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I had a question for those who are in their twenties - Was it hard to get approval because of your young age? :confused::confused::confused: If so - Did you have comorbidities? What insurance company did you go with, and was the process rocky or smooth sailing? :clap2:

Hi guys, I am not banded yet, but already have my preD packet put together and have been scheduled for the last step before I get an answer from my insurance company, medical mutual. My medical evaluation is on May 8th (put on a month wait after I had gathered my information!) At the moment I weigh 250 pounds and I have rheumatoid arthritis, PCOS, and high sugar. I recently purchased an elliptical machine -- the best of the best, and I absolutely love it. My weight has always been up and down what I am concerned about, is losing too much weight for the medical evalutation. My question is - what do they look at more, your current weight, or your weight history? For instance, If I weight 235 on may the 8th would that disqualify me for the surgery? What would you guys do? Not use the elliptical, or use it?

i have had a hell of a time making a psychiatric appt. Those people are hella loosy goosy and it makes me sick. Also, I have been exercising hard and eating right and I have only lost a pound and a half in a week. I remember when I went on weight watchers without exercising I had lost seven pounds. Thats some bull...

i have had a hell of a time making a psychiatric appt. Those people are hella loosy goosy and it makes me sick. Also, I have been exercising hard and eating right and I have only lost a pound and a half in a week. I remember when I went on weight watchers without exercising I had lost seven pounds. Thats some bull...

an elliptical machine is a cardio fitness machine like a treadmill, however you dont have to pick up your legs to run. It has two feet, and an arm gear that goes back and forth. You can set it to "run" your favorite routine, hills, intervals, weightloss etc. Its a lot of fun, and if you have arthritis, you can get a good one, and it will take the strain and stress off of your body. It has a low perceived exhaustion rate

Hi Busywomen. I bought the Ironman 2006 Evolution elliptical off of overstock.com and i saved HUNDREDS of dollars plus shipping was two bucks!! It was worth every penny if you want to get an elliptical and you weight more than 225 pounds (and you dont have 3000.00) I had made the mistake of getting a two hundre ddollar one and it made my knees swell up with Fluid. On this one you can do whatever program, and its all electronic (the resistance especially) I love it

They moved my med eval to may 8th. Hmmph. However when i visiting my parents I was able to get documentation (better) of my sugar problems, plus pictures of my childhood obesity. what a thick PRE 'D packet I will have!

They moved my med eval to may 8th. Hmmph. However when i visiting my parents I was able to get documentation (better) of my sugar problems, plus pictures of my childhood obesity. what a thick PRE 'D packet I will have!

he is scared that he is going to lose you when you get your new body. 60 + pounds is VERY dramatic. Some men just cannot express their feelings

have you tried "skin lighteners" and good old fashion coco butter? If you see a dermatologist Im sure you can get them gone. I have been banded yet but i had laproscopic surgery on both elbows, (a total of eight 2cm cuts) definitely still have scars, although my left elbow its been a year has improved dramatically

I dont understand the process in the video, it actually looked like the doctor was removing fluid from the port! Can someone explain the steps -- also, I didnt realize the port would be in the center either. Thanks for this clip!!

holy moley! 32 pounds in a week of water. Would you say your diet was very high in sodium before being banded?

more waiting... may 3rd is the official time for me to get the medical evaluation. and i have to get a psych eval

more waiting... may 3rd is the official time for me to get the medical evaluation. and i have to get a psych eval

i would guess that the body also retains water when it senses a lack of food/water intake. I wouldnt worry about it, this is totally normal

on thursday or friday i got my endocrinologist crap. it wasnt ANYTHING what I expected, and they did charge me almost five dollars. They ended up scanning my referral from 2003.. (WTF) :faint: back to my PCP before I left for college. So no documentation of my symptom X diabetes, no documentation of my PCOS.. stupid idiots.. but the header does say: yatta yatta endocrinology so the medical review board will see that if having it even does pump up my case the least bit......... I also had my information and money sent to have my PCP fax my info to jewish.. so by monday I will turn everything in to them and they should be able to send my PRE'D packet off to med mutual from here. I predict that by wednesday at the least it should be sent out.. and then the waiting game begins to see if i am approved.

