ROLL CALL! PLEASE CHECK IN!

[Guest guest]

Hi Terri,

welcome to the group. Well done on your great weight loss.

Australia

Re: ROLL CALL! PLEASE CHECK IN!

Hi Everyone, I'm Terri from Half Moon Bay, California. I'm just over 2 years

post op, down

130 lbs and now at the phase where I'm working to keep my weight off. I think

it will be a

never ending battle.

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> Our list has become quiet lately.

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> Our membership is growing but where are the new members.

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> Please check in and introduce yourselves.

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> Name

> City

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[Guest guest]

Mike, Wow, congrats on the successful weight loss!!! WTG!!! Hope all went well

for your surgery yesterday, We look forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes,

S hauna

Mike wrote:

Mike Eak - Clearwater, Florida " Home of Hurricanes & Lightning! "

740-5.02/600-12.05/560-5.10 Sugery Day/480-8.1 Today!

> Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local LOSER in

> your neighborhood!

>

> Robyn

> Group Owner

> Newport Beach, California

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kay, Congratulations on the weight loss!! Keep up the great work!!!

Shauna

Kay Corner wrote:

Kay Corner, Nebraska

277/251/125 lap band 7/20/06 @ OCA Hospital, Monterrey

Mx.

--- " linda s. " wrote:

> ~ Akron, Ohio

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> 316/299/150 ~ Lap RNY 8/4/06 @ Cleveland Clinic

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[Guest guest]

Suzanne

San Clemente , CA

250/158/135

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[Guest guest]

OMG!!!! FABULOUS! you are awesome- great drive and determination. way

to go girl!!!

[Guest guest]

Haley

Las Vegas, NV

RNY 7/10/06

[Guest guest]

WOW Mike!!!

You are doing great! You must be feeling fantastic! Keep up the

hard work.

Laurel

[Guest guest]

,

Congrats on the weightloss!! I'll bet you are feeling so much better

already!!!

Laurel

[Guest guest]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! :-) My next goal is 50. 1 lb from that! Then my next

goal will be getting under the 300 mark! :-)

W

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Shauna Thalman wrote:

> Shauna, Pittsburgh, Pa. WLS Surgery date 1-19-06 Start weight 343 Current 250

WOOHOOO I MADE MY 250 GOAL!!!!! My next goal is my 100 lb mark 7 lbs away!!!!

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> HAPPY LOSING EVERYONE!!!!

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[Guest guest]

Howell, MI

pre-op, expecting to have Lap RNY

I've been accepted into the bariatric program at UofM but now have to

do psych evals and wait on insurance.

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> Pam

> Carrboro, NC

> Proximal Roux-en-Y 8/2003

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[Guest guest]

Kathy

RNY 7/26/06

TRENTON NEW JERSEY FORMALLY OF SUNNY SO. CAL

287/250/145>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your encouragement. I am sure I will need much more in

the days to come. I go Friday for an endoscopy (Don't know if I am

spelling that correctly!) Then, if all is well I will have my

surgery in two weeks.

> > I'm a newbie!! from Mississippi. I have been approved

for

> > surgery by my insurance company, and I met with my doctor

today. He

> > thinks we could do the surgery in a couple of weeks. When I

left

> > the office I was so excited, but I haven't been able to do

anything

> > but cry since I got home!!!!! Has anyone else experienced

anything

> > like this? Any encouragement would be helpful!

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[Guest guest]

It is exciting, but I just need to get over this scared hump!!

After some testing Friday, I will meet again with my doctor Wed.,

and he feels we may be ready in a week or two!! I can't even stay

on the liver shrinking diet though. LOL I keep thinking it is my

last meal, and I want to cheat. I know I can do this though, and I

can't wait to get started. How are you feeling about everything?

> > > > Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

> > > >

> > > > Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local

> LOSER

> > in

> > > > your neighborhood!

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> > > > Robyn

> > > > Group Owner

> > > > Newport Beach, California

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[Guest guest]

Sandy B.~Cropwell, AL~~~

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

Ann from Arizona is here. Sorry I don't post a lot, I do love

to check on how you all are doing. I'm still waiting for my

Psyc eval which is the 10th of August and then hopefully

I'm on my way to 'loserhood'. YAY. They say this is the last

Hoop to jump through but I've heard that before. I'm going crazy waiting!!!

