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I was just wondering if anyone from Louisiana. I was born and raised here in Louisiana. Would love to meet people here in my area and the surrounding areas.

Merriman is going to do my surgery too! How was it? I'm really nervous!

My best friend had lap-band surgery about 6 months ago and lost alot of weight but, she smokes marijuana. Is this going to hurt her? Does anyone know the effects of marijuana on the lap-band?:cry

laughing* I think its a load of bologna! I know she has to get hungry! Smoothies and yougurt its not gonna cut it!

Hey in North Bossier City! about to get banded in 3 months!

*laughing really hard* Now I really feel extra stupid! *laughing* I was sitting here thinking really hard what IFSS means who would of known, sure wasn't me. You guys really make my day. *HUGS TO EVERYONE*

Here Goes The Dummy Again! What Does Ifss Mean? I Guess I Need A Guide For Internet Language (lol)

I FEEL SO STUPID! LOL...LOL...LOL...LOL I just wanted to know.

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She said she doesn't get hungry! she just makes a smoothie or she eats yogurt and she's fine because she gets full really quick anyway. I just thought that would harm something in the long run. I use to smoke also and I got mad muchies! (LOL) I am about to get banded in 3 months and she says that she's fine. I was thinking of long term effects.

Hi- I am 25 years old from North Louisiana (Shreveport-Bossier area) I am having lap-band surgery in 2006 but our insurance doesn't cover the surgery. Blue Cross Blue sheild of Lousiana is our current insurance, but weight reduction is excluded. I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) angina, lower back pain, high blood pressure and asthma. Because of PCOS my husband and I are unable to have children. Lap-band is our only hope. If there is anyone who can give is just a little bit of information please send us a reply or drop us an e-mail: queenbuttafly@yahoo.com I pray that there is someone who can give us some information to help us. Thanks. "With God nothing is impossible"

Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I called the advertisement on the screen here in our area and they told me that because of the health complications that I have that Blue Cross Blue Sheild has to pay for the procedure and she also told me that thousands of patients in our area, BCBS has paid for the procedure. I am so glad, but I won't get too full of joy because I have to write another appeal and my surgeon from the hospital said that he would also tell me what to say. So that gives me hope. Hopefully I will be banded in January and I hope that the nice people I have met here on this forum will be with me all the way through my journey. I will need it. So you guys keep me in your prayers and I will do the same.

Thanks to everybody and all the support. I am going to try United Health care and see what they offer if they offer here in Louisiana. I am so excited, but at the same time I am scared to death. I hope that United Healthcare is offered here in Louisiana. I looked at United Healthcare on the internet, but just kinda looked over and to the person who said I was just looking for an health insurance company for a short period of time thats so untrue. I am looking for health insurance for good. Thats so mean. I was truly offend by that comment. I am looking for long term health insurance for myself and my husband. For those who can't find health insurance its just a question that I didn't know and wanted a little help. Every body needs a little bit of help sometimes!!! Did you hear what you said "it seems like you will be there for a short period ot time". You know nothing about me to just make that assumption. Right now can't afford the "finance option" we have only been married one month and he is the only one working and I am a full time student so we don't have that option. So please if you have something helpful thats great but please don't insult me! I am very offended! I would never ever say such thing.

Sorry you guys- I wasn't being more detailed in what we were looking for. We were looking for an insurance company that will cover the whole lap-band surgery from start to finish. We have blue cross blue sheild but weight reduction was excluded. I need the lap band surgery for medical reasons, but our insurance company will not pay for the surgery even though its for medical reasons. I did do an appeal to blue cross blue sheild but they will "NOT" cover the lap band surgery because they say that it is too dangerous. So my specific question was, Does anyone know of an insurance company that will pay for the lap-band surgery without writing an appeal. Its been so hard and frustrating I want to scream. Every Insurance company that we try does "Not" cover lap-band its excluded. Am I taking the wrong approach? What do I do? Im clueless