Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Lynda, I'm back. Got kicked out when I went to look at something else. Sorry. Maggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 The url is www.talkcity.com. Once you get in, tell it you want to go into the " mgb " chat room. I always register as a guest. I'll meet you there. Maggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Forgot to say that you need to click on the button that says Chat near the top of the page. Maggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 please help me get to the chat room. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Well, I was the only one there it seems. it is 3:35pm. Betty in Western NC Re: let's chat >Forgot to say that you need to click on the button that says Chat near the >top of the page. > >Maggi > > > >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com >Please visit our web site at http://clos.net >Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > >To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Let's go. Betty Re: let's chat >I was there for about 5 mins from 337pm to 340pm i can go back there if you >want to chat. >Amarilys > Re: let's chat >> >> >> >Forgot to say that you need to click on the button that says Chat near >the >> >top of the page. >> > >> >Maggi >> > >> > >> > >> >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com >> >Please visit our web site at http://clos.net >> >Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm >> > >> >To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: >> MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com >> Please visit our web site at http://clos.net >> Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm >> >> To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: >MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com >> >> > > > > >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com >Please visit our web site at http://clos.net >Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > >To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 I was there for about 5 mins from 337pm to 340pm i can go back there if you want to chat. Amarilys Re: let's chat > > > >Forgot to say that you need to click on the button that says Chat near the > >top of the page. > > > >Maggi > > > > > > > >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > >Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > >Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > >To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > > > > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Hi Lynda I have heard that you are the resident expert on MGB. Please help. I have heard from some of the members that PHP won't cover. NO WAY, NO HOW! Is this true.. I have PHP. Are there any other routes I could take. I am very determined. I have lived in a family of skinny people all my life. My sister wears a size 1<not a typing error. All she ever wants to do is get on the scales. My mother, father, brother, also all thin. My mother really tries to understand how I feel, but there is no way that she can. I have never felt like I belong with this family. When ever we are introduced as a group, I can see people looking them up and down, and then me. Oh Lynda, I am really sorry to dump this on you, but I am really trying to find someone that understands. Any help with the insurance question would be appreciated. Any suggestions on alternative routes would also be appreciated. Thanks! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Hi Robin, what is php? My insurance is BC/BS. No matter do not give up. Remember there are more than one way to skin a cat. Hang in there. I have attached my mgb experience. I hope you will find some encouragement from it. If I can help in any way please let me know. Lynda Hello, I chose Dr. Rutledge because, after extensive research, I found his procedure the most appealing. I would never have had the open surgery. I also felt safer in his care because of his experience in trauma and this surgery and his 20+ years of experience. I am a firm believer that if it is my time to die, I will die. If it isn't my time to go then, then I won't. It doesn't matter if I am on the operating table or on the sofa at home. I had my MGB on December 16, 1999. I came home on the 18th of December. I have had no complications then or now. It was a positive experience. I had no pain except for a little gas pain in my left shoulder due to the " stuff " they inflate the abdomen with in order to do the surgery. This was alleviated by walking. I am female, 46 years old at the time of the MGB now 47,5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 336 the day of surgery. My goal weight is 175. I am in a size 18 women's dress (pre mgb size 26), 20 pants (was in 30/32 and, an size 18 (was in size 28) blouse I wanted and had this surgery for me, and me alone. That may seem selfish but I did not do it for any other reason than to get my life and health back. By the way I am married and have been for 31 years to the same wonderful man. We have identical twin daughters (age 28) two sons-in- law, and 3 grandchildren. I have had a good life indeed. My first clinic visit was on October 31, 