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It’s finally here…
Join ObesityHelp at the stunning Kyoto Grand Hotel & Gardens and help us celebrate our 10 year Anniversary!
We'll kick-start our anniversary festivities Friday night with a Halloween Masquerade Mixer on the hotel's beautiful outdoor terrace, hosted by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz. There will be costume prizes, fortune tellers, and more!
We’ll also be giving away giving away two complete weight loss surgeries, including fills and adjustments, courtesy of Dr. Alberto Aceves! Details provided at the event.
Door prizes including a $500 VISA gift card, goodie baskets, cases of your favorite nutritional products and more will be given away each day!
Special Guest Speakers:
Come meet the dynamic duo of bariatric blogging – Melting Mama & Eggface! They’ll show you how they keep it real in their post op life with cooking, eating, and weight loss surgery friendly products.
Also Ron Lester, movie actor and GBP post-op – he’ll share his remarkable journey having lost over 300 pounds!
Keynote Speakers:
Timothy J. Katzen, MD
Dr. Katzen is a highly skilled cosmetic surgeon, specializing in body contouring after massive weight loss. Dr. Katzen will be giving FREE onsite private consultations. Click here to schedule your consultation now!
Guillermo Alvarez, MD
Dr. Alvarez specializes in laparoscopic Bariatric surgery, and has dedicated his life and practice to this most amazing and rewarding area of medicine. Dr. Alvarez will be giving FREE onsite private consultations. Click here to schedule your consultation now!
Dennis Hurwitz, MD
Dr. Hurwitz is a plastic surgeon with many years of experience, and will introduce his approach to body contouring procedures designed exclusively for the post-bariatric client. Dr. Hurwitz will be offering FREE Onsite private consultations. Click here to schedule your consultation now!
Siamak Agha, MD
Dr. Agha is an expert plastic surgeon, and will show us advances and innovations in body contouring surgery after massive weight loss. Dr. Agha will be giving FREE onsite private consultations. Click here to schedule your consultation now!
Make new friends, get energized for your journey and celebrate how far you’ve come!
October 31st-November 2nd, 2008
Event Location/Lodging
Kyoto Grand Hotel & Gardens
120 South Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA
Hotel Website
(888) 354-0831
Event Full Access - $60
Click Here to Register!
Use Code "Anniversary08"
for discount tickets!
(Psst...Or you can find MeltingMama, EggFace, or a
local OH support group leader for an extra discount!)
Hi! I am Joanna Fee, ObesityHelp's Events Manager and the Managing Editor of Bariatrics Today magazine. For the latest info on events, please visit OH's events page. Please feel free to e-mail me with questions, comments or concerns about the events or BT magazine. Thanks!
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Hi Nicole,
Sorry to hear your insurance people are such "butt heads". Fight for it. Go to your doctor (PCP) and see what he can do, most will provide a letter of medical necessity (if your weight is causing comorbidities, which is nearly all of us) or medical records of your weight history. Appeal, appeal and then appeal again. Your documented history of weight loss attempts should be enough to show that you have spent well more than a year doing just what a doctor supervised "diet" would have done. I don't know of any doctor supervised "diet" that has any better chance of success than what you've already done.
Has your PCP tracked your weight over the past year? Check with him and see what he has to say.
Good luck!
I would agree with Carla. What you posted was nothing but an advertisement for a product you are trying to sell. The '9751540' is your affiliate account with this product's seller and you will profit from anyone who takes a chance and buys from your link.
Learning about products and alternatives are fine here, but only if they come as part of a discussion or review. Have you taken this product? What are your results from taking this product? What are you opinions of the pros and cons of taking this product? Hmmm?
You've only been a member here for ten days before you posted this. You've not filled out anything in the profile and that is a sure sign of an "internet spam marketer" trying to shotgun his message to multiple sites. Can you say SEO?
I would be very leary of taking the word of someone who cannot find the time to fill out a profile to share who they are and what they believe in yet wants us to hurry off to their website for the "latest and greatest" thing since sliced bread.
on 9/26/08 1:57 pm
WHAT DO I DO NOW....I CANT AFFORD THIS OUT OF POCKET....
Someone told me to go work for Tmobile or Lane Bryant for 90 days just to get on thier insurance and supposably they will cover the surgery no questions asked....
any opinions...
Aurora, Colorado
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You are not supposed to post any advertisement of products on the boards.
Carla Klein
I am seeking those interested in the
most important Weight Management
discovery in 35 years.
Brother Sage
in 35 years.
Brother Sage
Dr David Charles on Humboldt in Denver. He did my breast reduction 20 years ago and my revision on my arm about 4 years ago.
Carla