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OOOOO TORRID! IM A TORRID GIRL....JUST DYING TO GET INTO HOT TOPIC CLOTHES..EHEHEHEHE ~~I am 32 years old going on 18~~ But for now the clothes are coming from Fashion Bug...Walmart or Torrid

DeLarla...... COMMON whats wrong with comando?? I LOVE IT! Panties are a big waste of time. I put them ON to sex it up a bit....Go figure...eheheheh Good for you for having such a business...Do tell!! You may have a new customer over here...

I am married, one son. I Love Law and Order SVU but I dont get to see it too much. I dont like sports. I work part time in a High School. I also work seasonally at a Haunted House. Halloween is my thing! I help in the construction/planning for the haunted house. I think I am creative, but not crafty. I am learning to draw though, so that is my hobby for now. No dogs, no cats, no motor car (oops got on a roll) We do have fish. The fish have names, but I dont remember them. I love piercings and tattoos, I have a few and am planning on more. Hubbie is heavily tattooed. We love motorcycles, but dont own one yet. I want a Harley, he wants one of them racey Kawisakis. We ride quads now. I have two sisters and a brother that I rarely see, and a mother who has health issues going on all the time. I spend a lot of time with her. I am curious! A very curious person. I gotta know how it works, why it works, how to stop it, how to start it, and God forbid it has buttons, I have to push them. ehehehehehe And I have a great sence of humor! I think.....

Its been almost three months to the day since I had my surgery. I have lost 41 pounds. ~I can walk into town without wanting to die. (about 2 miles there and back) ~I bought a boostay and actually wore it out! ~I wear clothes more comfortably now without worry about this roll and that roll hangin out. ~I am also teaching myself to draw. ~I dont think about food ALL THE TIME, and I can actually drive past a Dunkin Donuts and McDonalds without stopping. ~I can piggy back my son without my knees giving out. ~I have wwwwaay more energy and Im not laying on the couch all the time. MY PLANS ~Learn to ride a motorcycle and get me a pair of chaps. ~More tattoos, but I want to wait till I lose more weight. ~Get a whole new wardrobe complete with boostiays and thigh high boots ~Be able to buy "Standard" Halloween costumes. ~Make my mental health - healthier, my relationships happier and that is by any means necessary. If I have to end unhealthy relationships I will. I gotta get myself in the right place before I do that though..so that is a goal...Make myself more stable financially ~ mentally.. ~Live a complete and happy life with my son. Teach him and show him everything, and be able to do it without exhaustion or extra weight weighing me down..(both physical weight and other wise) Thanks for this thread. Its been extreamly helpful for me! TTYL

THANKS GUYS! This is really exciting!! I know I couldn't have done this without my band and the guidence of Dr Kwon and his staff! They are awesome! Its a great feeling to love your doctor! ~ Lisa ~ You and your sister are gonna be soooo happy its not even gonna be funny! You WILL have sucess! You two are just as motovated as I am...I know you will do well! Best of luck to you AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!!

I went to my doctors office today and got weighed in....My BMI is now UNDER FOURTY!! It is at 39...but I am very excited. I started at 44.2! I started at a weight of 272 pounds and today it was 231~ Thats a total loss of 41 pounds!!!! I am sooo freekin excited I can't tell you! My doctor is very happy with my progress. We figure I am losing about 1.5 - 2 pounds a week, which is what he likes to see. I got in trouble for eatting red meat. He said it should be chicken and fish....I said thats gonna get old quick, but okay. He said red meats get stuck easier and thats what I had stuck the couple of times I was stuck. I DID NOT TELL HIM ABOUT THE SLURPIE INCIDENT!! ehehehehe That was a lesson well learned. Okay...gotta run, just wanted to share my happiness!! Thanks for listening TTYL

WAAAHOOOO good for you two!! I am sooo excited for you guys! Hopefully Ill see ya at support group! Its been a bitch getting there..but I will get there eventually!