Ann

[Guest guest]

Good luck !!!

Hope you get approved. I was denied by BCBS/TN...it's not written into

my employer's plan! So, I had to go the self pay route!

W

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rachel bell wrote:

> Hi my name is I live in Sacramento, Ca. I was denied surgery by my

insurance(kaiser) last year. They said I was a healthy fat girl (if that is

possible) I went into a severe depression after that. I was so counting on the

surgery to turn my life around. I am the mother of 4 boys and I am currently at

the highest weight of my life. I felt the surgery would let me become more

active in going places with my husband and children. I let my weight stop me

from so many things, but some people don't understand the amount of criticism

and prejudice there is out there against people who society label as morbidly

obese. i was so humiliated the first time i saw that in a doctors report. I am

reapplying for surgery on 8-8-06. Wish me luck.

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[Guest guest]

It's to help make the surgery easier. The liver sits on the stomach &

they have to move & work around it. If you shrink it it makes it easier

& reduces the risk of them nicking the liver.

W

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claireadams55 wrote:

> I didn't ask the doctor exactly why we needed to shrink the liver?

> Is it to lessen the pain or to make the laproscopy (spelling?)

> easier? Does anyone know the answer?

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[Guest guest]

I guess that means at my appointment in the morning I better be

honest and let him know that I didn't stick to it. Of course, I am

sure he can tell that since I didn't lose any weight. It is just

hard to do just liquids for 2 weeks when you know what is headed

your way. I guess that is pretty stupid. This will set my surgery

date back, but it is my own fault.

CLaire

> > I didn't ask the doctor exactly why we needed to shrink the

liver?

> > Is it to lessen the pain or to make the laproscopy (spelling?)

> > easier? Does anyone know the answer?

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[Guest guest]

Kim Frendy in Greensburg,Pennsylvania - 40 minutes out of Pittsburgh

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> Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

>

> Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local LOSER in

> your neighborhood!

>

> Robyn

> Group Owner

> Newport Beach, California

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[Guest guest]

Welcome & Good for you for getting approved! I was teary

before surgery,I think it is natural.Wait until after surgery,when

you are losing!You'll REALLY cry if you are like me!!! )

Kim

RNY 6/23/06

298/255/135

> > > > Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

> > > >

> > > > Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local

> LOSER

> > in

> > > > your neighborhood!

> > > >

> > > > Robyn

> > > > Group Owner

> > > > Newport Beach, California

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[Guest guest]

a You are doing amazing! I wish I had that problem - losing too

much,hehe.Take care!

Kim

RNY 6/23/06

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> >

> > Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

> >

> > Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local LOSER

> in

> > your neighborhood!

> >

> > Robyn

> > Group Owner

> > Newport Beach, California

> >

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[Guest guest]

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Good luck with reapplying. I hope you get approved soon.

Laurel

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jeanette & Best of luck to you!!!

Kim

RNY 6/23/06

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> > > Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

> > >

> > > Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local

LOSER

> in

> > > your neighborhood!

> > >

> > > Robyn

> > > Group Owner

> > > Newport Beach, California

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[Guest guest]

Liz why were you denied?I was denied 3 times & took it to a hearing

& won,FINALLY! Should have been approved in the beginning. Good luck

to you!

Kim

RNY 6/23/06

298/255/135

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> My name is Liz and I am in Pensacola Florida. I am pre surgery. My

insurance

> denied me so I am going to self pay. My next appointment is August

15th and

> I hope to schedule my surgery for the first of October. I weigh

252 and I am

> 5'9 " .

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[Guest guest]

That is one tearful day that I think I am ready to have. Thanks and

have a great day!

> > > > > Our group has so many new members it's hard to keep up.

> > > > >

> > > > > Please call out your name and locale. You may have a local

> > LOSER

> > > in

> > > > > your neighborhood!

> > > > >

> > > > > Robyn

> > > > > Group Owner

> > > > > Newport Beach, California

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