To say that I was in an utter state of shock is to put it mild. When I
witnessed a woman unload an overflowing cart full of groceries,
medicines, cleaners, make up, baby items and pet foods and only pay
eleven bucks I thought I was dreaming. Naturally I immediately asked
her how she did this. She told me that she uses the program at
http://americasdiscounter.com She went on to say that she has been a
member for about nine years. The very second I got home I looked it up
and signed on with their Bonus #1. Before I knew it my kit arrived and
I put it right into action. If I thought I was dreaming before, I was
sure that I was now being it was now me getting these savings. For less
than twenty bucks I left the store with a full cart of merchandise and
products. I just want to go shopping everyday! You must take a moment
to check this out for yourself, I am sure there has never been anything
like this before!

Arlene

I am not sure what else could possibly be said about the company at
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can add to the longevity of this company's programs. I must have been one of the
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laid off and thanks to this program we were able to make ends meet until he
found new employment. I can't imagine how many people that witnessed my savings
have joined this program through the years.

Sandy

I bring my kids to this local playgroup to meet with other moms and
kids in the area. Three weeks ago the leader decided that we would
have a contest to see who could make the biggest savings at the
supermarket (percentage savings) The rules were pretty simple you had
to purchase at least $50 worth of groceries prior to the coupon
savings. Whoever had the greatest percentage savings in the three
week period would win a motorized jeep (donated by a local toy store)
for their child(ren). I always thought of myself as a savings guru
and figured I had a great chance at winning this. In fact when I
saved 63% on one of my shopping trips, I was sure that the jeep was
ours! Last Friday we met and turned in our grocery receipts. I
couldn't believe when Lisa turned in her receipts showing a savings
of 82% I had to look at the receipt 5 times. She actually got $143.87
worth of groceries for only $15.89! She also had a pocket full of
other receipts where she saved: 79%, 73%, 68% and 67%. I asked her
the natural question how did you do this? She told me that she signed
on to a program at: http://savemoreamerica.com She had saw a
television show for this and thought it was worth trying out. Well
like the other moms at the playgroup I couldn't wait to sign up!

Is it possible to lose weight by eating more
<http://fast-weightloss.blogspot.com/2006/04/lose-weight-by-eating-more.\
html>  ? Sure, if what you're eating more of are high-fiber foods. How
is this possible? Simply put, fiber is a natural calorie absorption
blocker.


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equals losing 10 lbs. over the course of a year. Fiber keeps you full,
thereby decreasing the total amount of calories consumed per day.


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U.S. Food & Nutrition Board has set the first recommended daily intakes:
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per day. To reach these recommendations, a minimum of 6 servings of
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Broccoli (1/2 cup = 2 grams)
Oranges (1 orange = 3 grams)
Flaxseed (1 tbsp. = 1 gram) ~ sprinkle on cereal or in yogurt
Asian pears (1 pear = 4 grams)
Almond butter (2 tbsp. = 2 grams)
Hot chocolate (1 cup = 3 grams)
Rye bread (1 slice = 2 grams)
Beans (1/2 cup = 6 grams)
Oregano (1 tsp. = 1 gram)
Basil (1 tsp. = 1 gram)
Light popcorn (1 bag = 8 grams)
Chickpeas (1/2 cup = 6 grams)
Frozen chopped spinach (1/2 cup = 2 grams)
Whole wheat pasta (1 cup = 5 grams)


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Hello Sherri,

Yahoogroups has some specific sites for LapBand surgery and one in
particular deals with insurance questions.  Just go to Yahoogroups and type  is
LapBand.

Good Luck


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Hi everyone,
I'm Sherri, 41, 5'7 and 258 whopping pounds.  I was never over
weight and then about 7 years ago it started.  I guess I'm older now
and then I threw what I thought was kerosene, it was not, it was
gasoline, I sprinkled 5 gallons of it on a big huge pile of brush
and then lit it.  Needless to say I was thrown 33 feet, 3rd degree
burns upon both legs, it was the most pain I think a body can
indure.

Then, one year ago, a girl hit me broadside in my Jeep Liberty,
causing ruptured disc in my neck so I had it removed and leg bone
put in and brackets to hold that in place and then 5 months later
because I had gained almost 100 pounds in the past 6 or 7 years foot
surgery for heel spur.