NJChick... BURN OUR BRAS.....What are you asking for a national disaster! Mines big enough to light up all of New York and possibly New Jersey!! GOOD THOUGHT ~ LETS DO IT! The taxes here (ny) suck anyways! ehehehehehehehe DeLarla...I have only known you a short time, but it is in my humble opinion that if you weighed 105,250,or 450 pounds you would be a beautiful person! Twisted at times, but still beautiful! Good for you and your new found attitude! Congratulations on the 65 pounds GONE! TTYL

This is sooo weird! I have a cousin named Butch and he lives in Florida...and I THINK Im not sure, cause I haven't talked to him in a long time...I THINK he lives in the same town as you! My cousin is about 40 years old, TONS AND TONS of tattoos...two kids....Usually has a shaved head and a Foo-Man-Chu mustache... Goes waaaay past his lips and hangs straight down in two seperate sections. He is into snakes and rats and scorpions as pets... Anyone you know? We all get scared. We all want to quit. We all dont want to have to do this any more. But you know what. You have done a REMARKABLE job so far. Go for it...One day at a time...and Im sure your OH SO CUTE & SEXY now... You are at the right spot for support, to share your fears, and accomplishments with. This is an awesome group. Anyway...who wants to be NORMAL? I prefer Abby Normal myself...keeps it interesting! TTYL

I swear it tried to kill me!!! My band. It unleashed its self from around my stomach.....climbed up my esophogus, jumped outta my mouth and wrapped its self around my neck and proceeded to choke me till my lips turned blue! Okay, maybe the lips were blue because of the Raspberry Slurpie that I drank. And maybe the feeling like I was going to die was present because I drank a way too big of a slurpie in way too short of a time period. I gulped it down!!! It was hot...The slush was oh soooo cold...Oh Demon of Pleasure how do I reject you? I had to sit down and REST after a drink!! I shouldn't have had the slush in the first place, however, who knew it would be my downfall for the day? Thought it would slip right thru...hell no!! I was in PAIN! Learned that lesson the hard way I guess......NO MORE DAMN SLURPIES....well, that big.... :devious ... I ONLY had a medium.... Yep, way too big. LESSON LEARNED!!

vinesqueen.... I will be dipped in Willy Wankas Chocolate! Your right! I was confused!! But yep, thats the one my girlfriend compares me to.... Varuca Salt..the one who wants it NOW...Ahh erie conincidences getting less and less....thank God! That was a bad acid trip of a movie!! I loved it though! ehehehehe Yep, she was the Daddys Girl,wanted everything and got it.Bad Egg.Well, Im not a bad egg..All the time:devious TTYL

Hummm slow sips ya say DeLarla....hummm That may work if I didn't want everything RIGHT NOW....My girlfriend calls me Varuca Sault from the orgnl Willy Wanka and The Chocolate Factory...shes the one that turned into the blueberry..OH MY GOD what a weird coincidence! She got done in by a BLUEBERRY and I got done in by a RASPBERRY Hummm too many weird simularities to my life and that movie. TTYL

~ Yea it was a close call ~ PHEW I made it out of the clutches...I saw hell...And it wasn't pretty .. What a cruel and unusual joke to play on someone when its a thousand degrees out! That sure did suck!!!

Holy Crap what a HUGE violation!! Who among us hasn't had some moments of self doubt! Why are you expected not to have self doubt!!! GRRRRRRRR GET EM GIRL! Whats that HIPPA LAW all about??(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Check out this link http://www.hipaaps.com/main/whoIsAffected.html Its all about HIPPA.. You would think being in the health care industry she would know a little bit about this! You can't call a doctors office without being reminded of this law!!!!! I also found this out ... CHECK OUT NUMBER FOUR The HIPAA legislation had four primary objectives: Assure health insurance portability by eliminating job-lock due to pre-existing medical conditions Reduce healthcare fraud and abuse Enforce standards for health information Guarantee security and privacy of health information All right, I could go on and on and on with this.... Good luck to you and dont tolerate this violation!!! TTYL

