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I had blue cross blue shield and they were never going to approve me-they told me same thing about the doc for one yr-which I had-I actually had 2 straight years but they denied then denied again-the nurse had told me they had NEVER approved anyone for this thru my company or union but it didnt hurt to try.Good Luck.Fuuny thing for mine was when I decided to selfpay instead of going thru the high interest rates of the finacing companies-i got back from Tijuana and had an approval letter from a company that was going to do it 90 days same as cash!!!Figures.As usual Im a day late and a dollar short-was a bit tough getting 2 RT tickets and 9k in 4 days but thats what CC are for right?lol

guess I was wrong about having to have it-was told it was mandatory for all doctors-oh well.

yes you do have to have it and no mine wasnt out before I woke.Stayed in for few hours afterwards so for a total time of about 9 hours.

Good news!!!Dr Marvin in the Heights will do them- his number is 800 664 9177.I set an appointment for June 7th-he only does them on Tuesdays.

people are VERY helpful here so Im sure you will get alot of info very quick-good luck.I had mine done wednesday and have no nausea.

I was gonna ask this same question but did a search and here it is-this board is fabulous.

I called both his offices this morning and NEITHER are doing fills for other doctors-bummer.He is only doing fills for his existing patients so I gather that some of you were the lucky ones who had already gotten your foot in the door before he got to busy.Oh well.Im gonna do some cold calling today and see I what I can find more locally.I will post if I find some Houston doctors.

I liked Amityville Horror-was one of the better scary movies Ive seen in quite awhile and Ive pretty much seen em all. The Notebook made me bawl my eyes out at the end-good movie.Chick flick for sure. My hubby and I have a hobby we like to do-we like to antique sale but we always try to go somewhere different every few months when a new good movie comes out and find a place near a drivein theater-we dont have any in Houston but its fun to go to the drivein so we find one in an area that we want to go to. http://www.driveintheater.com/drivlist.htm

congrats and welcome back. I have a wall length mirror that runs the wall in from of my showere and when I get out I am confronted with THAT-yipes!I actually close my eyes cause it makes me mad and sad what I let myself get to-Mirrors suck-lol-but hopefully not after a few months.Luckily my hubby says all he sees when he looks at me is the best person he could possibly know.he thinks Im purty:o)

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omg Id kill for a cheeseburger(not mcdonalds-ick)-yuuuummmmmmmmmm

omg I loooooove the tacos with soft corn tortillas-like the carne asada ones-little cubes of beef kind.Im missing them already-waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh I hope you dont have a PB again-Im only 4 days in so havent had that yet and hope never to.

for me I contacted him on thursday-he set surgery date for wednesday-site unseen and no medical records-kinda freaked me but he had very good referals and I had cash-lol.I was planning on going thru dr spiegel in houston but when my insurance was denied and I realized I would have to pay myself I went looking for more cost effective places-I never had psych evals or anything thru anyone.

congrats-i was banded on the 27th and I hear ya on the hunger although once I ate a cream soup I was set-it was the jello diet that kept me hungry.I totally agree with you about how supportive this site is-I love it!

thanks-Im gonna do that monday-thatd be soooooooooo much easier than than driving to dallas.

I would love to go to movie night-I want to meet people from here-I had mine done 4 days ago.I willl be going to dallas for a fill in early june.

I selfpaid-I went to Dr Kuri in Tijuana Mexico and paid $8950.He does give free fills(you do have to pay $70 for flouro and $100 for transportation)but I dont intend on useing him for fills as Im in Houston Texas-the closest place to do fills for me is 5 hours away in Dallas but beats goin to Mexico.I saw a post saying that Dr Spiegel does fills near Beaumont and thatd be great but I called his houston office and they said they do not do fills so Im gonna call the other office monday.

dr spiegels office(in houston) told me they wont do other doctors fills-has anyone heard differently?

I just ate about 1/3 bowl of cream of chicken soup and I swear nothing has ever tasted sooooooo good-lol.

thanks everyone

I wouldnt mind liquids if it was substantial "filling" liquid. Im gonna try a cream soup tonight I think-I tried the Atkins shake and hated it-had 3 sips-my hubby says he'll drink em since they were $8 a 4pk-lol.

youve lost 12 pounds since wednesday??!?!?!?OMG!!!

lol-well Im glad I wasnt on THAT testing panel.Although I love lima beans.Its weird when I came to houston what we called butter beans in alabama is what they called lima beans-my lima beans are green not beige-lol.Im not a big fan of butter beans.

I tasted the Atkins shake-yuuuuuuuccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk-chocolate delight my ass.

yeah I would imagine a few months to go back to doing your type of work-thats alot of pulling and straining.You could go back in a lighter capacity after a few days Id think if its a possibilty.I personally am trying to milk this sick leave and not go back for 2 weeks-lol.