PLennon
A Beginning...
May 28, 2009
Well, here I am, finally able to admit that surgery is the only way that I'll be able to lose enough weight to remain alive a few more times around the sun. I'm terrified and excited at the same time. I am a disabled person with 4 ruptured discs in my back. I'm 50 years old and have been on disability for the past 5 years. I was always one of those types who believed that surgery was for people who were looking for an easy way out and that wasn't me. I've since learned that couldn't be further from the truth. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to consider this surgery. There is the potential for all sorts of problems, including death. I realise now though, that there are more risks in me yo-yo dieting my way through life.I have Medicare A/B and that's it. No other supplemental insurance. I just can't afford it. I'm also a musician, but that brings in very little cash. I had contacted Medicare years ago about this surgery and they told me that it wasn't covered. Well, as fate would have it, a good friend of mine e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago to tell me that she was going to have the LAP-band surgery, hopefully in September. Her exact words were "skinny at last and forever". That just made me so sad...sad because I already knew that if I could have it done...well, I would. Last weekend, I was one of the performers (with my duo "Luv Me Deux") at the largest Beatles festival in the world, Abbey Road On The River in Louisville, KY (we're a Beatles tribute duo here in Orlando). We were very well recieved. I had people asking for my autograph, pictures with us, we were even bothered at dinner LOL. It was surreal. Then when I got home, I found video of us on YouTube that "fans" had taken and posted. When I saw myself in those videos, I burst into tears. I had no idea how big I had gotten. I look like freaking Jabba the Hut! I can't stand up to play, I have to sit. I could barely walk around that place and there was a LOT of walking. My partner and our roadie had to do just about everything for me because I just couldn't do it on my own. The whole time we were there, I was thinking about my friend Katie and the surgery she was going to have..."skinny at last and forever". I wanted it. I wanted it so bad, I could scream! Seeing those videos only cemented it in further. So....I called Medicare again yesterday. They informed me that they do now cover WLS. They cover the RNY, the LAP and something called Biliopancreatic Diversion w/Duodenal Switch (sounds like quantum physics). They also told me that the Celebration Health hospital down by the House of Mouse accepts Medicare. They're referring to Dr. Kim and his bariatric program. I did some research last night and read that Dr. Kim no longer accepts Medicare. The hospital does...but he doesn't. But, I went ahead and contacted them anyway. The internet isn't always the best place for this sort of information. The coordinator called me back today and told me that yes, Dr. Kim accepts straight up Medicare as of this week! Talk about timing! So...next Wednesday, I'll be attending their information seminar and hopefully will be able to take care of this once and for all....skinny at last and forever!
By the way...if any of you are actually reading this blog and ever wonder about the titles I'm giving my chapters, I'm a Beatles/John Lennon historian and I've decided that all of my blog entries will have Beatles song titles. "A Beginning" (an instrumental piece) was actually written and produced by the Beatles producer extraordinaire, George Martin. It was originally intended as an introduction to the song "Don't Pass Me By", written by Ringo for the Beatles LP "The Beatles" (aka the "white album"). If you've never heard this beautiful piece, it can be heard on the Beatles "Anthology 3" CD set as well as in the movie "Yellow Submarine" right before they lapse into "Eleanor Rigby". Too much information, I know...LOL
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Orlando, FL
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25.3
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Surgery
01/19/2010
Surgery Date
May 27, 2009
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