Congratulations. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers on Monday! Dianne

My breast reduction was scheduled for Monday December 5th and I had put in for an appeal for the abdominoplasty. I called and called BCBS who was supposed to have me a decision no later than November 24th and which of course they didn't. I called on Monday and they hadn't even looked at my appeal. I called yesterday and got no anwser. Today I called and they told me that they could not tell me the decision over the phone and they were gonna TRY (mind you not guaranteed) to get the letter out today. Thank God, the lady who does the approvals at Dr. Louis office knew that they could get the information. I finally got the approval for the abdominoplasty at 3:00 today. Nothing like waiting til the last minute. So come Monday I will be having a breast reduction and abdominoplasty. I'm hoping for at a least a 10lb loss from the mass that hangs on my stomach. I was told it's probably between 10-12lbs of fat and skin. I'm looking forward to looking normal again. However my below the waist I will look like Sh*t as they denied my medial thigh lifts. In the future I'll probably be a self pay and get those done but for now I'll just be happy for the procedures that I was approved for. Life is good!

yep, bread or other carbs (pasta, grain based snacks, etc) and sugar cause me gas and bloating problems... Not horrible but not too nice either....my husband teases me about eating sugar while riding in the car....he says that I do it on purpose to make him suffer because he can't escape....LOL Let us know how the nutrionist meeting goes...I am always interested in eating/food ideas. RAE

Thanks Peg, I do take that when I eat beans, I guess I could try it with other foods as well. Dianne

Maybe I'll try something lower in fiber. Dianne