Marcia/Sorry for the mixup

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Oooops, my bad. Reading it again I can see what you meant. In any

event, what is important is that he (your dr) is helping you, and

your husband, get what is best for you. I am glad your husband is

now in your corner for this. That is really important. Best Wishes!

Terri Hassiak

BMI 60

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=H980366398

5/19/01 surgery date CANCELLED due to " Out-of-Network " Ins. Denial

email(no spaces): bunsofluff @ hotmail.com

> > > > Terry,

> > > > This whole WLS thing has been a whirlwind for me.

> > > > March 10th, my internist

> > > > reiterated his feeling that I should consider it

> > > > while I still was in good

> > > > enough shape to have it. (I'm in great shape for the

> > > > shape I'm in!). I told

> > > > him not to preach to the converted but to talk my dh

> > > > into it. My dh thinks

> > > > Dr. Hazzi (whom we both have been seeing for 30

> > > > yrs.)walks on water. He

> > > > listened, reluctantly agreed, and when Dr. Hazzi

> > > > recommended ren,

> > > > also of NYU, even offered to go to my consult with

> > > > me. Consult was 3/27, got

> > > > my insurance approval (that's a loooong story)this

> > > > week and am anxiously

> > > > awaiting surgery on 6/26.

> > > > Wishing you all the luck in the world and a speedy

> > > > approval,

> > > > Marcia

> > > >

> > > > > Re: Marcia/C-Paps &

> > > > apnea

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Hi Marcia,

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>My dh's comments about " alien " and " Darth

> > > > Vader " don't help much

> > > > > > either.

> > > > >

> > > > > LOL! I said I felt like a Cyborg but was glad, at

> > > > least, that my dh

> > > > > is a big Star Trek fan!

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>and maybe a different headgear (she said

> > > > there's something newer

> > > > > that just came out).

> > > > >

> > > > > Let me know what you find out about variations in

> > > > the head gear.

> > > > > Mine slips all over the place, with every little

> > > > move, causing leaks

> > > > > around my nostrils. The technician gave me

> > > > " longer " pillows that go

> > > > > in a bit deeper and it seems to help somewhat...

> > > > but I'd still like

> > > > > to stop the slippage so the darn contraption is

> > > > easier to forget

> > > > > about! Can't wait to lose the weight and get rid

> > > > of the thing

> > > > > altogether!

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>You see, I never felt I had problems with my

> > > > breathing; sure, I

> > > > > was always tired and, boy, do I snore. But I never

> > > > struggled with

> > > > > breath other than when I had a cold.

> > > > >

> > > > > I was the same way. My only clue was that my dh

> > > > said for years

> > > > > (since pregnancy) that he hears me stop breathing

> > > > multiple times

> > > > > during the night. That, and I would have to get

> > > > up 3-6 times per

> > > > > night to pee! Incredible urge to go, but then

> > > > almost no volume! I

> > > > > just attributed it to the effect of back-to-back

> > > > pregnancies and

> > > > > childbirths on my body/bladder (coincidentally,

> > > > that was when my

> > > > > heaviest weight has come on).

> > > > >

> > > > > So, the biggest improvement I see right now in my

> > > > sleep is I no

> > > > > longer get up during the night to pee! MAYBE once

> > > > between 3-5am but

> > > > > that is a rarity. The urge to urinate must have

> > > > been my body's way

> > > > > of preventing a deep enough sleep to cut off

> > > > breathing fatally.

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>The thought that I might have to use this

> > > > machine for the rest of

> > > > > my life is abhorrant. I'm just praying that

> > > > surgery and weight loss

> > > > > will eliminate the need for it!

> > > > >

> > > > > Amen, sister! You know I actually have my CPAP

> > > > rigged up INSIDE my

> > > > > nightstand drawer so it doesn't show itself during

> > > > the day in my

> > > > > bedroom! At night I leave the drawer wide open so

> > > > enough air gets in

> > > > > there to operate properly... but I don't even like

> > > > looking at it! I

> > > > > know, it's my own hangup I have to deal with. The

> > > > only reason I even

> > > > > went for the sleep test at all was to prove the

> > > > apnea as a co-

> > > > > morbitidy so my insurance would have to pay for

> > > > the DS. I hope to

> > > > > God this is only a temporary thing for us!

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>As to your surgery, any hope of insurance

> > > > appeal?

> > > > >

> > > > > I am hoping, hoping, hoping my appeal is granted.

> > > > I submitted

> > > > > everything on 5/15 and they acknowledged it on

> > > > 5/17. Their letter

> > > > > said they have 15 days to ask me to submit more

> > > > info/documentation if

> > > > > they need it, and 30 days to render a decision.

> > > > So, hopefully I will

> > > > > hear SOMETHING GOOD very soon!

> > > > >

> > > > > >>>I know that had my insurance failed to approve,

> > > > I would have been

> > > > > in the same boat as you. No way would we have had

> > > > the resources to

> > > > > self-pay!

> > > > >

> > > > > If it came to self pay, I think I would go to

> > > > Spain to see Dr

> > > > > Baltasar. I have one more card to play if my

> > > > appeal gets denied and

> > > > > that is to switch insurances at year end to one

> > > > that Dr Pomp

> > > > > participates in. I would just rather not wait

> > > > that long only to have

> > > > > to start from ground zero again...

> > > > >

> > > > > So, Marcia, do you have a surgery date? Have you

> > > > chosen a doctor?

> > > > >

> > > > > Terri Hassiak

> > > > > BMI 60

> > > > > 5/9/01 surgery date CANCELLED due to insurance

> > > > denial

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=H980366398

> > > > > email(no spaces): bunsofluff @ hotmail.com

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