Guest guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 I would recommend you submit your story to the following two sites. http://users.1st.net/cibra/index.htm http://www.join-hands.com/links.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Hi Everyone..... My name is Vicky , I live in Liberty NC and I have scheduled a consult with Dr. For the DS. My appointment is October 24, 2001. He recommended this site also another one that is here in NC. I will tell you a little about my self, I weigh 255 ponds my BMI 13 39.9. I had the old gastric bypass 20 years ago. I lost about 100 pounds then I had a baby, then another baby lol. Both were healthy. Then I had to have a hysterectomy and then the weight came flying back. The gastric bypass I had was (I can't spell this) Jujuno illeo bypass. I was told about the DS threw a friend, when I called Dr. office and I told them of my previous surgery she said they could go in and fix that one to work again but that my insurace would not pay for it but that my insurance would pay for the DS (maybe) I have BC BS PPO. So I am sitting here waiting nervously. My daughter also has a consult with Dr. for the same day. We want to try to go threw this together. But I would like to here from you all and learn all I can. Thank You Vicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Thanks Rose. I heard from some women on the Kaiser board that Kaiser changed it to no morbidities. Anyone know if that is accurate? Thanks again. > Hello, I'm a newbie to this group. My status as far as the surgery > goes is: waiting for a referral. My Dr. has been on maternity > leave and now she seems to not believe me when I tell her about > Kaiser's new guidelines of 40+ BMI and no co-morbidities. So, I'm > awaiting an email to see if she can confirm that is correct. Do any > of you know? > > At any rate, about me...I'm 31, from the Sacramento area, married > and we have a 4 month old. I've been overweight since I was about > 11. Now my BMI is 42+, and I'm easily 100 pounds overweight. I have > high cholesterol, but I'm not taking meds since I just found this > out. Diabetes is in my family also. My mom had the surgery in May > 2005 and has done fantastic. I have learned a lot from her, and I > know it will not be an easy journey..but I've decided to go for it. > I want to change my life around for me and my daughter. > > SO, can anyone tell me...if my Dr. will not give me a referral, do I > switch Dr's? What should I do? I don't understand why she won't do > it. Her assistant called me and said I had to be over 50 BMI and > have diabetes or some other kind of obesity issue already. That > made no sense to me, so I thought I'd post here for some answers. > > Oh and also to make new friends who have done or are doing the > surgery. Thanks a bunch! Glad to meet you all. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Groups are talking. We & acute;re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Jen, I have heard that it has been changed to no co-morbs as well, but I can't personally verify that it is true. Have you looked on Kaiser's website? Laurie __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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