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NikkiJoT · 02-16-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparkles

I am sure you can do a pattern of colors! LoL. Well that’s pretty good spending. Will your Surgeon Office submit after your 6 months is completed? What are all your little “hoops” you have to jump through?

From what I am told I have a 90% Covered by Insurance and 10% Out of Pocket with a maximum out of pocket of $500.00. But I do have to pay for $10.00 PCP/Surgeon Visits. I have to pay 50% of the Nut Doc visit (Like $100.00 total). So less than a thousand for sure is what the Benefits Customer Service Rep said. We will see. Oh plus I am on WW for the 6 months with a PCP visit each month. Unless they will accept the last WW attempts I have had but I won’t know until 04/14 Surgeon consultation.

Whats your motivation?

Yes, I guess I can start over with the colors...lol...good idea!!

I'm not sure exactly all the hoops I have to get through....so far there are mandatory seminars and the nutrition counsel and I've had to get all my tests up to date (mammogram, pelvic, EKG, Echo, etc.) and a lot of blood work. I am hoping I do not have to do 6 months diet since my PCP already submitted a statement of weight loss for me from Oct. 2007 until now. My GB doc asked me to lose 10 lbs before surgery. I have to shrink my liver and get my diabetes A1C level to 7.5 before surgery as well.

As far as motivation goes, i guess the main thing is just plain tired of being fat!! And now that my health is getting worse, it is just time to do something! My mom has just had the lapband done (Dec. 31) so she is also my motivation - well, we will motivate each other!! I have been doing really good on my diabetes diet and some days I think I can just do this on my own, but then I will smell something while driving and the urges just get to me, so in the long run I feel I will need more than just will power to get to my goals!!!!