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08-15-2009, 01:27 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: amarillo, tx
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1/22/09 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
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283 lb Start Weight:
163 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
120 lb Weight Loss:
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42.4028268551 % % Lost:
10/10/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.672405877 BMI Start:
26.3060146924 BMI Current:
25.6604683196 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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 it hs been up in the air about whether or not ins would pay for the hospital costs that covered the tummy tuck. i knew it would cover the hernia part but now the hospital and doc office have decided that medicare will pay the tummy tuck part. of course medicare doesn;t preapprove but the doc's office was right the last time. now i just have to pay the doc's tt share, which is 2000 since itwill be done at the same time as the hernia repair. does anybody have advice. i will be 4 hours from home and in a room without a recliner. i guess i will be using tons of pillows. what should i take since i will be away from home for such a long time. thanks, vick
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08-15-2009, 06:29 AM
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08-15-2009, 06:37 AM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
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Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
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Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by vickie_o  what should i take since i will be away from home for such a long time. | From what I hear, there could be quite a bit of discomfort involved. How about a bottle of the good stuff? <hic!> 
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08-15-2009, 07:38 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ohio
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129 lb Weight Loss:
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Even if you dont have a recliner, wont your hospital bed adjust?
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08-15-2009, 07:44 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: amarillo, tx
Posts: 15
Weight Statistics 12/09 Start Date:
1/22/09 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
163 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
120 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.4028268551 % % Lost:
10/10/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.672405877 BMI Start:
26.3060146924 BMI Current:
25.6604683196 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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i will be in the hospital for two days and after that i go to a home ,sort fike a ronnie mcdonald house, that is for patients of this hospital. it is real nice,n has laundry, community kithen and nice clean rooms for 30 dollars a nite. vick
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08-15-2009, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
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363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
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Honey what I found is this. You can ask that a chair be brought to your room at the hosptial mabye it wont recline but its somthing to set in different than the normal chairs they have. I have requested a different type each time I have been in and the nurses pick good ones. They have heard it before.
I like the idea of you going to a house that is part of the hosptial to be looked and tended to. They will help you there and possibly have a recliner. I have not had anything like your having done.... but I did notice on shows.. when they rest they are in the bed. This will be a much tougher surgery than the WLS was. Remember that.
Im glad your ready and know what is going on with insurance. Im glad you know that Meicare never preapproves a stay or surgery. Alot of physcians have been told this a million times but they have never preapproved nothing! LOL . They will pay however for the hosptial stay im sure of it.
__________________ Remember Tough times never last Tough people do... This Ribbon is for our Lady Lisa and all the women that fight this ugly disease. RIP Jerry my friend
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08-15-2009, 02:27 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: amarillo, tx
Posts: 15
Weight Statistics 12/09 Start Date:
1/22/09 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
163 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
120 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.4028268551 % % Lost:
10/10/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.672405877 BMI Start:
26.3060146924 BMI Current:
25.6604683196 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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thanks for the support. vick
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