Username: lbarker
Member Since: 1/29/2008
BMI: 37.7
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Hi, my name is Lisa Barker and I am 29 years old. I live in Millington, TN with my husband and two children.

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Insurance Hell
on April 16, 2008 7:43 pm

It looks like my hope to have weight loss surgery has come to halt. I filled out all the application and received a letter back stating that my insurance has an exclusion it that it does not cover weight loss surgery. I went to see my PCP and he said definitely that he would back me in having this surgery and suggested I call the weight loss surgery center to see if there was anyway around the clause. However, I was told that there isn't anyway around it no matter what it would not cover it. Self pay is not an option for me we are barely making it as it is. So I guess I will just keep hoping for now and look for other alternatives to help with my weight loss journey.

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Changing my life
on March 3, 2008 8:31 pm

I made the call today to start seeing if my insurance will pay for the lap-band surgery. I had to leave a message but hopefully she will call back tomorrow. They had an answering service that answered to I gave them my name and address and we will see what happens.

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My Story

I am 29 years old and the mother of 2 beautiful children. I have been overweight since I was about 8 years old. My weight has never been a huge issue to me until now. When I was young I always felt like the 3rd wheel because I was overweight and that guys didn't want to date me because I was fat. Although this bothered me it never bothered me enough to really try to exercise and lose the weight I just felt like I was destined to be fat because most of my family is overweight and there was nothing that I could do about it. When I was 17 I met my husband who I thought was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I accepted alot of things that I feel I wouldn't have accepted if I had not been overweight and suffered from a low self esteem.
We had our children when we were very young so you can image that we have financially struggled not to mention that he has had 2 shoulder surgeries and 2 neck surgeries and did not work for several years. I have signed up for weight watchers several times and been unable to afford to continue to go to the meetings but tried to continue with the program. I really eat very little I probably eat so little that my body is thinking I am starving it so it is holding onto everything I do eat. I normally do not eat all day long until dinner. So I have tried limiting my food intake severly, I have tried exercise, but it all seems like a lost cause. My son tells me on a regular basis that I am fat or my husband makes remarks that I am fat. For example, I want to cut my hair short and he told me I was to big to have short hair.
I want to get some self confidence and change my life . I feel that if I had weight loss surgery it would help me to feel better about myself. I dress in mainly blue jeans or pajamas everywhere I go because I feel that no matter what I put on it won't look good. I stopped fixing my hair and make-up many years ago because he didn't want me to wear make-up and I figured I was so fat and gross the make-up wouldn't help anyway.
I never really thought about weight loss surgery I just figured I was doomed to be fat regardless until my sister had weight loss surgery last month. When she had this surgery I spoke to my husband about this and was told no he was totally against it. Well now I figure why not I need to be around for my children a long time and the way my health is going I won't be. I have asthma and have had high blood pressure for several years now. I have a daughter and a son and I do not want my children to be fat and made fun of all there lifes. Already other children are making fun of them and telling them how fat there mama is.
Anyway, I am very interested and feel that I have no other alternative but to have weight loss surgery or I am going to end up dying and then who will take care of my children then.