All of this just in turn kept me from doing any and all exercise and
now here I am with chronic neck and back pain and huge.  I seen my
regular MD 3 days ago and he agreed I should see a lap band
specialist to see about having this surgery.  I'm excited but I've
been reading and people say it can be a year from now before they'll
actually even do the surgery, bahhh.  I'm also worried my insurance,
Anthem won't cover it but if I can just have it done I'll find some
way to pay for it.

I was just wondering if anyone knows if Anthem would pay for it and
if not the cost of the surgery and although I so scared after
reading the post about the woman who almost died from her spleen am
also scared but I know I can't hardly do anything and I have my
first granddaughter who is 8 months and I won't so bad to be there
for her and I've got a wonderful husband whom I've been married to
for 24 years next week and he deserves a wife who can get around as
well.

I would sure appreciate any info anyone would care to give me.

Thanks in advance,
Sherri

Hi everyone,
I will be having my lap band surgery on May 23rd.  I start my pre-
surgery diet on Tuesday.  Just curious if anyone could share any
advise for me before and right after surgery.  I am very excited about
having this surgery but anxious at the same time.
Thanks!

My heart goes out to you. I am also a nurse and it seems we know more when
something is wrong with our bodies. I had the RNY on 1-25-06 and knock on wood I
am doing great. The weight loss is slow but I have lost 50 pounds and feel like
a new person. God bless you
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: bonniesparks123
   To: obesitysurgerysupport2@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:28 PM
   Subject: [Obesity Surgery Support ] Re: mid band disaster


   Hi Gloria

   I was just reading through the postings here and saw yours.  May I
   ask how you are doing?  I hope well--sounds like anything is better
   than before.

   I have a friend who is condisering the lap band surgery.  I had the
   RYN bypass 18 months ago but he backed out mainly for reasons you
   have written about below.

   I realize a year has passed now but I just read this and was shocked
   at your story.  How terrible!!  Must have been even worse know what
   you know via being a nurse.

