yayaflowerlady

<p>Yes, artificial sweetners do give gas...especially sorbitol and maltitol...but they are healthier than nutrasweet, sacharin or Splenda! The best sweetenr you can get, which is also a supplement is Stevia. You can find it at a healthfood store in drops or little packets. You canmake your own popsicles at home...yum. You can also cook with stevia. It is ALL natural. It also stabalizes blood sugar and helps lower high cholesterol.</p> <p>__________________</p> <p>I tried Stevia several times and had to return them. They say there not bitter but they are!</p> "Hello, yayaflowerlady! We've noticed that you haven't been active on LapBandTalk.com for quite some time now, and we miss you! We'd love to see you back again shortly! If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: http://LapBandTalk.com/login.php?do=lostpw We hope to see you soon. Kindest Regards, - LBT Membership Team" I got this in my email but can't find it here anywere! Nina :confused:

Hello,:glasses We live close to Brandon Missippi, out towards the south a bit, about 20 minutes from Brandon. My husband Don is still waiting for the approval from Medicare to approve the hospitals in either River Oaks or Central MS. Medicale Center. So for they have not been approve. This is the only way he can do the Lap Band. Medicare hasn't approved these hospitals for any Bariatric surgeries. It looks like CMMC is closer to getting approved than River Oaks, said my husband. He was doing some calling around yesterday to see what was holding things up. Don is called skinnydippn42. :mad: I'm descouraged with Medicare! and mad! :angry! If Don had done it before he was 65 years old our Federal BlueCross/Blue Sheild would have pain 90% of it!!! Not right!!! :think Don is posting something right now. So you will see him soon. :help: , Don will do some more calling today. I also need this done. Maybe sense I'm only soon to be 63 I will get it done before Don does? But the doctor didn't think I qualified, being my BMI is 37, but it's going up sense my bad knee won't let me move without a great deal of pain. I have medicnes for BP, high cholesterol, Artirus 9sp?) , Eplipsy, insomnia, depression, anxiety, chronic burning pain and I could very easily become a Diabetic, sense it's in the family. All my 7 uncles died young of heart attacks and my dad alos at 52. Grandmother on my dad's side weight 350 pounds or more and she was short. Grandpa died at 62, and granmother at 72. I can't believe she lived as long as she did! Don't insurance companies believe in prevention or do they want us to be sick???!!! so they can get more money out of us? There is a health club in Brandon I'd love to join. We just need the money for the gas and I hate contracts! I wish a Y would open up closer to us. They don't do contracts any more I heard. We have a tread mill and I used it tell I hurt my knee. Regular walking is better on your joints any way. Now it's cold out side, but at least I can put a coat on. One of my favorite places to walk is off the roads because it's hard on you. I like walking any were were it's not hard roads. I wish Don would go with me. I can't get him away from his pc or the TV. He could also do the treadmill! Please talk to him! :ranger: yayaflowerlady- Nina Nina

Hello, :Banane10: When you mentioned your bad knee I wanted to know, does this eliptical machine do better for your knee than the tread mill? I'd think it would. It seems that when I put our tread mill on an incline that my knee did better. We can't afford to go to a gym or I'd do water arobics. I've not had the band done yet. My husband is going for it first. I'm going back to my osteopath soon, I guess that's what he's called. Anyway he deals with joints and sports injuries and other things like that. I'm going on 63 in December, so I need to be careful and also being over weight. I'm 5' 51/2" and weigh around 226 LBS. Sense my knee hurting I've been gaining and I'm depressed with chronic burning pain also and artheritis in hips, knees, and neck. My sister thinks I should see a back doctor and I'm inclined to think she is right. My burning pain came on after my hysterectomy and I think something happened in surgery to bring on the pain. I've also have had some bad falls because I had 3 blackouts from being Epeliptic. No more blackouts, thankfuly! I just really need this banding! My dad and all his 7 brothers died young from heart attacks so it's genetic. I also do use weights at home in my recliner! :Banane10: Nina

"I will choose my battles carefully in the future. " Yes, I do this. I don't care for heated debates and would rather make a friend than win an argument any day. It's a dangerous world we live in, sad to say. Nina

Hello Chelle! :-) I ditto all that! Nina

So your very new here, will so am I. No banding yet. My Hubby is trying for it first. Your doing great! :clap2: Your an inspiration to me! I'll be 63 December 11th. My Hubby is 65. With Don's help I got my photo in there! I couldn't do it without him! He is very patient with me most of the time. We've been married 42 years this month on the 3rd. Nina I'd like to see your photo.

Hello Everyone, I am doing a lot of reading and wanted to check out this thread. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do. I just got my picture on so now you all can see my face. It's so little! Nina

Hello Sharon, I'm 62 now but soon will be 63. It's incouraging to know we can still loss weight even in our 60's. Keep it up! Your an inspiration to me!:clap2: I can hardly wait to get mine done! Nina

