How did u get here?

In  2004,   I was researching  WLS  and   Que  aka  Yess had a yahoo group and she gave out the link to BAF.

It  took me fours years to finally go through with  WLS.

Hi Phyll.... glad to see you made it through those 4years

I stumbled upon OH by total accident. I had become interested in weight loss surgery and caught the end of a special that was talking about Khalilah Ali having one of the procedures. I googled her name because I didn't catch all the information about her journey and it lead me to OH. After researching I became very interested in the Lap-Band and so that is the board I went to. I honestly didn't even realize there were other boards. I kind of spent time between the Lap-Band board and the Wisconsin board. The Wisconsin board would have maybe one post every two days so I made the Lap-Band board my home.

JoyouslyMe told me about the BAF board and so I that's how I found this board. I have been hit with insurance obstacles that haven't allowed me to have my procedure paid for so I'm hoping that either the insurance will change soon or I will be looking at trying to pay out of pocket. Right now I'm just focusing on my family, but once our third baby girl comes in April, I be back to figuring out what my next move will be as far as the weight loss surgery.

I hope that sometime soon someone will realize that having obesity related exclusions on insurance policies is a form of discrimination and do away with it. You'd think they'd realize having a surgery that will lead to a healthier lifestyle will lead to fewer co-morbidities they will HAVE to pay.


You have a blessed day as well!

well here's to a helathy baby girl (none for you )

.... and I'll save you a  seat on the losers bench... it wont be long. keep ya head up

well for mii i saw the lapband commercial and i searched it the next day on google and oh popped up 1st so i clicked it and it was alot of helpful plz on here helping me get the info i need so i signed up but dis one my new page my old one was mizzjaphatphat and look out for my momz msjoyful

well welcome... and we look forward to kickin it with you and momz

I found OH by googling wls.  I  spent most of my time reading pages and getting some ensight on what to expect.  From time to time I would try to access a page that was private or stmble on a page where the person hadn't updated in a while.  I was like what happend to these people.  Did they loose weight and deside that they didn't need OH anymore?  I would sometimes see "BAF" on a page and I was like what the hell is BAF.  I thought that it was a group that you had to join or something.  lmao.  I just found this forum maybe 2 weeks ago and I found all of those people that seemed to be MIA over here chillin' on BAF.  This place is like an oasis . 
Y'all are crazy as hell but you tell it like it T I is.

And I appreciate all of the old heads who still hang around to help out newbies like myself and I promise to pay it forward.

My doc recommended the surgery but I didnt find out about OH and Baf till I was 3 months post-op.  A friend sent me the link

I found OH by "googling".  However, I also just discovered the BAF a couple of weeks ago and now I must admit I am an addict.  I do not post very often but I have gained so much knowledge from everyone here.  It's really nice to see a FUBU forum of this nature.  This is truly my support group and I can't wait to join the vets on the loser's bench.

Hello Shawna welcome to BAF... it is addicting isnt it?