I have a room booked already, if you wanna share let me know...

Thanks!

Stella

I  can so relate having issues with friends, I have had some issues with my BFF and it sucks! I was always the fat friend and I feel like she has issues with me being smaller than her now.. it stinks but I can not let it get me down or mess with my head.. don't let it get to you either!

Good luck!

Stella

Thank you !

If you know of anyone who is looking for a roommate please let me know..

See you in a few weeks.

Stella

Looks like fun!!!

Ooohhh my goodness, I am glad you are on the mend. That does sound scary, I know the worst is behind you and you will have a smooth ride ahead.

Good luck to you, and you will be in our prayers.

Stella

I had the nectar's that were clearish when I was on clear liquids but I didn't really stress about it till I was able to have full liquids, I like the GNC 100% whey the best. I will confess I put it in my coffee at this point but not when I was early out.

Protein is never tasteless but after a while you become immune to it sort of.

Good luck!

Stella

Chuck and Tom,

I have not picked any dates or times and the idea was to get as many people floating in as we could so that people would be up and moving. I was really thinking early morning on a Saturday or Sunday every week or every other week and then maybe one night a week but I would need help to go as a trail leader since I have so many other commitments but I thought this could be a family event since I have such an issue with childcare...

Let me know your thoughts...

Stella

I used Dr. Fodera in Florham Park, he was great!!! I happened to be the 50% that had an issue (no fault of him) and he handled it so well. I have the whole story behind my plastics on my blog. 

I had a LBL and his office really helped me get some of it paid by my insurance company as well as they were there to answer all my questions, as recent as a few weeks ago when I had an infection in one of my incision lines. I can not say enough good things about him and his office, Dee is his right hand was so nice and really made me feel like I was a human and not a paycheck ~ when  I went to a few other offices for consults I felt like a payday and not a person.

I will say, if I had one piece of advice to offer... wait till you are at a point where you are done getting rid of your excess weight, your results will be so much better. I have seen people who did not wait and their results are less than impressive.

Good luck, feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

Stella

Hi Kimi,

Sorry I can not offer any help, I just wanted to say I am sorry you are not feeling well. I hope revision gets you where you want to be and you start feeling better soon.

Good luck,

Stella

I did not have a VGS but I love Dr's Abkin and Bertha. I believe they now do VGS and their office was great when I had my RNY in getting my approval. They are in Florham Park so it is fairly close to Essex and Union county.

Good luck!

Stella

sounds cool!

You say interactive, does that mean she is going to teach some Reiki to the group?? And you say they have free childcare, even if you are only there for the group??

Thanks,
Stella

Hello Lisa,

I did not have BCBS when my plastic surgery was done but I will say that everything is plan specific. You have to read your specific plan and work with your surgeon to seek approval. For example, when I started looking at plastics I had BCBS and the plan I had said that it covered skin removal if it was medically necessary then I changed companies I worked for and the new company's plan said that skin removal was not covered "regardless of need" so when my husband got a new job I read every plan available before I selected the plan I picked and the Oxford plan I selected covered a portion of my surgery. I ended up having a lower body lift and had to pay about half of the surgeon's fee but none of the hospital fee.
The approval process is pretty intense, they take pictures and need documentation as to the reasons why you should have the skin removed. Make sure you have documentation..

Good luck,

Stella

PS. about the only thing insurance covers fully is a pannius removal so plan on some out of pocket...