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02-13-2009, 07:38 AM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tropical South Texas
Posts: 111
Weight Statistics All my life I've been trying! Start Date:
July 7th, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
289 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
141 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.7889273356 % % Lost:
Summer 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.6407254362 BMI Start:
23.8852157943 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I finally got in to see the dietician after several reschedules (hers & mine) and it was a total joke. Why in the world do insurance co's require this? It's not as if we don't know how/what to eat. Most of us have been thru several, many, all the weight loss programs out there.
And she actually said, "Don't lose any weight." !!! When my eyebrows hit my hairline, she ammended it to, "Oh, you can lose 5 or 10 pounds over the next three months, but don't lose to much or your insurance co. may decide that you don't need the surgery."
She didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know. So...I have to spend money out of my pocket, visit her four times over three months, to satisfy the insurance plan. Sound like a delaying tactic. I really have a low opinion of the ins. co and it seems to be echoed by all the nurses and doctors I am talking to. But..to do this I WILL play their games and go thru the motions. I feel better now...vent, vent, grumble. I must be patient, I must be patient.
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02-13-2009, 07:52 AM
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| | Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 24,703
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Awwww(((((((HUGS)))))))))
Considering that you are the age bracket where you had Home Ec in school, you probably know more about good foods and nutrition than the average Jane out there, which probably is what the nut doesn't know/understand because I'm pretty sure she is much younger than you--and may consider herself that she knows everything better than you  Which you know ain't the truth  I was rather surprised to find out that Home Ec isn't mandatory any more in US schools, you get to learn a lot that is useful in daily living through that course  | |
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02-13-2009, 08:46 AM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga
Posts: 1,440
Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Start Date:
December 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
259 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
48 lb Weight Loss:
61 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.5328185328 % % Lost:
who knows? Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.8747795414 BMI Start:
37.3728898967 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My nutritionist didn't tell me that, but I did figure out how much I could lose and still qualify, since I didn't have any co-morbidities. I couldnt' go below 40 BMI. I knew most of what my nutritionist told me but there were a few new things I did learn from her. Hmm... I also had mandatory home economics in school and didn't realize it was no longer required. Must be due to the "budget cuts". I wonder what will be taught by the time my kids reach high school.
__________________ Martha "Your new beginning doesn't begin tomorrow, it begins with your next breath." (Taken from a lecture I heard at my WLS Support group. Why wait Until tomorrow or Monday to start over? Start over with your next breath.) My top 2 reasons for LIFE... Joshua and Jessie.   | |
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02-13-2009, 09:55 AM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester NY
Posts: 1,003
Weight Statistics 1/13/08 Start Date:
11/17/08 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
288 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.7083333333 % % Lost:
11/2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.4296875 BMI Start:
28.3190917969 BMI Current:
27.4609375 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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The nut appointments I had for my surgeon's requirements were very helpful - especially the details on how to eat after surgery. I had to unlearn all the things that the nut from the insurance program's requirments stressed. Good grief what a total waste of time the required insurance program was. Yes, I played thier games too and I'm really glad to be on the other side now.
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02-13-2009, 09:57 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 4,019
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
279 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.3333333333 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.0179063361 BMI Current:
28.2426538108 BMI Goal:
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Sue, we have all been right where you are. You do have to jump through the ins. co's hoops for them to even consider you. Stick with what they ask you to do, and good luck on your journey.
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02-13-2009, 10:08 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I was self pay for my surgery and the doctor that I had for losing weight, not my gastric bypass surgery doctor, this was a doctor who helps people out to lose weight that have to lose weight before surgery. This doctor told me to watch that I do not lose to much weight or the gastric bypass doctor will think that I can do it on my own without surgery. I just lost enough weight to have a safe surgery.
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02-13-2009, 10:56 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 2,707
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
330 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
35 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7878787879 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index47.3448979592 BMI Start:
33.7153061224 BMI Current:
28.693877551 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It just gets crazy sometimes  - hang in there.
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02-13-2009, 04:53 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 990
Weight Statistics Feb.08 Start Date:
Nov. 10th 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
314 lb Start Weight:
225 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
65 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.3439490446 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index49.1739808421 BMI Start:
35.236132769 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I totally relate to the nut. comment you made. At my first nut. visit all she did was read directly out of the Gastic Bypass Owers Manual they gave me a month previous to my appointment with her. I thought to myself "you mean I drove and hour and a half for someone to read out of a book that I have read a thousand times". Such a let down. Hang in there maybe she'll move on to another practice. LOL
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02-21-2009, 08:16 AM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: OH
Posts: 5
Weight Statistics June 2007 Start Date:
10/16/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
212 lb Start Weight:
132 lb Current Weight:
136 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
-4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.7358490566 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.7710718002 BMI Start:
24.1404786681 BMI Current:
24.8720083247 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Some of it is silly, but just go through their program. Having the surgery is so worth it. For the first time in my life, I was able to lose weight and not gain it all back. I used to join Weight Watchers every Spring and lose about 25 pounds. The next year I would join again and be 30 pounds heavier than when I left. I started to realize that all the other people there were doing the same thing.
The difference between dieting and WLS is that the weight does not come right back.
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02-21-2009, 11:24 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Near Buffalo NY
Posts: 281
Weight Statistics April 29,2009 Start Date:
November 11, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
102 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
-18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
55.652173913 % % Lost:
A year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.4533727493 BMI Start:
19.2706261758 BMI Current:
22.6713249127 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by SueZ  I finally got in to see the dietician after several reschedules (hers & mine) and it was a total joke. Why in the world do insurance co's require this? It's not as if we don't know how/what to eat. Most of us have been thru several, many, all the weight loss programs out there.
And she actually said, "Don't lose any weight." !!! When my eyebrows hit my hairline, she ammended it to, "Oh, you can lose 5 or 10 pounds over the next three months, but don't lose to much or your insurance co. may decide that you don't need the surgery."
She didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know. So...I have to spend money out of my pocket, visit her four times over three months, to satisfy the insurance plan. Sound like a delaying tactic. I really have a low opinion of the ins. co and it seems to be echoed by all the nurses and doctors I am talking to. But..to do this I WILL play their games and go thru the motions. I feel better now...vent, vent, grumble. I must be patient, I must be patient. | I was wondering that too. I am, or was before disability, a registered nurse and I KNOW what I should eat and what I shouldn't eat. THAT isn't the problem! The problem is WILLPOWER and hypothyroidism! 
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