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(deactivated member)
on 10/4/10 5:08 am - Leesburg, VA

Topic: NOVA Loudoun Dr's who support WLS

Hi I live in Leesburg and need to find a Dr who will support me in getting WLS. My current Dr won't even let me go see a surgeon so I have to pay out of pocket. If you are near Leesburg, Sterling, Dulles or Loudoun County please let me know who your Dr is.

Thanks.

(deactivated member)
on 10/4/10 3:18 am - Leesburg, VA

VSG on 05/03/11 with

Topic: RE: I'M BACK.....

Thanks for the note. So I basically have to start over now because its been so long but at least I know what I want to have done is do-able. I am trying to set up a consultation with Amir Moazzez M.D. and it looks like my insurance will pay for a VBG. I wanted the VSG but my insurance won't pay for it. So they will pay for the VBG and the Lap-Band. But I want a permanent change so Im looking at the VBG. The VBG is most like the VSG also so I think it will work well for me. I have to do the 6 month diet and hope to be having surgery next March.

Thanks for the note.

(deactivated member)
on 10/4/10 12:23 am - Leesburg, VA

VSG on 05/03/11 with

Topic: RE: Lifetime Fitness in Fairfax?

I like your avatar (picture).

qmed2002
on 10/3/10 8:22 pm

REALIZE Band on 03/29/10

Topic: The mind is greater than the body.

I had surgery in March29, 2010 i thought it would be the beginning of getting my life back. but that was not the case. after losing 75 lbs i feel like i have done nothing. my clothing size is much smalled than before. but it just feels like i am still a size 20. i am still avoiding taking picture. I know this is all in my head, but i know i am not the only one out there going through this.

Songbrd99
on 10/3/10 1:41 pm - Alexandria, VA

VSG on 11/03/10

Topic: RE: I'M BACK.....

Good luck to you! I know that sometimes, insurance does everything they can to NOT help you. I have been very lucky in that department, but know that at any point, things could turn.

I hope everything runs more smoothly for you!

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.?

(deactivated member)
on 10/1/10 4:11 am - Leesburg, VA

VSG on 05/03/11 with

Topic: I'M BACK.....

Hey all Im back. Well last I posted I had no insurance to pay and in debt up to my eyeballs and now there is a little light in the tunnell. My company works with a broker and I got on the phone with the broker and asked them to take a look into this. So they did and now they say my insurance will approve a lap-band and 6 months ago all they were giving me was the lap-dance (run around). Ok no problem thats good news. But now my broker is all fired up and going to figure this out once and for all and is going to really investigate this for me. Im betting next time they call me more will be approved. I'd love to get the VSG, but D Switch or some other opetion might work though.

I just sent my insurance info to Amir Moazzez M.D. and waiting for them to get back to me. The other Dr I saw was at Johns Hopkins and since Im gonna have to do the 6 month diet dealie, I need a Dr closer to me. So we'll see what he says.

Glad to be back and hoping for the best.

(deactivated member)
on 9/30/10 1:28 pm

Topic: RE: Bon Secours hampton rds

I just met with her one time as well before the surgery.

LoserLia
on 9/30/10 5:32 am

VSG on 09/27/10 with

Topic: RE: **URGENT**Melinda in Allendale VA

Melinda,

Whats going on, why are you feeling so down. Talk to me, I am here to listen.

Lia

Terry B.
on 9/29/10 5:41 am, edited 9/29/10 5:43 am - Martinsville, IN

RNY on 01/06/10

Topic: **URGENT**Melinda in Allendale VA

Melinda A.
Annandale, VA
Joseph D. Afram M.D. RNY (02/16/10) Member Since: 12/17/02
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Post Date: 9/29/10 11:58 am
Sooo, I am completely depressed -- I might even say suicidal. The other night, my full bottle of ambien was calling my name - I had to leave the house so as not to take the whole thing. I am always thinking to myself "I wish I would die of something so that I don't have to take my own life." I don't think I am "brave" enough to do it myself-- though I often wish I were. I mean, I would be pretty glad if my life ended ---I just don't want to hurt my family.

I have been through this before - but now I have new insurance. I don't know how to access my psych care. Obvioulsy, I should just call the insurance company -- but that just seems like "too much work" for me, right now. So that is the excuse that I am using to justify my not getting help. That and the fact that I don't think anything is going to help, anyway. Therapy, blah.... it's never helped before. Also, I do not want to be admitted to the hospital, so I am refusing to contact anyone even though I know I should. I feel so despondent -- I don't care enough to get this fixed -- or even know if it can be fixed.

I know many of you have dealt with these issues. I don't know what I want from posting this topic other than to tell "someone" that I need help and don't know how/won't get it.

This is a poster on the RNY board that is severely depressed. If anyone in VA is close to her and can help her get treatment please go to the RNY board and contact her.

I am only one, But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do
the something that I can do.
    Edward Everett Hale
                    Onederland 1/26/2010