WAITING ON PAPERWORK TO BE SENT INTO INSURANCE CO

HI MY NAME IS CRYSTAL AND I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE MY SURGERY ON FEB 6, 2006 AS LONG AS EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTH. RIGHT NOW I AM WAITING ON ALL OF THE PAPERWORK TO BE SENT TO MUSC OPTIONS. I HOPE THEY APPROVE FOR MY SURGERY. DO ANY OF YALL HAVE THIS SAME INSURANCE CO? IF SO DID YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE GETTING APPROVED.

Hi Crystal. I didn't have MUSC Options, but I have heard they are one of the better ones to get approval. Good Luck and keep us posted. Susann

THANK YOU SUSANN FOR YOUR REPLY. I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW THAT WITH THE MEETINGS YALL HAVE IS IT OK TO BE LATE IF I WANTED TO ATTEND? I WORK IN WALTERBORO AND GET OFF AT 5:00, SO I WOULDNT BE IN CHARLESTON UNTIL AFTER 6:00. WHERE ARE THE MEETINGS HELD?

WELCOME TO THE BOARD, MS CRYSTAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER LADY ON THE BOARD NAMED "CRYSTAL" WHO JUST HAD HER SURGERY ... WE'LL HAVE TO CALL YOU TWO "CRYSTAL 1" & CRYSTAL 2"! YOU CAN COME TO OUR MEETINGS ANY TIME - EARLY OR LATE - NO PROBLEM ... WE'RE VERY INFORMAL & YAK & CHATTER ... SHARE EXPERIENCES & SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. WE MEET EACH WEEK AT A DIFFERENT RESTUARANT IN THE NORTHWOODS MALL AREA WHICH SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY CENTRALLY LOCATED. THIS THURSDAY, 1/5, WE'RE MEETING AT THE GREEK RESTUARANT ACROSS FROM NORTHWOODS MALL ... I'M WAITING ON MS SUSANN TO VERIFY, BUT I THINK IT IS THE STOP LIGHT PAST THE LIGHT AT THE APPLEBEE'S/SEARS INTERSECTION. I THINK IT'S THE BLUE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. GIVE SUSANN (OUR SASSY CHAIRWOMAN) YOUR E-MAIL & SHE'LL SEND YOU AN E-MAIL EACH WEEK REMINDING YOU OF THE MEETING & TELLING YOU WHERE WE'RE MEETING ... OTHERWISE, SHE ALWAYS POSTS HERE ON THE BOARD. NEW YEAR'S BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK

OH YEAH ... CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FEB 6th DATE!!!!!!!!!! SOME OF THE LADIES WHO TOOK CARE OF ME MENTIONED MUSC OPTIONS & AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD AT APPROVING WLS. WHICH SURGEON ARE YOU HAVING? I HAD DR BYRNE & HE WAS GREAT! OTHERS HAVE HAD DR MORGAN & LOVE HER AS WELL. NO ONE HAS HAD DR BAKER YET, BUT SHE WAS GREAT AT ONE OF MUSC's SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS ANSWERING ALLLLLLLLLL OUR QUESTIONS. CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE "LOSER'S BENCH" ... WE'LL KEEP YOUR SEAT WARM, GIRL! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

BEFORE I HAD MY EVALUATION AT MUSC I ONLY WOULD TALK ABOUT DR. BYRNE, BUT THE DAY OF THE EVAL THE DOCTOR THEY SET ME UP WITH WAS DR. MORGAN. SHE WAS VERY NICE AND AT THE GROUP MEETING DR.BYRNE SAID THAT THE DOCTOR WE MET WITH THAT MORNING WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD DO OUR SURGERY. I THOUGHT IT THRU AND I REALLY LIKED HER SO I LEFT IT AT THAT. WHEN JOYCE SENT ME MY LETTER FOR SURGERY IT WAS WITH DR. MORGAN SO I AM HAPPY!!!

That is awesome you will be happy with Dr Morgan. She did my surgery on 12/12. She is awesome. I'm already 25 pounds lighter, and loving life. Congrats on your upcoming surgery and be sure to join us sometime. We would love to meet ya. Besides we need some new pre ops. our whole group is all post op now.

CAN ANY OF YALL GIVE ME SOME IDEAS OF WHAT TO EAT THE FIRST 4 WEEKS.

I FOUND THAT IT REALLY WASN'T A MAJOR PROBLEM AS YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN APPETITE, IF ANY AT ALL, MS CRYSTAL. ALSO, FOR THE 1st WEEK OR SO, YOUR POUCH WILL BE REAL SWOLLEN SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO EAT/DRINK MUCH OF ANYTHING AT ONE TIME. MY FAVORITE WAS CREAMED SOUPS - WARM & THICK SOOTHED MY POUCH. I ALSO LOVED S-F POPCICLES. I DRINK HOOD CARB COUNTDOWN MILK DRINK (WHITE, FAT-FREE & CHOCOLATE) & WARM CRYSTAL LIGHT & SMUCKERS LIGHT "TEA" DRINKS. MINUTE MAID HAS LIGHT FRUIT JUICE BASED DRINKS IN BOTTLES LIKE STRAWBERRY, MANGO & GUAVA WHICH ARE GOOD. S-F JELLO IS ALSO GOOD. &, IF YOU LIKE HERB TEAS, THE PEPPERMINT/SPEARMINT IS WONDERFUL. OTHERS HAVE ENJOYED YOGURT, RUNNY MASHED POTATOES, OATMEAL & GRITS (MY POUCH WOULDN'T TOLERATE WHITE CARBS & I DUMPED ON THEM - SOME DO, SOME DON'T). ANY CLEAR SOUP IS GOOD. AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU CAN ADD TUNA, SALMON, CRAB (THEY COME IN A ALUMINUM POUCHES (NOT REFRIGERATED) TO YOUR SOUPS AS THEIR TEXTURE IS EASY TO CHEW & DIGEST & THEY HAVE A HIGH PROTEIN COUNT. FOR QUICK & EASY PROTEIN, I USE ... STALLONE PUDDING = 20 GRAMS OF PROTEIN PROTICA PROFECT = 25 GRAMS OF PROTEIN ISOPURE = 40 GRAMS OF PROTEIN (BE CAREFUL OF THIS RIGHT AFTER SURGERY AS IT MAY BE TOO ACIDY & CAUSE REFLUX ... IF SO, TRY AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS). ENJOY!!!!!!!!!! DAWN & NICK

A BIG "YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE" FOR YOUR 25 # LOSS, MS KYLEE. ISN'T IT FANTASTIC? THE 1st TIME EVER THAT THE WEIGHT COMES OFF & STAYS OFF! WHEN I LOSE 50 #s THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME PICS & POST THEM ON MY PROFILE TO COMPARE WITH MY PRE-SURGERY & HOSPITAL PICS. MAN, WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, I LOOKED LIKE "MS BLOAT" AS I GAINED 11 #s OF FLUID, SO THE PICS 50 #s LIGHTER OUGHT TO LOOK GREAT! SENDING BLESSINGS FOR 2006 DAWN & NICK 9 WEEKS TODAY = SW 279.80 CW 233.40 LOSS -46.40 ... HAVE ALREADY LOST 28-30% OF WHAT I WANT TO LOSE GOAL 125-118