   Hope things are going well for you

   bonnie


   --- In obesitysurgerysupport2@yahoogroups.com, "gloriakind100"
   <gloriakind100@...> wrote:
   >
   >
   > Hi all,
   >
   > I just feel I need to warn everyone about one of the horrible
   > complications of band placement.
   > I had my mid-band placed in Jan of 04.  Surgery went well, I did
   > everything right and started to lose weight...lots.  Went from 276
   > to 190 in a year, with only two fills. Changed my life.
   > I started to have significant left upper back pain in December.
   Was
   > wrongly diagnosed with kidney infection, in Jan.  They went by my
   > WBC which was 39000, way way above normal.  They didn't know where
   > the infection was and just assumed it was kidney based.  Started
   the
   > antibiotics and thought finally the pain will go away.  Had
   planned
   > a two day trip to Vegas with my sister.  Arrived at the hotel and
   > 1/2 hour later started to feel bad with intense left upper back
   > pain.  Then I felt something just 'let go' inside with drop to
   your
   > knees pain.  I was taken by ambulance to the Valley hospital, they
   > did tests after a 3 hr wait and told me I had bi-lateral
   pnuemonia.
   > I told them I must also have something else to cause this kind of
   > pain and my then stomach started to bloat, I looked 6 months
   > pregant.  They just would not listen to me.  Finally 6 hours later
   > they got my H&H back and realized I was very low on blood and
   > bleeding somewhere.  A CT showed my spleen leaking and enlarged.
   I
   > was finally admitted to ICU.  Couldn't walk and having a hard time
   > breathing.  A surgeon came in and said he didn't want to take my
   > spleen out unless absolutely needed. I had blood drawn every two
   > hours for three days waiting for him to make a decision.  The ICU
   > was understaffed and the nursing staff significantly lacking.
   (I'm
   > a flight nurse and worked ICU for years)  This was the scariest
   > place I have ever seen. A side note: Please avoid this hospital at
   > all cost!!  It almost cost me my life.
   > Finally after 3 days I said to my mom who had flown in, we have to
   > get out of here and go home to AZ.  She said I couldn't walk and
   > what if something happened on the plane.  We spoke to the surgeon
   > and he very flippantly that he didn't have time to do the surgery
   > and wanted to wait and make sure the spleen wouldn't stop leaking
   on
   > it's own.  I looked 9 months pregnant by this time and my oxygen
   > level wouldn't go above 85 even on 6 liters of oxygen.  My H&H was
   > dangerously low.  He left in a huff and ordered the staff not to
   > give me the results of my every two hour lab tests.  We left the
   > next morning, no one would help us and my mother wheeled me out on
   > an office chair.  I was so weak from not eating for 3 days and had
   > stopped urinating two days before.(not good).  Somehow we made it
   to
   > the airport in Tucson and my husband brought us home.  To this day
   I
   > don't know how we made it.
   > I was admitted into the ICU immediately upon getting home.  I had
   a
   > battery of tests that showed the port from my band had moved and
   > perferated my spleen.  My spleen was actively and heavily bleeding
   > into my abdominal cavity. I had emergency surgery, cut open all
   the
   > way down my chest and stomach.  My surgeon said after the surgery
   > that my spleen was pulp.  When she removed the band from my
   stomach
   > she found a 2 inch hole underneath it.  Gastric juice had leaked
   out
   > of my stomach and eroded the port and cable so they moved freely.
   My
   > abdominal cavity and pelvis was full of gastric acids.  My liver
   was
   > hours away from being beyond fixable.  Also very lucky my colon
   was
   > not further damaged.  They 'think' they found all the damage. I'm
   6
   > weeks into my recovery and still have a month to go before I can
   go
   > back to work.
   > I wanted the band surgery, I read the risks just like the rest of
   > you.  I should have read closer.  Holes in the stomach are common,
   > they usually cause pain, so don't go as far as mine did.  But
   allot
   > of them don't.  The only way to know for sure is to have a scope.
   > Have a scope please.  If I had had one yearly I wouldn't have been
   > so very close to dieing.  We have all said we would do anything to
   > lose the weight but it is NOT worth what I went through and will
   > continue to go through for the rest of my life.  I had to have
   > multiple blood transfusions and who knows what the long term
   effects
   > will be, add in all that gastic acid floating around for the extra
   3
   > days and I am not out of the woods yet. I could still die from
   > this.  Thanks for listening, it has been cathartic for me to write
   > this down.  Please feel free to e-mail questions.  Be careful, be
   > safe, be healthy.  Gloria
   >







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Hi Gloria

I was just reading through the postings here and saw yours.  May I
ask how you are doing?  I hope well--sounds like anything is better
than before.

I have a friend who is condisering the lap band surgery.  I had the
RYN bypass 18 months ago but he backed out mainly for reasons you
have written about below.

I realize a year has passed now but I just read this and was shocked
at your story.  How terrible!!  Must have been even worse know what
you know via being a nurse.

