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Wannabe sleeved, sweet addict and kidney stones - HELP



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I have been on this roller-coaster since January 2015. I started out at our Bariatric Center and went through all the hoops and 6 months required by UHC. After my paperwork was submitted to the surgeon the first part of July then waiting for a month for them to submit my paperwork to UHC I was denied. WHY? I wrote a 5 page letter to my company HR department 18 months prior to get this added to our benefits plan. I contacted HR because UHC said that it was not a covered under my benefits. My HR department stated that it is and that I have to submit an appeal to the surgeon and then they have to resubmit all my paperwork again with the appeal to the appeals department.

Here we are in September and I have fallen flat on my face with my dieting and have been eating sweets more than ever before in my life due to being so stressed out over my life crumbling down. Most of you know the excuses. But really I have some valid stresses.

I contacted UHC and they told me to be patient with them. Me: "Be patient, you made a mistake and should have just changed me from denied to approved, I have a BMI over 50." I'm not proud, that is for sure. I weigh almost as much as I did after the birth of my first child and my twins put together! Then I did WW while pregnant with my youngest (that just moved 1,200 miles away for her first big girl job) this was so I didn't reach 200lbs because I would never do that.

As you can tell I am a random writer and worst at it when talking.

Now, I have kidney stones "or something" and it started the first week of August and I had been drinking and eating Protein shakes and bars a lot. I was actually doing what I was supposed to do. I have had bleeding, pain and infections, 5 antibiotics and a shot, my body itself feels better at the moment, but the cramping and spasms haven’t gone away. I have a CT and IVP done this week to see what is going on for sure. I am just worried that this will stop my surgery if it EVERY gets scheduled. I drink a lot of Water, at least a gallon a day, but even at the bariatric center I only show 32% hydrated. My blood pressure medication does include a diuretic. Anyone have some words of wisdom for this wannabe sleeved?


@ShariAnn

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Why not try this eating a balanced diet? Increase your Water intake, Limit Protein shakes to no more than 2 a day and then have one meal of Protein and veg. If you are a snacker, plan for healthy Snacks as well. Just keep it simple.

Another thing I find helps is to keep a food diary for a while. So many foods we think are healthy are full of hidden sugars and sodium that we are actually doing more harm than good.

Hopefully the insurance mess gets sorted out soon.

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