Karenwinpa
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wow! a diet for only 5 days how does that work and what do you have to eat or drink?
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The grass really IS greener in Onederville!!!
Karenwinpa replied to a dairyfarmers chubbywife's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Congrats. to you after reading your thread it gave me hope and power that I can do this. I get banded Oct. 4,2010 and I now know that my dreams are possible. Thanks for the cheery thought:smile2: -
Becca glad to have you join us. You an I will be going through day by day together. The pre-opt diet is not to bad. I'm drinking a carnation instant breakfast in the AM and lunch time I drink a slim fast, and dinner I have bought WW smart ones so I don't have to figure out my calories.
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Well today is day 3 of pre-opt diet, and I went to the doctors and hospital and all my registration is done. all ready for Oct. 4 oh and I lost 8 lbs in 2 days. wow
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Being that you are getting banded on the 30th, you are on the pre-opt diet? How are you getting along with it, I have been fine with mine but my sugar kept dropping to low. So I have already had one medication cut back my sugar medication. yipee!!!:rolleyes2:
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I am so glad I found this group it won't be so lonesome going thru this alone. I can talk to my hubby but he don't understand. :thumbup: Looking forward to sharing our new lives together.
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I sure am glad that I found someone to take this journey with. It will be nice to compare procedures and help each other out, even if we have to be cheerleaders. lol I have done every diet also. and the same thing up and down like a yo-yo. :thumbup:
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Hello Leah I would love to be a Outrageous Octobers, I am getting banded Oct. 4, I am on my second day of pre-opt diet. I live in PA. :thumbup:
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Islovak that is great, don't be scared, think of it as a new life starting, if you were like me I have been on the large size all my life I go have mine Oct. 4 and can't wait.
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Bayareanan I also am scheduled for surgery Oct. 4, I am on my second day of pre-opt diet, how about you.
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Hello Scrappy, I am so pleased to see how well you have done, I am also so excited that I finally am going to have the surgery soon, I have my first visit with Doc. Marley July 1, 2010 I see how well you have done and it has given me so much hope, my son get's married next May, and I just can't wait......
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does medicaid pay for lap band (not medicare but medicaid)
Karenwinpa replied to sassie21898's topic in Insurance & Financing
:w00t: I do know that here in PA, you must have a Doctor in a center of excellance, and see your pcp for 6 months dieting with calories, before you can start the surgery process, I know I have been waiting for 2 years and finally my surgion received his center of excellance. I'm getting started my first visit with the surgion is July 1, 2010 I can't wait :thumbup: This is a dream come true, I've been overweight since I had my son 29 years ago. Lose 30 lbs. and then put it back on plus more, I am ready for a new life... -
Susan, Thank you for being my support member, I may take you up on all the questions, I'll and you to my buddy list
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Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor New to all of this
Karenwinpa posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
From Johnstown, PA and just getting started and looking for a support buddy. I would love to have any help or info and that someone who can tell me what I'm doing right or wrong, I'm not afraid of the truth. :smile2: -
:smile2: I have finally made it, I have been waiting since fall of 2008 for my surgeon to get his Center of Excellance so my insurance would pay for my surgery....Well yesterday I got the word, and I am moving ahead with all of my paperwork and doctors appts. I am so excited I can't stand it, it couldn't have come thru at a better time I have been dieting and losing very little because my son is getting married next May. Now I am ready. woo hoo
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Been waiting since fall of 2008
Karenwinpa replied to Karenwinpa's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
yes I did lose 30 pds with the doctor, but I have done that before and next thing you know it has crept back on. :smile2: -
Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor New to all of this
Karenwinpa replied to Karenwinpa's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
:smile:Thank You Dawn, I will put you on my buddy list, and I will be sure to keep in touch. Thanks again... -
Been waiting since fall of 2008
Karenwinpa replied to Karenwinpa's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
:smile2: I had to wait this long because my insurance needed Doctor Marley to have his Center of Excellance or they would not cover me. And he finally got it so I have all my doctors visits in for 6 months and I have seen one doctor required, and I have 2 more to do and I am ready. -
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Hello amberlybb you wrote to me almost a year ago and i didn't get back to you because I became upset about my surgery and the delays I would have to wait for. I was wondering If you got your surgery done or not and what doctor? I live in Johnstown and want doctor Marley from Winber to do my surgery.
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Hello amberlybb you wrote to me almost a year ago and i didn't get back to you because I became upset about my surgery and the delays I would have to wait for. I was wondering If you got your surgery done or not and what doctor? I live in Johnstown and want doctor Marley from Winber to do my surgery.
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Hello all, I joined LBT last Dec. 08 and due to the insurance hoops I had to go through, and waiting for my surgion to get cetified for my Insurance to pay for it, I'm looking at a date of Dec. or Jan. I can't wait to get it done. I'm looking for a mentor to guide me through from the beginning to the end and there after. Karen:smile:
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does medicaid pay for lap band (not medicare but medicaid)
Karenwinpa replied to sassie21898's topic in Insurance & Financing
Hi Amber I am now going through the steps to be approved. call 1-800-lap band and explain to them what insurance you have and they will tell you what you have to do. I have to see my pcp for 4 to 6 months straight and do a diet with him and he fills out the papers and summits them to the surgions office. have you gone to a seminar yet that would be your first step. and from there they will lead you the rest of the way. let me know whats up with you :smile2: