So glad to see you on here again.  I have thought of you often,.  This is the first post for me in a real long time. I usually only lurk around about once a month or so.

i had my ds with dr inman 3 1/2 years ago. as a cutter she is AWESOME! but her aftercare simply sucks! unless something has drastically changed since i saw the dieticians at st v's in august.... their aftercare sucks too! no one from either office wants to be aggressive about supplementation until you are already deficient. i personally cant wait untill i dont have to see any of them any more and can just let my pcp take care of it all.

I know there's a forum dedicated to insurance coverage, but I wanted to post this here since this forum is dedicated to Indiana. We live in Indiana and my husband works in Indiana but the headquarters for his company are in Missouri. Our insurance excludes bariatric surgery coverage. I am curious if anyone here has had experience with having surgery approved on a plan that excludes bariatric services because of the law Indiana has that encourages employers to cover it.

I have been fighting having the surgery for 10-11 years because I wanted to lose weight on my own without surgical help. I have lost 120lbs on my own, but I have hit a plateau for almost a year even after changing my exercise/eating plan multiple times. I haven't been under 200lbs since I was in 4th grade so this has definitely been a lifelong battle for me. I have multiple weight loss attempts through different doctors, weight loss centers, dieticians, and weigh****chers. Although I have had some success I am still about 180lbs overweight with high blood pressure and asthma.

Our local group is meeting tonight at Hacienda Restaurant on Green River near Washington Square Mall at 6:00pm.  If anyone is in the area, you are welcome to join us.  Please call or text me to let me know if you are able to make it so we can reserve enough space.  201-914-4077  The reservation will be under the name Debbie.

I signed up to walk/run in the 500 Mini Marathon with my big sis!  This year I am actually going to complete it.  The last two years that I signed up I ended up in the hospital.  Is anyone else signed up?

Stephanie E