Co-morbid Conditions and Insurance Approval

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In a message dated 4/9/1999 6:08:38 PM Central Daylight Time,

thestewarts@... writes:

This is all so informative. I skip breakfast because then I need about two

snacks before lunch, which I think about all morning. I spend most of the

day planning my meals and diving into the kitchen for quick handfuls of

M & M's, carrot sticks, chocolate this or that ,chips....Oh, I dread it! I

even crave soda...although I actually like water better. I always thought

diabetics were especially thirsty, so I assumed I did not have it. Do you

all know of any links about DiabetesII? Thanks

Tara

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Tara wrote:

Did any of you get approval without having medical problems associated with

obesity? My BMI fluctuates between 42 and 44 and my back, legs, feet and

ankles ache....My last appointment said I had high sugar levels (does this

mean I'm at risk for something do you think?)

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The first thing you need to do is get ahold of your lab results and see

*HOW* high your sugars were. The NEW ADA diagnostic criteria for Diabetes

is a Fasting Blood Glucose over 126. This is much lower than the old

diagnostic level. It needs to be over 126 fasting on two occasions. Find

out if yours was.

There is no such thing as " borderline diabetes. " Either you don't have it

at all, or you are rapidly developing it, or already have it. ANY BG of

over 200, even 1 hour after a meal, is cause to think you have diabetes.

Lots of Doctors are really lax about diagnosing and treating diabetes

aggressively. They sort of figure, " well, as heavy as she is, high Bg is

almost to be expected. " Little do they know that a vast majority of obese

Type IIs have had an excess of serum insulin for years, which almost

invariably leads to terrific hunger and overeating, and chronic weight gain.

Not only does your body COMPEL you to eat more, it immediately stores

every extra calorie as fat, and hangs tenaciously on to every spare pound

when you diet.

Most Type IIs do not get diabetes because they are obese; they gain weight

because they are genetically predisposed to diabetes, and therefore to

uncontrollable weight gain. Get on his case about this--you may have your

ticket to WLS in your lab results already and not know it!

(Type II and pending approval through Anthem Health)

Dills

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Bravo on the explanation!!!!! For years I knew that I would get

hungrier if I aate in the mornings than if I didn't, it has not been

until my past few years of research that I have learned about the fact

that some people over accomadate in insulin production in response to

sugars which cause the increase in appetite an hour or so later. You

really sound like you know what you are talking about. good luck

Kathy