hi ellie- i don't live in s.d. but i will be passing thru for my surg. i'll be getting it done in t.j. too; before i had crap insurance that didn't cover l.b.& now i got blue cross but don't want to jump through firey hoops to get approved

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i live north of you in norwalk, too bad!!! i'm looking for a gym buddy too, i get lazy real quick. i keep on telling myself, oh tomorrow i'll go...tomorrow...and it never comes. i still have a ways away till banding, but i do know that exersise
IS important before and most certainly after surgery and for the rest of our lives. i have started changing how im eating and that's surpisingly going great!
well, good luck there girlie, and if you need to talk
p.m. me =)