on thursday or friday i got my endocrinologist crap. it wasnt ANYTHING what I expected, and they did charge me almost five dollars. They ended up scanning my referral from 2003.. (WTF) :faint: back to my PCP before I left for college. So no documentation of my symptom X diabetes, no documentation of my PCOS.. stupid idiots.. but the header does say: yatta yatta endocrinology so the medical review board will see that if having it even does pump up my case the least bit......... I also had my information and money sent to have my PCP fax my info to jewish.. so by monday I will turn everything in to them and they should be able to send my PRE'D packet off to med mutual from here. I predict that by wednesday at the least it should be sent out.. and then the waiting game begins to see if i am approved.

im 5'6" and at 200, I could still fit a size fourteen and had a 33-34 inch waist, however, i had really muscular legs. Now, at 245 i am a size 18

So I called the endocrinologist and someone with their brain on finally told me my request had gotten fowarded to the warehouse where they keep all of 5 yuear + records -- so I called the warehouse and they processed my request and mailed my documents out on the twenty seventh (two days ago, or monday). so I expect to get all of that information TOMORROW or at the latest by friday.. I also had to go to my doctors office and have them fax my information myself.. Gosh. Its so crazy working with all these people who just dont give a rats ass about what your trying to do!! And to think all of this process and Im not even guarenteed to be approved my insurance company. Oh they will be getting an Iron fist if they deny my claim. when I have all these records on hand, then I will tell them to go ahead and fax my information to med mutual. DAMN!!! so Labs - Check Endocrinologist - check rheumatologist - check weight history -- still waiting weight watchers six months - check my original PCP is the most snoody of all, they are mailing me a release request as of today and that could take another two weeks. and this is just the PRE'D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! btw the PRE'D organizer didnt even call as she had promised.

So I called the endocrinologist and someone with their brain on finally told me my request had gotten fowarded to the warehouse where they keep all of 5 yuear + records -- so I called the warehouse and they processed my request and mailed my documents out on the twenty seventh (two days ago, or monday). so I expect to get all of that information TOMORROW or at the latest by friday.. I also had to go to my doctors office and have them fax my information myself.. Gosh. Its so crazy working with all these people who just dont give a rats ass about what your trying to do!! And to think all of this process and Im not even guarenteed to be approved my insurance company. Oh they will be getting an Iron fist if they deny my claim. when I have all these records on hand, then I will tell them to go ahead and fax my information to med mutual. DAMN!!! so Labs - Check Endocrinologist - check rheumatologist - check weight history -- still waiting weight watchers six months - check my original PCP is the most snoody of all, they are mailing me a release request as of today and that could take another two weeks. and this is just the PRE'D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! btw the PRE'D organizer didnt even call as she had promised.

bird! i would cry

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i think its really strange that the hospital expects me to contact all of my out of town doctors to get my patient records. They wont give them over to me without a consent form being signed. I have even send some request via mail and it has been two weeks. When I call the tell me they havent heard of anything! I called the PRE'D packet organizer and she took down all the numbers to see if she couldnt get them to fax them over. She was reluctant though.. but if they want my money they really need to organize a better method of figuring this shit out. Who knows how long this will take really. If alld oesnt work out, I might have to drive over to the center and see if I can work this out in person with them. I shouldnt be doing the work since doctors dont really work with patients..

i think its really strange that the hospital expects me to contact all of my out of town doctors to get my patient records. They wont give them over to me without a consent form being signed. I have even send some request via mail and it has been two weeks. When I call the tell me they havent heard of anything! I called the PRE'D packet organizer and she took down all the numbers to see if she couldnt get them to fax them over. She was reluctant though.. but if they want my money they really need to organize a better method of figuring this shit out. Who knows how long this will take really. If alld oesnt work out, I might have to drive over to the center and see if I can work this out in person with them. I shouldnt be doing the work since doctors dont really work with patients..

does anyone else think his name is kinda hilarious..