused:. So now we get to test again to find out there is no thyroid problem:faint:. So he then says have you tried to loose weight by eating right??? WTF!!! :angry I have been doing Weight Watchers for the last 12 years and I loose and gain and loose and gain and for the last 4 years I cant get below 200 no matter how hard I try (5'8" weight 227) So he finally gives in and says okay to trying with the insurance to see if they will pay....they say they dont cover it, I appealed 3 times and according to them even if they did cover it I would not qualify because I am not fat enough!!! :cry Are you kidding me?!?!?! and I have comorbilities too, a degenerative knee joint problem that requires pain meds, severe depression and anxiety that I am being treated for with medication, sleep diorder that I take sleeping pills for, back pain, I had what was thought to be a heart attack about 18 months ago and turned out to be a heart athrethima, major family history of heart problems, diabeties, high colestoral. Fast forward to Feb of 2007 and I lost my job but did what needed to be done to continue with my cobra payments even thought they were over $300 a month still hoping to get this covered...jumped through hoops all year and still no go...Jan of 2008 the insurance goes up by almost another $100 and now I have to drop it or not pay rent. I just dont understand it all I mean it should be a certin set of standards for all companies as to what it needs for coverage...there are people I have seen on here that maybe need to loose like 50 -60 pounds and get approved and then there are others that need to loose 100+ and get denied. So now nedless to say if I didnt spend the first 18 months trying to get it paid for I could have gotten financed and been paying for some time now and would be 2+ years into it and probably have lost the weight by now but NOOOOOOO now I am out of a job and not only cant get financed, but even if I could I would not be able to make the payments and I am still FAT!!! So in all my brilliance I have put myself on a self imposed pre/post op liquids diet with the Protein shakes staying at about 875 cal/20 gr fat or less/100 gr protein a day and I am dropping like a rock starso far and I am not even hungry...HA! now dont get me wrong I will most likeley gain it all back again at some point in the future like I always do and then some but at the moment my suit's dont fit me for dob interviews. Do you all think I am crazy for this or maybe have any suggestions? I mean talk about depression...it just gets worse and worse.

If anyone is looking for an appliance that is going to be incredible and continue to be of a great help throughout your whole journey then I recommend the Vita Mixer, yes it is expensive, I thought about it for years before I broke down and bought it and it is worth every penny!!! If you happen to have a Home and Garden expo coming up near you anytime soon they usually have a booth there with great show special pricing too. Here is their website: High performance blenders from Vita-Mix Corporation.

Hi, my name is Lori and I am just starting to look into all of this. I have Blue Cross HMO and can in no way affort to pay for this out of pocket and would have to have it approved through BC to be able to move foward with it. I do have a big question, how do they calculate the BMI, the reason I ask that is because if it is just based on the paper chard I fall at about 33.5 but when I use the machine that sends a current through your body and that one comes out at 39.2. Now at that point I would be willing to actually gain weight for the purpose of getting it paid for. I have tried my whole life to loose weight and I yo-yo up and down and have been on Weight Watchers now for the past 3 years and have played with the same 30 pounds that whole time and cant seem to get under 200 I am currently 216 lbs, 5'8" and will be 35 in 6 weeks...I live in Orange County CA and just dont know where to go from here. :think