Insurance companies that are working for an employer dont have to follow certain federal guidelines.....I forget what its called, but they make up their own policy. If the employer says to cover lollipops and bandaides then they cover lollipops and bandaides. Therefore the discrimination thing doesn't always work with "well its a federal law" feeling. Crap I wish I could remember what thats called....I use to work for Empire BlueCross BlueShield. The companies that we were representing told us what to cover and what not to cover...and because they were a self pay customer, the fed guidelines didn't always fit into the policy...They paid us to cover what they wanted covered. We had High Profile companies too...There was one company that didn't allow for a lot in their policy. The people would call us (not all ways nice people too) and bitch us out for not covering this that and the other. We would tell them, its not in your contract, call your HR rep. They would call as soon as we would hang up, the company would call us and approve the procedure. Seemed kinda pointless, but hey, it was their dime...literally. Then there was a famous news channell that we use to cover here in New York...and they actually covered cosmetic surgery for their employees! Can you imagin that? Elective Cosmetic surgery...face lifts and stuff.....WHOA Nice company to work for!! Appeals can happen....but Alex is right, sounds like you need to lift your self outta this depression and not depend on the appeal to happen right away..........Proteins.....proteins....proteins.....They not only give you energy, long term energy that wont wear off like surgar based HIGHS.....but they will help you build muscle too. Proteins...meats, eggs, cheese, tofu!! IN THE WORDS OF JOE DIRT KEEP ON KEEPIN ON GIRL! TTYL **edit** I just remembered what that guideline is called. If the policy is a Self Administered Policy then the Federal Guidelines don't always apply. The company pays for the policy therefore they can pick and choose policies to cover.

BeautifulTina ~ you sound like you are doing really well. You actually described one of my GOOD DAYS with out considering surgery! ehehehehe... I went to Florida to see my Dad a few weeks ago..and Here I am all proud of my outfit and walking with my dad and my son in PARADISE.....we are going onto a pirate boat for my son....I feel good, I look good...Then my loving husband leans into me.....to kiss me Im sure.....And he whispers....Where you planning on zipping up your pants any time soon??? And UNLIKE you who HAD ON pretty pink panties to show off.. I DID NOT!!! They weren't pink, blue, black, NOTHING...hint hint...wink wink...... Yea pretty much sucked ALL the coolness right outta me! TINALONDON ~ Good luck to you on your surgery tomorrow! Please let us know how you do and how things go! TTYL

OOOOOO MY GOSH JACK!!!!! I ALMOST FELL OUTTA MY CHAIR WHEN I READ THIS ONE!! EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE HAIRBALLS! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA YOUR A LIL' TWISTED JACK.......I LIKE THAT! THANKS FOR THE LAUGH!!!! EHEHEHEHE

Jodie, That appeal letter was awesome. I hope it brings you a speedy approval. Hang in there!! There are others on this board who have had to fight UHC, and have won! Good luck to you! Sincerely

Jodie...This is a really personal question, but what other health issues are you facing other than being overweight? Im sorry if thats asking too much, but I can't help but wonder with all the pain your in.....Are you on meds? How long has the insurance company had your paperwork? Have you given any thought to that Richard Simmons work out video that I suggested?? Just curious and wondering about ya! TTYL

My surgery went well too! I however did a stay over at the hospital. I had a bad reaction to the anestesia and I was dry heaving. They dont like to see that anymore than I did likee having to do it! Sooo they jacked me up on meds that knocked me out, the dry heaves stopped, and then in the morning when I woke up, I walked a bit, I had some to drink...Then I went home. The staff at Bon Secours was amazing! What a caring group of people. You know you usually have atleast one nasty nurse when you stay at the hospital...everyone there was sooo nice and supportive! I had my surgery just before Mothers Day!! My family has a HUGE brunch for all us Mammas in the family. I went to the brunch, with my bottle of Propel fitness water...peach flavor for me! Shockingly I was okay being around all that food. Had no urge to jump in there and snarf down the entire table of food!! I too would recommend Dr Kwon to anyone! TTYL

