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Good Links

I always forget to look at the Links…lots of info there.<br><br><br>Hope
everyone is doing well.<br><br>brina

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  1. Neva Marjory Says:
    October 26th, 2003 at 12:25 am

    Brina,<br>What is your BMI? IF you don’t mind me
    asking. I would get a second opinion… If you have
    health problems that would be solved by this surgery AND
    are morbidly obese, I don’t see what 20 lbs. has to
    do with it. Did they say that your insurance
    wouldn’t cover it, or did they just say they won’t refer
    you for it?<br>I was told at 23 years of age that if
    I didn’t do something about my weight I wouldn’t
    see Elijah (then 6 mo’s old) start pre-school. My
    blood pressure was at stroke range. I also had
    ammenorrhea, osteoarthritis of my left knee, hypothyroidism to
    name a few. I was about 150 # over my ideal, but even
    at that my insurance took 6 LONG weeks to approve my
    surgery , where as my neighbor can’t be more than 50#
    overweight and her only co-morbititie (sp?) being knee pain

    and she was approved within a week. Sometimes I guess
    it’s the person who’s reading the chart.. So I would
    keep pushing if you are really psyched about
    it.<br>Frankly, I gained 18 lbs. the last month before my surgery
    just eating EVERYTHING I could that I thought I would
    miss. lol.. I think I hit every fast food rest. and
    buffet in town..lol<br>I am not telling you to gain the
    weight just to have the surgery, but I am saying to ask
    another dr. to try to get approval.<br>If you are
    morbidly obese.. you really can benifit from this
    surgery.. If needed, I would have it done once a year to
    keep the results it has given me. It has done that
    much for me.. LUCKILY, it’s not a annual operation
    (boy wouldn’t that be terrible!)<br>I wish you the
    very best of luck on this STRESSFUL time and
    frustrating time.<br>God Bless,<br>Lisa Boone

  2. Addie Nedra Says:
    February 4th, 2004 at 1:40 am

    Thanks Karen. I’ll check these sites out as well.

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