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  • Comment by erickab on 3/24/09 8:25 am
    Maggie, thank you so for the support you sent my way for my surgery. I came thru with flying colors and am now 5 days out and feeling much better than I expected. I hope all is going well with yours, I see that you were up about a week before me. Thanks again! ~Ericka
  • Comment by Stacy S. on 3/11/09 12:09 pm
    Want to wish you the very best and I am sending warm thoughts and lots of prayers to you for an uneventful surgery and a very speedy recovery.
  • Comment by sanjali23 on 3/10/09 7:00 pm
    Good luck tomorrow and I'll be rooting for you. I know you'll do great
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Update, some sadness, and some GREAT news!
on February 27, 2011 10:19 pm
Well I have been away again for awhile and I guess it is time to get all caught up.  John and I went on our cruise in Nov and it was a BLAST!  I can't believe I went out to the pool and lounged around in a bathing suit..in PUBLIC  crazy I know but absolutely true.  We had a great time and I can't wait to go again.  I thought there might be some issues with food since it seems they try to feed you all day long, but I was careful about what I ate and I watched my portions and all was good :).  I must be doing well cause I am still loosing oh and did I mention I am in a size EIGHT?!? 

Then we had some sadness, my ex husband passed away unexpectedly and I had to help my children( who are all adults grieve), this was probably the single hardest thing I have done in my life.  And the funeral couldn't come at a worse time, we had to post pone my husband's Gastric Bypass.  He was wonderful and understanding but I couldn't help feeling really sad for him because I know how excited he was to get his approval and schedule his surgery. 

John's surgery date came and he was so incredibly excited and I was so excited for him..knowing the journey he had ahead of him.  Things went well, he had no complications.  Today he is 6 weeks out and down 50lbs and two pant sizes!!!  He is doing pretty awesome! 

Now for the most incredible news..on Friday I got approved for plastics!!!!!  Yup, you did read that right.  After being denied then having my appeal lost for 2 months and no one at the insurance company wanting their department to take responsibility for the appeal being in the wrong place my surgeon's office said what the heck and put together a completely new request, with all of my supporting documentation and sent it off again...they said YES!!!
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Good news....and no news is that good?
on October 26, 2010 6:59 am
Well the GOOD news first. My husband has been approved for RNY .  He is at the point now where I was when I finally made the decision to have surgery..he is just SO over being fat!  We have a cruise coming up in a few weeks and spent the weekend shopping, what a difficult thing it was to watch him be so disappointed when he looked at himself in the mirror while trying on clothes.  I know all too well the pain, and it was especially hard when everything I tried on fit and looked great!   But all that will change for him, forever on Dec 6Th!!!  

I haven't heard anything else from my PS office.  I know the Dr. was going to schedule a peer to peer with the insurance company to see why it is they denied my request.  I also supplied more supporting documentation from my chiropractor, who I began seeing before I got denied so I am hoping that will be the nudge the insurance company needs to approve me.  So until then...we wait!
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Round One Plastic Approval...DENIED
on October 5, 2010 9:28 am
Well.. I got am e mail from the PS office this morning...my request for plastic surgery was denied as cosmetic.  But Angie says not to worry 90% are denied the first time and she is ready to fight for me.  So we will see what happens from here.  I am a little disappointed, but I sort of expected it because they approved me for RNY in 3 days.  But on the bright side..it gives me more time to get as physically fit as possible before the insurance company changes their mind and says YES...lol!
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Still waiting.....
on September 26, 2010 2:03 pm
I called the plastic surgeon's office on Friday to ask what is a normal length of time to expect either an approval or denial...and what they told me was they called the insurance company and were told my request was still being processed.  Now, I don't want to get too excited here..BUT I got approved for gastric bypass in 5 days, I am thinking a denial would come equally fast....so I am HOPING it is going to be a YES!   I will keep you posted..I am going to TRY to hold of from calling again until Friday...but we will see lol.
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WOW you've come a long way baby!
on September 23, 2010 8:46 am
Here is a comparison from where I started and where I am now...all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!!

3/10/09                                            9/23/10                                          
Arm- 16"                                      Arm- 10.5                                      
Chest- 51.5"                                 Chest- 38                                  
Hip- 63"                                      Hip-  44                                      
Neck- 15"                                    Neck-  12.5                                    
Thighs- 30"                                 Thighs- 20.5                                    
Weight 309                                 Weight- 168

Total inches lost: 59                               
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Gosh, if I had a nickle for every time I heard..OH but you have SUCH a pretty face I could pay for my surgery cash and probably several more people here as well. Amazing isn't it that people actually THINK that is a compliment.  Just in case you didn't know ..it isn't.  I have been a big girl, fat chick, fluffy person my whole life.  And like many of you I have lost and gained HUNDREDS of pounds.  I have been on both ends of the spectrum being a smaller chunky chick and I have been on the other end (my least favorite) at my personal high of 333 as well.  I have struggled with my self image, my self esteem, and sometimes it feels like my sanity as well as I have yo yo ed back and forth.   I have tried to convience myself that I am happy with me but in reality I wasn't.  But I put on a smile for the world but in reality I was misrible and depressed.  In 2006 I made the decision to have WLS and set about getting diagnosed with as many co morbitities as I could..hoping it would make it easier to get approved for surgery.  I have high blood pressure, high cholestoral, high triclyerides, gall stones, severe obstructive sleep apnea, osteo arthritis, and the general aches and pains that come along with being so over weight.  I ended up having to have my gallbladder out that same year but was then diagnosed with NASH (non alchololic fatty liver disease..oh joy.  Sounds like it would be easy to get approved right?  Not a chance.  After thinking I had all my ducks in a row I found out that my company insurance is a self funded HMO so they get to pick and choose what they will and will not cover.  And the exclusion is pretty iron clad..they won't even pay for tests or blood work related to WLS.  I was SO disappointed, but I decided to appeal anyway..which ended in a resounding NO.  So I ended my quest for WLS at that time.  This year when it came time for insurance elections I checked my husbands insurance and much to my surprise they DO cover WLS.  SO I made an appointment and now I am just waiting for an approval.  Keep your fingers crossed!  I will update my blog as I work through the process.