QOTW! Insurance and Weight Loss Surgery

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Registered: 11-04-2003
QOTW! Insurance and Weight Loss Surgery
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Tue, 05-25-2004 - 9:02pm
If you qualified for weight loss surgery.......and all insurance companies decided to cover it........would you do it?
 

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Registered: 01-07-2004
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 8:52am
I don't know. I have a friend who did it and doesn't regret it.

At the same time it is a very dangerous procedure and the question is do I really need it?

I am leaning towards no since I can do it on my own.

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Registered: 05-17-2004
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 9:09am

Maybe.

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Fear

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 11:56am
I know I spoke in my post of somone else's journey with this surgery and I guess I shouldn't have. I think my opinion of it was a bit subjective because of his attitude with the whole thing - it was very hard to deal with this person and we tried our best. When he came back to work, he informed our supervisor that the only reason he had been working for us is that so the town would pay for the surgery. He also came back with a holier-than-thou attitude and acted like he climed Mt. Everest. He was immediately informed (not by me) that ALL he did was make a decision to have surgery and show up. The doctors did the rest. In a nutshell, he cheated. And then this person brought ME into and said "Look at Amy ! She's been losing weight for months because she is making an effort! If you are looking for a pat on the back and preferential treatment, don't look here."

ROOOOOOOOOOWR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little harsh, but he has one of those superior attitudes to begin with, and this took him down a notch. As soon as my name was mentioned, I nonchalantly skedaddled (can one do that nonchalantly?)out of the room but kept within earshot. I'm not STUPID, ya know.

So after all that, he treats me like crap and is more than nasty to me for the next couple of weeks. One day he came in and announced he is leaving. Sigh.

My opinion of the procedure itself is not skewed - it should be used as a last resort thing and not taken lightly. You can come out of it fine and adjust fine, or you can have a bumpy road. Sometimes die.

I really needed to vent about this whole thing as it has been bothering me, and Furry's post facilitated mine here. Thank you, Furry!

PS - Furry, drop me an email if you can (via profile). I have something to share with you!

Amy

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Registered: 10-02-2003
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 11:56am

I dont think I could do it ... the thought of it gives me the creeps ... but someone I work with had it and she looks great


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Registered: 06-25-2003
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 12:01pm
Great question! A couple of years ago, I was 360 pounds, and I was wishing I had insurance so I could get the surgery- i know I would have qualified since I was on 3 blood pressure meds and borderline diabetic in my 20's. Now, I am grateful that I didn't have insurance back then. I can see now that i got so heavy because of emotional compulsive eating. I needed to get my head straight before I could stop eating like I was. Surgery to shrink my stomach does absolutely nothing to deal with the issues in my head that caused me to get so heavy in the first place. Once I dealt with the mental garbage in my head, I lost weight with relative ease, and with a far less restrictive diet than I have ever tried or that would be required with the surgery.

My local newspaper ran a series last year about the weight loss surgeries, and they did an update on the people a few weeks ago. I lost more weight in my first year than alot of these patients had. That proved to me right there (if I had any doubt).

Lane

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Registered: 01-04-2004
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 1:09pm
I actually considered it a while back. But the risks are too great for me and I truly believe that I can do this on my own. It seems drastic to me. I do know a few people who had it done and they didn't regret it at all. I guess if I was so overweight that I was bedridden, or had a lot of health problems, I might consider it. But I'm relatively healthy and believe that as long as weight loss remains a priority in my life, I can lose the weight on my own.

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Wed, 05-26-2004 - 9:49pm

I'm not sure myself.

 
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Registered: 03-20-2004
Thu, 05-27-2004 - 12:04pm
No, not in a million years!

Forte

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