YOU GUYS MISSED A GOOD ONE!!!!!

OHHHH MYYYY GOSHHHH, THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T COME TO THE LATE MEETING OF LCBBuddies TONIGHT MISSED ONE ROWDY MEETING!!! WE GOT TO TALKIN' ABOUT DR REY ON 90210 ON DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL ... &, HIS FANTASTIC BOOB JOBS ... &, HIS TOTAL ENJOYMENT WHEN INSPECTING HIS HANDY-WORK - JUST A LITTLE TOOOOO MUCH ENJOYMENT WE ALL AGREED ... &, THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK ... WE WERE HEE-HAWING & LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY - BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. LET'S SEE ... MS SUSANN WAS THERE OF COURSE, & YOU CAN REALLY SEE WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM HER WEIGHT LOSS - SHE'S SHRINKING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES ... MS THERESA (likes to be called "TINA") CAME FOR THE 1st TIME EVER & I THINK SHE SAID THAT SHE'S LOST 35#s & JUST CAME OUT OF HER 1st STALL. HER HUBBY, PAUL , SHOWED UP AFTER HIS CLASS GOT OUT & JOINED RIGHT IN. MS BARBARA JOINED US & LOOKED WONDERFUL ... FEELING BETTER & LOOKIN' THE PART AT A LOSS OF 105 #s ! NICK & I WERE THERE (UH-DAUHHHH), MS DEBORAH WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY (BTW, WE WERE PRIVILEDGED TO LEARN FROM HER VERY OWN LIPS THAT SHE HAS A "SQUARE" BACKSIDE ... SO, I THOUGHT I'D PASS THAT BIT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION ALONG) & IS NOW IN A SIZE 14. MR DAVID & MS SHERANDO (sorry, if I murdered the spelling of your name) WERE THERE ... WOWOWOWOW, WE WERE ALL DROOLING OVER A PICTURE OF MR DAVID IN A TUX WHEN HE WAS IN HIS YOUNG, FOOTBALL DAYS ... BETTER WATCH OUT MS SHERANDO ... WHEN HE LOOSES HIS WEIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ONE HOT MAN THERE! YOU CAN REALLY TELL THAT THE WEIGHT IS FALLING OFF HIM. MS KYLEE & I AGREED THAT WE'RE ALL GOING OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO MS SUSANN'S RELATIVE'S HOUSE & HAVE OUR TOTAL BODY LIFTS - HEAD TO TOE WITH THE DOCTORS ON 90210!!! SHE'S IN AN 18 & LOOKIN' GREAT ... BUT, PLEAZZZZZZZZZZZE, CHANGE THAT PROFILE PICTURE OF YOU, GIRL!!!!!!!! SHE BROUGHT PICS OF HER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN & A "REALLY" FAT PICTURE ... WE ALL JUST WENT ... "OH MY GOSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM THEN TO NOW. COMING FROM MUSC WHERE DR BYRNES TALKED ABOUT BC/BS REFUSING TO COVER WLS ANY LONGER ... &, OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES FOLLOWING SUITE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING MS BARBARA'S FATHER, WHO IS A SC STATE SENATOR ... &, DR BYRNES COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN PLEAD OUR CASE FOR SOME KIND OF POLITICAL PRESSURE ON THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO CONTINUE OR COVER WLS. AN INTERESTING BIT OF EATING TID-BIT. DR BYRNE STATED THAT AFTER THE 1st MONTH, HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOUR EATING PATTERN IS AS LONG AS YOU ARE GETTING ALL YOUR FLUIDS & PROTEINS ... SO, IF YOU CAN DO THAT AT ONE SITTING, THEN DO SO ... IF YOU LIKE TO EAT 3 TIMES A DAY, THEN DO SO ... JUST AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL LOSING WEIGHT THE SCHEDULE OF WHEN & HOW MANY TIMES A DAY YOU EAT IS UP TO YOU. MS SUSANN WILL BE SENDING OUT AN E-MAIL ASKING WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK ARE BEST FOR YOU TO ATTEND LCBBuddies. SHE WANTS A 1st & 2nd CHOICE. BASED ON THAT, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO IF WE STAY WITH THRUSDAY OR CHANGE TO ANOTHER EVENING OF THE WEEK. SO, IF YOU WANT YOUR OPINION KNOWN, TAKE THE TIME TO REPLY TO HER E-MAIL IN A TIMELY MANNER ... OTHERWISE, NO COMPLAINING WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE. BTW, WE'RE STARTING A DIRECTORY OF & FOR OUR MEMBERS. I'VE GOT PRINTED SHEETS FOR ALL OF YOU TO FILL IN SO WE HAVE CONTACT INFO, ETC. AFTER THAT, WE'LL TRY TO GET OUR "MEMORY BOOK" STARTED, SO MS MERLON & MR SOLAR ... PLEASE BRING ALL YOUR PICTURES OF THE GROUP & OF Y'ALL. EVERYONE, START LOOKING THROUGH YOUR "BEFORE, DURING & AFTER" PICS TO ADD TO OUR MEMORY BOOK. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING ... ALOT OF LAUGHING TOGETHER ... PASSING AROUND INFORMATION ... &, JUST ENJOYING THE EVENING! HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE NEXT WEEK! LCBBuddies' "TOWN CRIERS" ... DAWN NICK

Here is the letter I wrote to Senator Jim DeMint. Copy it, or write your own, but please write!! Just an FYI!! I am going to copy this and email each of them. Please let us get together and get rowdy so others can live. God called us all to do our part, and I feel in some small way this is a part I can do to help save lives!! Also, we owe Dr. Byrne this much for what he has given us back!! Our lives!! Here is my letter, BTW, Great letter Dawn!! Deborah Hello Senator, I am a republican and I voted for you last time. I am going to get right to the point. I was a severely, morbidly obese person in August. I had gastric bypass surgery, and it saved my life. I was fortunate to have an insurance company that covered this surgery. I have since become very active, no longer need diabetes medications, and have lost 80lbs in 4.5 months!! I know this saved my life, literally, and it is very disappointing to see others who NEED this lifesaving surgery, but cannot have it do to the red tape of the insurance companies, especially BCBSSC. This one company is the benchmark for all other carriers in SC. I am BEGGING you to intervene any way you can to ask BCBSSC to cover gastric bypass surgery. I also do not believe any hospital should be able to do the surgery, but only centers of excellence who have met strict guidelines and have good statistics. I had my surgery with Dr. Karl Byrne at MUSC. I had absolutely no complications and was home in 2 days, feeling great! While many would say this is unusual, it is not. It is only because we hear about the bad cases. Dr. Byrne is one of the top rated surgeons in the country, and SC is lucky to have him. He performed 360 surgeries in 2004, 260 in 2005, and predicts to only do 160 in 2006 because insurance companies would rather pay for long term health issues that will cost more than the surgery. I don't see how companies can think it is better to pay for someone to have kidney problems, transplants, and a lifetime of medical problems, and medicines than pay a one time fee for the surgery, and get the patients off of medications and back in a normal life, where they are productive and active. Please do anything you can to help people who need this lifesaving surgery. I am begging you for your help. If enough of us write, perhaps we can make a difference! Thank you, God Bless you and your family! Deborah Schueler