Wednesday Roll Call

What a cool idea! Knitting a smaller sweater for the future. Kinda like a love letter to your future self. :) 

Good Morning Crystal, Carol Dawn and the rest of IL,
I'm glad to see your (Crystal)  fill went well. I have been in a stall breaking through it finally. This is a patience program for real.

I am having a great day, all is well. God Bless to everyone in the WLS community. Stay strong, positive and enjoy the 30 degree heat wave. LOL
Candy~

hi, all, not much going on here, staff meeting at work -boreing, another mtg at 2-boreing, lots of homework, and not feeling so hot. 

Take care

Congrats on the loss!  How are you with solids?  Are they still having trouble going down?

Not much going on here.  I'm at work on my lunch break.  Tonight I have a presentation to get done!  My co-teacher and I are presenting at the Chicago Metro Association of Education for Young Children conference at McCormick.  We're pretty excited.  We are presenting on 1/30.

Sue

 Good Afternoon Crystal and Illinois Friends!

I am sitting here and stewing and chewing myself out for going with Dish Network a few months back.  I have had nothing but problems with them since I made the switch from Direct TV.  They keep stringing me along telling me that my reception issues are either "normal" or temporary and giving me a bandage fix.  Well today the receiver went out completely which tells me it has not been working from the get go.  Of course I have to wait until it is convenient with THEM to get a new receiver.  That means no TV, NO VCR,   YIKES!!!  I am sorry I ever made the switch.  Unfortunately I am locked into a 2 year contract.  They tell me I cannot break it even if they cannot provide me with service.  Nice, huh?

I was on the phone for over an hour, working my way up through supervisors and not getting anywhere not even getting any credit for the inconvenience.  Needless to say, when my contract is up, I am out of here!  

Other than that, not much is happening here.  Same old, same old.  Nice bit of freezing rain this afternoon.  Hope everyone stays safe going home.  Have a great afternoon and evening.  

Definitely sounding like a Wednesday (up/down, good/bad) for most! Me too.

Got to "watch" myself do a club party tonight, as well as a meeting with donuts, along with more donuts at work. I'm in that pre-op "experimental" phase of new mindfulness --- watching my usual "baseline" behavior, while making plans for change.

Well, I brought the super-"good" donuts to the meeting (trying to treat a team). I had one. Then, Dunkin Donuts were out at work for a staff birthday (can you believe that I looked, but did not take one, thinking about how icky they taste?). Ate my kid's dinner leftovers (which did not involve any vegetables), even joking about being the human garbage can. (Yea, ouch, wince!) But, for the club party, I made dessert that was basically bread, sugar and cream with flavors. Had a big slab of that, plus a lot of the other offerings, and wine to top it all off.

Yes, the results are in. High blood sugar test.

Am definitely realizing that this type of behavior's days are numbered. I could have had just a sample of my dessert and the others. Stuck to tea rather than wine. Offered donuts without taking one. (However, eating one donut when surrounded by them is major, major, major progress for me.) Stowed my kid's leftovers in the fridge.

Am a bit depressed today. --- Just put dad in a nursing home, but am concerned about the quality of care. Just found out that my Cigna insurance doesn't cover the psychologist that I have to see (have to, really --- no other tdoc is permitted except the five designated on the surgeons' list) as required by the NMH bariatric surgeons --- so that'll be a $210 out-of-pocket hit (on top of a recent $2,000 unexpected dental bill that my own stupid mistake about my benes caused not to be covered). And then on top of it all, I'm starting to get majorly bummed about mothering my daughter. She has a disability and I am so out-of-sync with the experiences of most other mothers of tweens. Their kids are developing normally, and I'm so envious. I have to grieve the loss of my vision of my child growing like other kids. Yes, I've had to do this before, but with each new "stage" my child's cohort**** (along with their parents), I feel more and more isolated, different, and alone as a parent. --- It's all just kinda rough at the moment.

I know this all will pass. Just have to go through it.

Still, I welcome the challenge to live more healthily - getting closer to eating right and exercising. A better chance at living longer & better.

But, can't wait until Friday - the weekend!

Lasolas

Just wanted to give you a hug.    I have a great niece with Down Syndrome so I understand the emotions that go with watching peers be able to do things that your child cannot do.  We try to counter balance that with celebrating all that Lanie CAN do and rejoicing in all the new things that she learns, but there are still those days and moments.  

It is understandable for choices to be hard for you right now.  One of the benefits of my surgery is that everything is super sweet since surgery so most things do not taste good now.  In fact, I have started loving spicy foods and used to hate them.  

I don't know if you have mental health coverage with your Cigna but I have Magellan as part of my health care package.  I know my psychologist argued a LONG time between Magellan and Cigna as to who would pay for the evaluation but eventually it was paid and I think it was paid by Cigna as it was a medical presurgery requirement.  Don't give up!  It may take a few (or many) phone calls, but you can prevail!  Good luck!  

Hmm. I do have mental health coverage, but this tdoc is not a provider in the Cigna PPO. Do you think insurance would cover any of it? Especially b/c it's related to "obesity" and they exclude obesity treatment (except for bariatric surgery). I will call tomorrow. Probably from the tdoc's waiting room. ;) 

 They still should cover out of network charges.  I know I did go to a PPO provider but regardless, you should get a minimum of 60% paid.  I think because this is a requirement for the bariatric surgery and they approve the surgery, they have to pay for the psychological evaluation.  You cant have the surgery without the evaluation.  They pay for all the other doctors you have to see to get clearance for the surgery, this one should be no difference.  After all, they don't want to pay for surgery that will fail.  

hi, i dont know how old your daughter is, but keep in mind the state of il provides free evaluations and assessments for children birth to three years old.  I work in the early intervention program for IL.  Also, if there is a qualifying child, services are provided in the home.   The organization is Child and Family Connections.