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MainePam
on 10/8/09 5:55 am - Bucksport, ME
Topic: RE: I am approved!!!
Congrats it will all go fast now ")
Kathleen T.
on 10/7/09 5:56 pm
Topic: RE: I am approved!!!
Congratulation on your approval and hope you get the date that you want.
"A Man's heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. 
Proverb 16:9
May not be where I want to be but I glad to be where I'm at.
Working at getting the rest of the way.

12/10/2012 I'll be having LBL, BL/BA, thigh & arm lift, eyelid
Body by Dr. Sauceda    booked to 12/9--12/22
Hislady
on 10/7/09 6:50 am - Vancouver, WA
Topic: RE: I am approved!!!
Congrats, you are about to start the journey of a lifetime. Wishing you the best!
Bonnibj
on 10/7/09 6:23 am - Augusta, GA
Topic: RE: I am approved!!!
Congratulations.    It will be here before you know it and then you will be on the road to better health and less weight.  

I love my RNY!

Bonnie
         Love My Danes        
Karil G.
on 10/7/09 5:27 am - IL
Topic: I am approved!!!
i found out on Saturday that my surgery has been approved!  Then the dr's office called and we are going to set a date!!!  so, it looks like in a month i will be having my RNY!!
tooo excited :)
Member Services
on 10/7/09 3:19 am - Irvine, CA
Topic: Groups & Activity

The last several months have been fairly busy ones here at OH and we are really excited
about this upcoming release. First, long overdue is the public release of OH Groups. You
will now be able to start and  manage your own public groups. Second, is a major update
to Health Tracker....Activity! We are planning to release these new features on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2009.

OH Groups

Getting to OH Groups is easy. Just click on the Groups tab at the top of any page on ObesityHelp. OH Groups allows you to start and manage your own groups, you can find groups that suit your interests and find support groups in your area.
If you are looking for an OH Group that focuses on a specific topic, you can browse groups by category.

 

Activity

To get to your Activity Tracker, click “My OH" at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select “Health Tracker" on the left and then click the “Activity" tab.

Understanding your total daily caloric expenditure requires more than just knowing how many calories you burned on the treadmill. In your Health Tracker settings area you are now able to estimate the caloric expenditure of your resting metabolic rate (RMR) and lifestyle. These estimates are integrated and displayed with the caloric expenditure of the activities you have logged.
Your exercise log allows you to search for and add strength training exercises, cardiovascular exercises and general activities to your daily log. Caloric expenditure is auto calculated for a number of activities already included in our database of exercises. Pie charts display details about caloric expenditure and time for each type of activity.
Sets can be added and subtracted from strength training exercises. Reps and weight used can be entered for each set.
A number of details can be tracked for cardiovascular exercises and general activities. Some of these variables include, time, distance, calories burned, average heart rate, average power, altitude gained and average grade.
If you can’t find the exercise or activity you have participated in, you can also add your own custom exercises.
Other updates include the ability to create list of your favorite exercises, reports have been updated to include a number of activity items, the nutrition search has been enhanced and we have managed to slip in a sweet macronutrient report under the “Reports" tab.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the features in this release, please submit those here.

If your are new to ObesityHelp or have not used ObesityHelp's Health Tracker before, you can learn about the first release here and the second release here.

Need help using Health Tracker? Click here for help.

Enjoy!

Bonnibj
on 10/7/09 1:20 am - Augusta, GA
Topic: RE: Fibromyalgia and SS Disability
Thank you for the information.   I am currently working with a lawyer and they are convinced that I should win my case.   They don't get paid unless we win, so the fact that they took the case and have stuck with me for all the appeals now, may be a good sign.  

I will keep everyone informed.

Bonnie
Kristy
on 10/7/09 1:16 am - ID
Topic: RE: Fibromyalgia and SS Disability

Hi,
I was refered to this  attorney that specializes in cases like ours.  She will have you take a small info questionaire and she will review it right then via email.  She is great.  She responses right away and is very nice.  She will tell you what the disability requirements are and how they need more than a diagnosis.  I can still work with the help of pain meds, but I can tell disability is right around the corner for me.  They think if you can sit and be a ticket taker you can work, if you can work more than 2 hrs you can work, if you can type you can work.  It is very heartbreaking that people have to go without income for years, and live in poverty because they can't see that we really need it.  Go to her website and take the questionaire.  Let us know what you think.  take care.

STEPHANIE O. JOY, ESQ.
Social Security Disability Attorney.
570-234-0171
http://www.MySsiCase.com
Mail: 
45 Summit Terrace
3034 Penn Estates
East Stroudsburg, PA  18301

BIRDYLADY
on 10/6/09 11:42 pm - GA
Topic: RE: Fibromyalgia and SS Disability

Hi Bonnie,
I JUST got approved for my disability. They would not even consider the fibro though. Thank God that I had medical care for ALL of the things that was caused by the fibro.
Most of my case was built around my mental state. I am severely bi polar and have PTSD due to abuse in the past. Its kinda hard to work when you flip out at the thought of interacting with people in general.
I had to get a lawyer. I used mat berry out of atlanta and he was really good. Know just what to say and do.
Shoot I was shaking so bad in front of the judge I thought the screws on my chair would unscrew thats how bad I was shaking.....
Now does the amount that I am suppose to get even amount to something to even help pay the bills? HELL NO.....Not even close!! They are going back to 2006 so I will get a nice back pay check......I plan on just stashing the check amount away in the safe and save for a rainey day ya know.....sorta like I do with my birds......
Hope all of you are doing well. I know I have not been on much since my dad died but it just seems so hard to go on knowing I will never talk to him again! 
anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
gentle hugs and well wished
Kimberly

Kimberly"be nice to me or I will sic my ninja monkeys on you"
   
 
tacomadragon
on 10/6/09 6:22 pm - Tacoma, WA
Topic: RE: cold feet for surgery
I'm having the same problem. I gotta say, though, If I was sick, I would postpone. When it's right it's right and not until then.

I hear a lot of people get cold feet going into surgery so maybe we're getting it over with now.

Make sure your well and then go for it. Nothing will change until we change it.
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