Cyndel... Your not a failure!! It can happen!! I was pretty early on when I got my first fill too. I dont recall if it was three weeks or what but I definately recall Dr Kwon saying You need a fill ALL READY.....I was eatting way too much and way too often...Soo it is possible. You've lost weight too soo perhaps your band was too lose around your stomach. Dont get discouraged. I was banded on 05/05/05 and I have had two fills all ready. Thats one fill per month!! I go see Dr Kwon again on the 8/2 at 1pm....I have a feeling he is gonna jack me up again with some saline. We will see. I have been able to eat still, however I get things semi stuck. It hurts like hell, but it goes down, I have not spit anything up or PB'ed anything.......I honestly think the times I got stuff stuck was when I didn't chew enough!! We will see what happens to me when I get there...But as for you.....YOUR PERFECT! Okaydokay. I will talk to you again soon! TTYL

I quit smoking when I was expecting my baby. Haven't picked them up again!! My son is now 7 years. I do know about those cravings though! Once in a while now a cigarette will actually smell good to me! I dont know what thats all about. However, for my self and my son, I can not pick that habit back up. My son is going to need me for a VERY long time and I cant risk ending my own life by smoking. God knows there are enough risks in life to deal with other than smoking....but why choose an intentional way of shortening your life span? People say yea well, you could step out of your house and get hit by a truck...Yea possible, but you cant control that. Absolutely pick up another hobby...paint, bicycle, walk,surf the computer, read, knit (tie knots in yarn is more my style of knitting),write,dance...... Good luck to you! It isn't an easy thing ~

Jodie... I am so sorry that you are sooo fustrated! I know what its like to be overweight and in high school, I think most of us here know what thats like. I am 32 years old and I still hear the taunts and teases. I just recently ran into a guy who use to tease me something terriable! He was as nice as pie to me! I didn't know what to think. I on the other hand was a bit standoffish. Some people here have been thru h*ll to get their approvals and it doesnt always come right through...sooo like Alex suggested keep on top of your insurance company. Is your mom or dad or a family memeber helping you with this whole process? Maybe they can help you contact the insurance company? As far as your limited ablities. (I have no idea what they are so please dont take offense to this suggestion) I know this is gonna sound corney and you may not be ready for something like this, but it will certainly help you out a little bit...May help you start to lose weight or improve moblity....but there are video tapes out there that are geared for people in wheelchairs, or for people who just can't stand up to exercise for 30-40 minutes. Its pretty amazing to think you can exercise from a CHAIR but it really works. I had to buy one for my mother, she has limited moblity and she needs to lose weight. Richard Simmons also tells people SOME movement is better than NO movement. Sooo maybe while you are waiting for your approval, you can use your fustrations to motovate you into moving a little bit. Check out this link, I found it online for you http://www.activevideos.com/instructors/richardsimmons.htm?gtse=GOTO&gtkw=richard%20simmons Its called Richard Simmons Sit Tight Video. It costs 14.95. If you want here is the 800 number to order....1-800-342-4320............ I KNOW its hard to commit to an exercise routine. God knows I dont do enough of it as it is.....I should do more. But you have the time right now while you wait for your insurance to come thru. Your doctor may require you to lose weight before your surgery anyway....sooooooo maybe this will help. I hope it does. Talk to you soon! **Had to edit here ~ I just saw your ticker thingy...Girl you lost 14 pounds all ready! HOLY CRAP thats awesome! Congratulations!!! 14 pounds is like 56 STICKS of butter!! 14 pounds is 2 1/2 BAGS OF SUGAR! 14 pounds is like 2 BAGS OF POTATOES.....That is amazing work right there! KEEP IT UP!!

Welcome Dr Pleatman...It is a treat to have you on board. I love my surgeon, Dr Kwon in New York...but I have heard many great things about you. Now all we need is a chef on board to give us cooking advise...I dont know how to cook for beans.... TAKE CARE

The only thing I could think was because it was cold and because I had a medium one, which is like 16 ounces all at once...I didn't chug it, but I didn't sip it either....This was like 3 hours after dinner soooo maybe part of dinner was still in the pouch?? Dunno, what ever it was.....SLURPIES ARE FROM THE DEVIL, IM SURE OF IT ehehehehe This was sooo totally my fault....big time learning experience. I have had two fills....so maybe that makes the difference?? Dunno...whatever it was...I learned!! Small slurpie ~ a long long long time after dinner and sip sip sip!!!