1999. I was required by Dr. Rutledge to see a specialists because of the following health problems. I have a Protein S Deficiency (hereditary) which causes my blood to clot too quickly. This was discovered when I had a blood clot go to my lung in 1994. This is controlled by taking coumadin ( a blood thinner ) for the rest of my life. I had to go off the oral Coumadin and switch to Fragmin injections a week prior to surgery per my local physician Dew MD. I had the surgery and was placed on yet another type of injection (Lovenox) to prevent blood clots while in the hospital. The Monday following surgery I went back on the injections for another week, then finally back to the oral Coumadin. I also have Ulcerative Colitis ( stress induced) which is an inflammation of the large intestine. This was another area of concern for Dr Rutledge. I saw my Gastroenterologist for this and was cleared by him for the MGB. I am very happy to report all is well and I have not had any complications from either of these conditions since surgery. In fact I am now on the lowest dose of Coumadin I have been on since being diagnosed with this condition in 1994. I had, prior to the MGB, high blood pressure and was taking three medications to control it. I had problems with my knees, heel spurs,back, and joint pain in general due to the excess weight on my body. These problems have improved greatly since surgery and will continue to improve I am sure as my weight continues to go down. I work for the State of North Carolina and have the Blue Cross, Blue Shield insurance they provide for us. I had to pay my $250.00 deductible and the $1000.00 out of pocket expense and then it paid 100%. This surgery was a covered procedure. I was approved quickly and they paid my bill without any problems. I feel very blessed. I was, and still am, committed and very careful to follow Dr Rutledge's instructions especially, the first 21 days following surgery to ensure my new stomach had the best possible opportunity to heal itself. During this time I consumed ice chips, broth, apple juice, frozen Pedialyte Pops( yes, the ones for children. These are located on the shelf at most pharmacies and grocery stores ), yogurt, Ensure, milk, and thinned cream soups. Then I progressed to solid food a little at a time. This was trial and error because I no longer desired or craved the foods or the amounts that my diet had consisted of prior to the MGB. This was hard to believe. I have always been a " bulk " / " emotional " eater and an loved bread and sweets. It is wonderful to be free of those cravings. I can't explain it, I just know I am free of them. I now eat anything I want. I love yogurt and continue to eat it daily. I have liver mush for breakfast a couple of times a week. I can eat cereal, pork, chicken, spaghetti, chili beans, french fries, chicken nuggets, pizza, fruits and vegetables. I do not eat out a lot because I simply do not care to do so. It does not bother me at all to cook for my family, or to be around others eating all sorts of foods. It just does not temp me in the least nor does it make me uncomfortable. My life is no longer centered around food. I drink milk, water, and Gatorade. Occasionally I even have 1/2 cup of coffee. The hardest part for me was learning to eat slowly and chew my food well. I teach and we have 25 minutes to eat lunch. It is a challenge to get 29 students to the cafeteria, run to the bathroom, check my mailbox,go through the lunch line, and eat in this time frame. Needless to say, after 21 years in the education system I was conditioned to eat FAST. The rest of the adjustments were a breeze. I have shed a total of 96 pounds so far. I shed the weight quickly the first month. Thereafter it has slowed and formed a pattern. I tend to stay the same weight for about 3 weeks and then I shed about 7-10 pounds. This has been the case for the past several months. I am one of the " slower " losers. I am pleased with the outcome thus far. My bowel habits are the same as before surgery. No diarrhea, no constipation. I am not bothered with gas any more or less since surgery. I do not have acid reflux or heartburn. I have had one episode of dumping this was caused by eating cereal that had too much sugar in it. I do tend to be much colder since surgery. I experienced a little hair loss that only I noticed at 5 or 6 months out this was only temporary. My thighs are looking wrinkled from the weight loss. My age probably has something to do with that. Would I do it again? A thousand times YES! I continue to take the vitamins, and Citrucel. The only thing I am not doing as I should is exercising. I would recommend this surgery and Dr. Rutledge without hesitation. As I have told him I do not have the words to thank God and Dr. Rutledge for this life changing / saving surgery. Best Wishes, Lynda usually home after 6pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 Thanks for all the information. I am printing it for my family to read. Some are trying to be supportive. Others " not " . My insurance is PHP a member of United Health care. Have you heard of them. Can you give me any advice. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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