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momfirst2000
on 11/14/11 6:27 am - livermore, CA
DS on 02/29/12
Topic: RE: gained vent
yes I am kaiser,tell me more please about fighting this please..

        
MacMadame
on 11/14/11 5:43 am - Northern, CA
Topic: RE: gained vent
I am assuming you have Kaiser. If so, you can fight to have the 10% weight loss requirement dropped. The DMHC will support you becuase there is no scientific evidence that losing 10% of your body weight pre-op leads to a better outcome than just doing the surgery without losing that much weight.

If you don't have Kaiser and this requirement is coming from  your surgeon, find a better one!

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momfirst2000
on 11/14/11 5:24 am - livermore, CA
DS on 02/29/12
Topic: RE: gained vent
I am preop. Hoping to have rny but need to drop this 10% to schedule it. I waz doing great got sick had stop exercising take hormones and have gained what I had lost back.

        
ruggie
on 11/14/11 4:23 am - Sacramento, CA
Topic: RE: gained vent
So what happened?  What's your story?

What surgery did you have, and what habits led you to gain the weight back?

     

Heaviest weight:  310 pounds  (Male, 5'10")

Reel
on 11/13/11 10:38 pm
Topic: Hello
After stalking the Obesity Help forum for quite a few months now, I thought that it was time to register. I had surgery on 11/1/11 @ Alta Bates Summit. At 13 days out, thankfully I'm doing well. Yesterday I had a terrible 8 hour stint of naseua, but I've been ok today. Just really can't wait to get out of this liquid phase of the post-op diet. Since surgery my taste buds have changed, and everything that I once liked (even after surgery) has begun to gross me the heck out.

One question that I have is that one of my incisions is closing but if i try to reach for something I feel pulling from that incision area. Not sure if it's the incision or the stitches that closed the muscle wall. If anyone has experienced this sort of thing please advise, and please advise when this awarkward pulling feeling will be over.

I look forward to learning from other post-ops, and enjoying this journey. I hope that I posted my introduction in the right forum.
momfirst2000
on 11/13/11 12:27 pm - livermore, CA
DS on 02/29/12
Topic: gained vent
 So i have been working at this for almost a year now . was down to having 10 lbs to go and now i have to begin all over i have gained it back and am right back where i was in jan . i never thought this could be so hard . i am mad at my self no body else has done this i am so frustrated .. if your reading this thanks for listening .. 

        
ruggie
on 11/13/11 8:04 am - Sacramento, CA
Topic: RE: Want a new Sacramento support group?
Hi Leslie -

It's in the afternoon at the Natomas Panera Bread company.  If you RSVP in the group, you'll see a map and time and such.

Hope you can make it!

http://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Weightloss-Surgery-Support/ events/40960202/

     

Heaviest weight:  310 pounds  (Male, 5'10")

lanunes
on 11/13/11 5:37 am - CA
Topic: RE: Want a new Sacramento support group?
 What time is the meeting next Saturday and where? 

Thanks,

Leslie
      Leslie Nunes              
MacMadame
on 11/13/11 3:53 am - Northern, CA
Topic: RE: Nor Cal Losers Luncheon for Nov THIS SAT!!
I had fun! I'm glad I finally got together with you guys.

Sorry I won't be there next month though.

HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122
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MacMadame
on 11/13/11 3:53 am - Northern, CA
Topic: RE: Denied!
I would contact Obesity Law or some other group and figure out how to file an appeal. That sort of denial should be very easy to appeal as it's basically them not follow the guidelines of the NIH and probably not even their own guidelines! 

If you can find their requirements online somewhere or have them send their bariatric policy to you, it should help.

HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122
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