Hello Janet, I'll keep researching. Even an hour away would be to much for me. I have sleep probloms, insomnia and we are already pretty far out. I guess I don't sound very serious? Flowood is good for us at the River Oaks hospital. I do like the doctor too. It's just I'll never go to the phyc doc Don went to but will choose my one. I have one in mind. She's close also. I'm not sure I'd ever survive a sleep clinic! I'd never sleep! They would have to knock me out!!! "Hi Nina, thanks for the return msg. Yea, don't take no for an answer. Do this though, Research everything, get all your facts and go outside your doc. I didn't go through my doc, I went to a great program at a great hospital about an hour away from me. It was so worth it. You won't have to have your pcp's approval necessary, because the team at this hospital is going to send you for lots of tests like a sleep study and and some by a cardiologist, those tests will reveal if you are a candidate and if you are in need of wieght reduction to fix any co-morbidities. so if this is really what you want, you can have it, but do your homework!!! Janet" Your place was good for you and that's good. It will be awhile before I have it done and I'll do my home-work! I love my whole-grain bread! That's one thing I'd hate to give up! I put soy floor in it and many other healthy things! I have recipes from Atkins and others for flourless bread. Just eggs and soy flour and salt, maybe a bit of whole grain flower. I grew up as a vegitarian and love that kind of food. I'm not a real meat person. Oh vell.... ! Got to get moving! The yard needs work! It's Fall time ya know! Nina

Hello Erica, It looks like you like the color purple too. It's so great that your only 23 and have done this! Did you know Mississippi is the most fat state in the whole USA!? So many young people are fat and it's so sad! I know my grandchildren will not be fat. They are very dedicated on their Makos Swim team, plus other sports. My daughter works at a health club and exersizes there and lefts weights. Don and I used to swim in the Y for a senior group and I enjoyed that. I'd love to get back to that! So I do know Water arobics. The cost of gas has kept us home more and we live pretty far out for the trip even 3 times a week, other wise we could do it. I still think we could do it if Don would give up satellite tv! We are lovers of so much on there! I love DYI, movie channels, cooking channels, the weahter channel, history, decovery channels, Liftime, and others. I like to watch Lisa Willuims on Lifetime. I have never realy worked out of the home. Just a little bit. I'm a home body, almost completly shut in! I do see our daughter and family and thats good and of course my Hubby of 43 years. We joind a senior club but so far have not gone. I guess I'm a bit shy in meeting new people. Moving from California to Missisippi was a huge culture shock! Meeting new friend is hard for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nina, Yes I am quite young, 23. And Im glad that this is available, I want to see my princess grow up and I want to see my great grandbabies! <3" I'd love to see my great granchildren also! My Mom saw hers. She moved here with us in 1999. She died in 2003. "Have you thought to try Water Arobics, you get a great work out and its a lot less strain on your knee. Should look into it, definatly worth it!" Yes we have done it. I want to do it again. It was an out-door pool there and it's closed in the winter. If there were threats of thunder and lightening we had to get out. I like the Y in Jackson, but had not used their pool. I'd love to get back there! It's an indoor pool and open all year. Some of the classes are to early for us being so far away. "From listening to the insurance coverage replies to the seminar I went to, a lady with Medicare will be completly covered even before they ran the Medicare check. Then I too was told the same thing with BC/BS federal, as long as i'd met my deductable, if not then of course no more than 250, or the difference from the total deductable and what i've met so far." I won't give up trying for sure! I have bad pain in my right knee, arthritis in most joints, hypertenion and other stuff. It's a real bother to also have incontinance! I'd have to spend a great deal of time getting out of the pool to go pee! When I'm at meeting the restrooms are do damm far away! I need to take a water pill and that made it even worse!!! My mother had surgery and she had a pouch for her urine. I may need that. The new kind of surgery requires no pouch. I can't abide with Depends! "Im so glad, that at this point in your life, you arent like a lot of people, and just given up. Im so proud of you and happy for you! I cant wait til you get some answers and things start working in your favor!"" I'll keep trying for sure!:kiss2: Nina

Hello All, I'm 62 going on 63. My husband has been on this thread so I decided to read here too. My husband is Don and he is skinnydippn42. He's going for the lap band first as he is 65 and now on Medicare. I'll need to wait most likely untill I'm 65 because Federal BlueCross/Blue Sheild will cover all of what Medicare won't pay. Even 10% is high for us but I had to waight! I've been posting on the introduction thread. Nina

Hello Country Girl! :glasses So I'm not the only one that problom! Any one else have this happen? "Something is not right with this, my message just dissapeared too." What I do now is after I click on quick reply I then go to advanced. That gives me more time to type and I'm not a real fast typer! "what I was saying to Nina is that my BMI was 40, wieght 220 height 5'2" and I qualified by BCBS's standard as well as my docs and most LB webpages will say this. then my surgeons NP's order sleep studies and other tests that found I had a slew of co-morbidities. Bottom line, YOU ARE A CANDIDATE, don't let that doc cheat you!!!" My Dad died at 52 and all his 7 brothers died young from heart attacks! I think this might help to tell the doctor. He might change his mind and there are other doctors. You are pretty short too, 5'2" . I'm 5' 5 and a half " ". This morning weighed in at 226 pounds. I had gotten up to 229 not long ago and I knew it! It's so hard to carry that weight around! I could hardly move!!! :eek: Don is on-line now reading things here. Your Online Buddy, Nina

Hello Erica, :ranger: You are still so young! Don just reminded me that sense he is on Medicare now, Medicare pays first then Federal Blue Cross takes up what Medicare doesn't pay. I won't be 65 for 2 years, so I may have to wait till then. Blue Cross for me now will pay 90% of it. We are do tight that even 10% may hard for us. The last few days I've been losing weight and I'm glad of that. My bum knee is making it hard to get in arobics. I do other exersizes like weights and leg raises but arobics is hard to get with a bad knee. How do people with no legs get their arobics in? I know they have wheel chairs made for this. I've seen them going around a track and at the Y I've seen them. I wish we could afford to get back to the Y like we did in the past. Take care Erica. :eek: It's been a busy day here. Got to go. We're having dinner at our daughter's tonight. :hungry: I better be careful!!! Nina