VSG Maintenance Group
YAY!!!!!
Congratulations ! Gwen swears by it !! It's good you have established a solid baseline feeling good, to make comparisons from.
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
Fingerscrossed!
It can be expensive: frequently not covered by insurance at all (excluded as an obesity drug) or have a very, very high copay. here is a link to a coupon. It is some relief if you are paying out of pocket entirely.
Also, if you are paying out of pocket call around for pricing! Prescription pricing is crazy variable. Costco charges flat cost plus 10% and sometimes gives an additional break if there is no insurance.
Sometimes that type of coupon can also be used to reduce terrible copay, sometimes not. Your retail pharmacist will know.
gl!
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
Well, we will see when I pick it up tonight. I'm hoping that since it is through the Kaiser Permanente system I will just have to pay my normal co pay. It is not on my list of excluded prescription drugs, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. Will let you know. If it isn't covered, I'll be taking the refill to Costco, for sure!
