Entries for March 5, 2008

After months of research it's time to get the show on the road. I've done a lot of reading here and it's helped me so much! I don't feel so alone anymore.

Unfortunately, my insurance doesn't cover the surgery. My first decision was whether to try dieting again or start looking for a great surgeon who doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I checked hospitals close to home. I checked hospitals within a 4 hour drive. I checked hospitals in Mexico.

There is just SO much research...

So I'm in my bosses office one day and he says to another gentleman on a telephone call " yeah that guy is probablly sitting down there talking to all of those fat women"-- and then looks at me and says "OH, no offense Tina"...

I'm like "WHAT?????????" what the heck did that mean?

THEN later that same week he asked me to drive us to a lunch meeting - he steps in my car and has to move McDonalds bags out of the way...... "Uh, you really...

Just in case anyone wants to take a copy of the Changes regarding LAP-BAND^® to their Dr.s appointments, here is the link to the PDF file - it is quite awkward to manipulate - so I copied and pasted the text into this post also.
Once it pulls up, choose "Section Affected by Change 66" Then Download the one named "C4S13_2".

I also saved it as an attachment at the bottom - I hope it works.

TRICARE POLICY MANUAL 6010.54-M,...

Well now I've lost a grand total of 18#. In all fairness, I was able to DC my diuretic and doing that gained at least 4# so I have probably lost about 22#....but I'm going by what my scale says to avoid confusion.

Yesterday I went to the dentist with a mild toothache and came home minus my best chewing tooth, They had to send in my partial toget that tooth added to it. Now I can't chew at all.

I am real tight in the morning so I have to take most of my meds at night...

Dear Plumpy Pad,

HELP ME! I was watching TV today, and I cannot handle the delicious commercials for taco bell, arbys, burger king, pizz hut, etc...

All I want in the world is an arby melt! Only, when I say I want an arby melt, I mean I want 4,000 of them!! This is so horrible! I am so good at making justifications... I don't want to ruin how well I have been doing, but I don't know what to do!! ARGH!!

Here's the food log so far for the day... I'll update...