Re: [MiniGastricBypass]Your Date?

[Guest guest]

Hey, Ken! I KNOW I already asked but is your date Sept. 20? My tiny mind just

can't grasp the facts! I am so excited that I am really going to do this that I

can't seem to settle down! Thanks, Tami

Re: No longer Accepting Insurance

>

> Tarri;

>

> I really don't think I will lose leverage, I actually think I will

> gain leverage. This may be a misplaced notion, but I'll let you know

> the outcome. I am taking a second mortgage on my house to pay for

> this. My family doctor feels this is medically necessary and it has

> been presented as such to the insurance company. I can now make the

> case that it, in fact, was so medically necessary and that I believed

> that it was so strongly that I paid out of pocket to make sure

> something that was a medically neessary action took place. I think it

> adds conviction to the story, you know? If you were bleeding on the

> steps of a hospital that was not " in plan " would you be healed and

> then work it out or would you bleed to death waiting for the

> insurance company to finish pontificating about which hospital to

> send you to?

>

> Our HMO is really screwey and I don't know how this is going to end

> up. I was denied, but then a month later, they sent out a new

> benefits package with bariatric surgery being accepted with a 50%

> copay. Add to that, I'm going out of plan to get this done. They may

> not pay, and I've accepted that. I'm going to be driving the same old

> car for another 4 years, but I'm going to be thin doing it! At least

> if it breaks down, I won't mind walking as much! LOL. Seriously

> though, this is the most important thing to me personally, at this

> point in my life and I want it done. It will hurt to have to pay for

> it but the weight hurts more.

>

> Impatiently waiting - 3 weeks to surgery

>

> Ken Grakauskas

>

>

> > Dear Ken,

> > In your opinion, do you think you lose leverage with the insurance

> company

> > if you go ahead and pay for the surgery out of your pocket and then

> attempt

> > to recoup the costs after the surgery has already been done. I've

> been held

> > hostage waiting for insurance approval and the idea of proceeding

> with or

> > without insurance approval is appealing. Good luck in three weeks!

> > Tarri in Missouri

>

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/2/2000 9:26:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

lindat@... writes:

<< (3) Men are more afraid of pain than women. <I'm ducking and running

here> >>

Now THERE'S the correct answer. <g> Those other two answers were BS... hee

hee

Robin

Wife to Doug

Mommy to Tyler, 4 yrs., and Brennan, 1 yr.

Singer, wife, mom, secretary.. and not in that particular order.

[Guest guest]

Tami;

Yes, I'll be there on the 20th with y'all (I'm working on my southern

lingo). We are staying at the Hawthorne Suites as well. We'll be

flying in on the 18th and our clinic appointment is for the afternoon

show.

I was sitting (my favorite activity these days)here and surfing

through all these wonderful before and after pictures that folks are

posting and all the personal stories and something just hit me. It

seems 9 out of 10 people getting surgery, and this is really any of

the bariatric surgeries, are women. Why is that? It can't just be a

looks thing. This hurts our joints, and heart, and health as much as

it does yours. I wonder why so few men do this? Are there more obese

women than men? I don't think so. Just wondering.

18 days and counting...

Ken Grakauskas

> Hey, Ken! I KNOW I already asked but is your date Sept. 20? My tiny

mind just can't grasp the facts! I am so excited that I am really

going to do this that I can't seem to settle down! Thanks, Tami

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Tarri

[Guest guest]

Ken Grakauskas wrote:

>

> I was sitting (my favorite activity these days)here and surfing

> through all these wonderful before and after pictures that folks are

> posting and all the personal stories and something just hit me. It

> seems 9 out of 10 people getting surgery, and this is really any of

> the bariatric surgeries, are women. Why is that? It can't just be a

> looks thing. This hurts our joints, and heart, and health as much as

> it does yours. I wonder why so few men do this? Are there more obese

> women than men? I don't think so. Just wondering.

(1) It's harder to get pictures from the guys (that's a hint, Ken,

Steve, Bill, Ivan, etc.)

(2) It's not as socially unacceptable for a man to be big. Big isn't

even seen as particularly negative for men until they get so obese it

interferes with everyday life in a way that other people notice.

(3) Men are more afraid of pain than women. <I'm ducking and running

here>

Kind regards,