EmpressLizBunny

i eat tha too sometimes good question i would like to know the awnser myself

mine doesent numb the only time i wish they had is lastime when i had to get a slight unfill she poked me twice and kinda dug around the 2nd time(had never had this person before)

i know how u feel i was trying to relearn how to roller skate and i had at least 6 people come up to me and say "at least you are doing something for your self" i just smiled and got back to skating i know they were trying to be nice and probably they thought they were being encouraging but they came off(to me) as condescending and pitying

i use it on my wii i use the disney version cuse im a disney freak and it makes me smile im bad at it but ive burned 600 cal in 40 min before so i continue to do it

my father is a fed employee and I'm under his plan we were going to pay out of pocket because everyone told us that to get approved for insurance we had to go on a 6 mo diet and we did not want to do that so my surgery date is 1/9/09 but i now see on this board that BCBS fed does not require a 6 mo diet but in 09 will require pre certification what exactly does this mean???? oh i forgot to add that my bmi is 51 thanks in advance Liz

i was wondering what you think of the tofu shirataki noodles i just got banded on 1/16/09 but will be moving into my own apt and have to learn to cook for myself i was hopeing to use these in a chicken stir fry when i get into solid foods but i dont realy have a clue what i will tolerate well as i curently have no restriction and other people have reported that they continue to eat mostly the same foods but in much smaller portions the stats for the noodles are 8 oz package, 2 servings, 20 calories per serving, .05 fat, 1 gram of Protein 3 total carbs 2 of those are Fiber, 1 net carb per serving thank you for your time and advice Liz

the surgery was postponed till next Friday as i apparently have an elevated PT count

I got aproved less than a week after we asked the surgon to submit the paperwork I turn 22 in mid feb but will be using cobra for a while

unfortunately i don't know the answers to your questions but maybe someone else will come along who does

all i know for sure is that a BMI of 40 or more qualifies you w/o co-morbidies i suspect that its a BMI of 35 with co-morbidies because that is most comon but i dont know for sure try posting your own thread to get more spefic info as that will get more viewings i think (not that i am in any way saying you should not have posted in my thread or telling you to go away i do not mean to sound mean or harsh but one often cant tell how people will read something)

i was aproved!!! yay!!! only 1 more week to go

thanks for clearing that up so pre auth is a good thing?

i havent paid yet they said i could pay on the date of surgery 1/9/09

first let me preface with i have asperger's syndrome a form of high functioning autism so i felt like "the whole world was mad at me and i couldn't understand why"- a direct quote from my aunt who is just like me (except she is my mom's age and is less over weight) also as a result of the disorder i have anxiety and depression a very small part of why I'm over weight is control issues (I cant control any thing else but if I want to eat this I can) but its mostly that I don’t process different signals from my body very well so my body doesn't tell me when I'm not hungry just when I'm over full also if I'm doing something (like eating) I continue to do it unless something makes me stop (its an inertia problem) also i feel "safe" fat people don't put as many social demands on a fat person i hope my post makes any sense to all of you (now back to reading the rest of the posts here I'm only up to pg 10)

hi I'm new here my name is Liz and I'm 21 i just got my surgery date for Jan 9th i cant wait!!! my biggest goal is to be able to fly in 1 seat i have no clue what weight that would be i have been overweight since pre-school i also have asperger's syndrome a form of high functioning autism wich has hindered my ability to relate to people(ans feel the related social pressure) as you can see i am an open book sorry if tmi

i expect it will hit me just how huge this is about the week before

a little but more excited!!ive been researching wls since i was13(am now 21) im so ready for my new life to start!!!!

nyu my surgon is dr.feilding

actualy im being banded on the same day!!!