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Successful bariatric surgery
Susan Serrill wrote:
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... Susan You sound like a lovely person. I particularly liked the part about scamming unnecessary expensive medical procedures through insurance fraud. I pay $13,000/year for family medical insurance. Easy to see why. Dally, who went to the gym today and sweated her fat ass off |
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You aren't paying attention. There was a news
report last week saying that everybody who has had bariatric surgery that has kept the weight off has done it by exercising. The exception is Carnie Wilson (maybe) who doesn't. "Susan Serrill" wrote in message ... I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... Susan |
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"Beverly"
I know two women who had WLS a few years ago. Both were able to lose the weight in the beginning but neither started an exercise program. Both have gained back all their weight and suffer from health problems associated with the surgery. For me personally, WLS would never be an option - I'm a big chicken when it comes to any type of surgery. I had surgery on a finger about 20 years ago and the doctor told me I would probably require additional surgery sometime in the future to remove scar tissue if it developed. Well, I have this nice little bump of scar tissue on the finger and I'm still debating about getting it removedg Someday........maybe. Beverly How much weight will you lose if you remove the bump? Seriously, I am a chicken about surgery too. However, I know I'll need some someday. I'm psyching myself up for it. |
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"Susan Serrill" wrote in message ... I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... Susan How sweet of you to tell us about this. Now come back in a few years when you've regained the weight or are experiencing other problems and we'll give you the information you need to live a long and healthy life! It's called proper diet and exercise. How much muscle did you lose along with the pounds? BTW.....I personally know two people who had the WLS and 10 years later they're both experiencing health problems and have gained every lost ounce back. |
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"Susan Serrill" wrote in message ... Ignoramus4854 wrote: In article , Susan Serrill wrote: I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... It sounds to me that you are kidding (trolling). In case you are not... If not, then the wisdom of gaining 40 lbs and getting a stomach surgery, to lose only 60 lbs, and losing 100 lbs on a forced crash diet, is rather questionable health wise. Not only you somewhat scammed your health insurance company, but you also scammed yourself, and the only benefactor that I see is your weight loss surgeon. Wrong, there were other benefits as well. I have caesarian scars which I would have had forever....however now that I have had the bariatric surgery, my insurance company will fully cover a tummy tuck. I am going to look like I did when I was in high school. There is no scam about it. What I do with my body is my business. Why should anyone else put me down for having this surgery, it has nothing to do with them. If it has nothing to do with us, wtf did you bother posting here? You obviously didn't want our opinions. |
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"Susan Serrill" wrote in message ... I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... Susan *ahem* First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name.. Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my comments. I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was 3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use. Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused. Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die on the operating table if they did. So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe 4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds, depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone. Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad. Susan 260/192/140 |
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susanjoneslewis wrote:
[...] So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe 4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds, depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone. [...] Thanks for a great rebuttal, Susan! (Btw, any post from Gilgamesh-Frog.org is from a ssfa and asd* troll, I'm pretty sure.) Rogue |
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Susan I really enjoyed your post. Makes me realize that surgery wasn't for
me. I'm glad I didn't get it. Thanks so much for your great post. ) Dianne "susanjoneslewis" wrote in message . com... "Susan Serrill" wrote in message ... I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines ( 100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut. Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties sweating their asses off.... Susan *ahem* First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name.. Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my comments. I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was 3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use. Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused. Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die on the operating table if they did. So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe 4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds, depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone. Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad. Susan 260/192/140 |
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"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message . com... *ahem* First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name.. Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my comments. I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was 3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use. Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused. Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die on the operating table if they did. So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe 4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds, depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone. Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad. Susan 260/192/140 *applause* Well said except maybe next time you shouldn't hold back so much and tell us how you really feel . There was an article in last week's People about people who regained after the surgery with pics (after/after)? |
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I am happy to know that you are in better shape then my best friend who had
this done about 1.5 yrs ago. She has been in and out of the hospital a dozen times with various health issues, including gastritis, hernias, pancreatitis and anemia. She is currently going to a hemotologist 3x a week for iron transfusions because her body can't absorb enough from food or suppliments. Unfortunately, The 2 blood transfusions didn't give her enough iron so she had to resort to this. She will most likely have to do this regularly for the rest of her life. She also complains that she never feels good and the extra iron makes her feel nauseated all of the time. Her skin all over is saggy, from her face, neck, belly, thighs to boobs to arms, etc. She also had 2 c-sections so her tummy is messed up as well from scars. She lost about 115 - 120 lbs but appears to be gaining some of it back now. She refuses to exercise with me. Her doctors keep telling her to exercise because it helps improve the oxygen level in her blood. She plans on having a tummy tuck too. However, she can't afford the thigh lift, boob job, arm lift, neck lift, etc. Not only that, but all of that surgery is painful and has a lot of down time. If she exercised and improved her tone a bit, the skin would look much better. Funny, she never laughs at me for exercising. I am a little heavier then her now but I look so much healthier and "vital". It is heart breaking seeing my friend go through so much and know that it isn't over for her. One of my best friends that is a nurse tells me about all of the people she knows that has had this done... health issues can happen at any time. She has this one friend who can only drink ensure now and can eat nothing else w/out throwing up. This person had the surgery done about 3 yrs ago and was fine the first 2 years. She looks great, but at what cost?? "Susan Serrill" wrote in message Wrong, there were other benefits as well. I have caesarian scars which I would have had forever....however now that I have had the bariatric surgery, my insurance company will fully cover a tummy tuck. I am going to look like I did when I was in high school. There is no scam about it. What I do with my body is my business. Why should anyone else put me down for having this surgery, it has nothing to do with them. |
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