Hope things are going well for you

bonnie


--- In obesitysurgerysupport2@yahoogroups.com, "gloriakind100"
<gloriakind100@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just feel I need to warn everyone about one of the horrible
> complications of band placement.
> I had my mid-band placed in Jan of 04.  Surgery went well, I did
> everything right and started to lose weight...lots.  Went from 276
> to 190 in a year, with only two fills. Changed my life.
> I started to have significant left upper back pain in December.
Was
> wrongly diagnosed with kidney infection, in Jan.  They went by my
> WBC which was 39000, way way above normal.  They didn't know where
> the infection was and just assumed it was kidney based.  Started
the
> antibiotics and thought finally the pain will go away.  Had
planned
> a two day trip to Vegas with my sister.  Arrived at the hotel and
> 1/2 hour later started to feel bad with intense left upper back
> pain.  Then I felt something just 'let go' inside with drop to
your
> knees pain.  I was taken by ambulance to the Valley hospital, they
> did tests after a 3 hr wait and told me I had bi-lateral
pnuemonia.
> I told them I must also have something else to cause this kind of
> pain and my then stomach started to bloat, I looked 6 months
> pregant.  They just would not listen to me.  Finally 6 hours later
> they got my H&H back and realized I was very low on blood and
> bleeding somewhere.  A CT showed my spleen leaking and enlarged.
I
> was finally admitted to ICU.  Couldn't walk and having a hard time
> breathing.  A surgeon came in and said he didn't want to take my
> spleen out unless absolutely needed. I had blood drawn every two
> hours for three days waiting for him to make a decision.  The ICU
> was understaffed and the nursing staff significantly lacking.
(I'm
> a flight nurse and worked ICU for years)  This was the scariest
> place I have ever seen. A side note: Please avoid this hospital at
> all cost!!  It almost cost me my life.
> Finally after 3 days I said to my mom who had flown in, we have to
> get out of here and go home to AZ.  She said I couldn't walk and
> what if something happened on the plane.  We spoke to the surgeon
> and he very flippantly that he didn't have time to do the surgery
> and wanted to wait and make sure the spleen wouldn't stop leaking
on
> it's own.  I looked 9 months pregnant by this time and my oxygen
> level wouldn't go above 85 even on 6 liters of oxygen.  My H&H was
> dangerously low.  He left in a huff and ordered the staff not to
> give me the results of my every two hour lab tests.  We left the
> next morning, no one would help us and my mother wheeled me out on
> an office chair.  I was so weak from not eating for 3 days and had
> stopped urinating two days before.(not good).  Somehow we made it
to
> the airport in Tucson and my husband brought us home.  To this day
I
> don't know how we made it.
> I was admitted into the ICU immediately upon getting home.  I had
a
> battery of tests that showed the port from my band had moved and
> perferated my spleen.  My spleen was actively and heavily bleeding
> into my abdominal cavity. I had emergency surgery, cut open all
the
> way down my chest and stomach.  My surgeon said after the surgery
> that my spleen was pulp.  When she removed the band from my
stomach
> she found a 2 inch hole underneath it.  Gastric juice had leaked
out
> of my stomach and eroded the port and cable so they moved freely.
My
> abdominal cavity and pelvis was full of gastric acids.  My liver
was
> hours away from being beyond fixable.  Also very lucky my colon
was
> not further damaged.  They 'think' they found all the damage. I'm
6
> weeks into my recovery and still have a month to go before I can
go
> back to work.
> I wanted the band surgery, I read the risks just like the rest of
> you.  I should have read closer.  Holes in the stomach are common,
> they usually cause pain, so don't go as far as mine did.  But
allot
> of them don't.  The only way to know for sure is to have a scope.
> Have a scope please.  If I had had one yearly I wouldn't have been
> so very close to dieing.  We have all said we would do anything to
> lose the weight but it is NOT worth what I went through and will
> continue to go through for the rest of my life.  I had to have
> multiple blood transfusions and who knows what the long term
effects
> will be, add in all that gastic acid floating around for the extra
3
> days and I am not out of the woods yet. I could still die from
> this.  Thanks for listening, it has been cathartic for me to write
> this down.  Please feel free to e-mail questions.  Be careful, be
> safe, be healthy.  Gloria
>

-I do hope you had your symptoms checked out by a doctor.  I have just
run across your comment and decided to answer--in case you are still
having the sensations.

It sounds very much like carpel tunnel.  I had it in both hands about
24 years ago.  It is worse at night and is a triffic pain.  If you
haven't get the test--very simple.

bonnie

-- In obesitysurgerysupport2@yahoogroups.com, navywife3760
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone experienced circulation problems in the arms post surgery?
> I am neary four years post op and lately have issues with both arms
> from the elbows down with circulation. It is a dull ache that
> prevents me from sleeping. I have to admit, I haven't done well long
> term with vitamins and calcium. Could I be lacking something? Thanks.
>

Pam, I need the same diet, I also need to lose at least 30lbs,so if you get a
diet please e-mail me I would love to have it THANKS Patty

Pam <okla_gal_1@...> wrote:  I am in desperate need of help to figure out
a meal plan that will
help me to lose my last 40 lbs.  Could someone please post a sample
daily meal plan that they use?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. :)





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In a message dated 3/17/06 8:36:09 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
valcaz@... writes:

Mariah

I write you from Mexico where I underwent a  VGB
Surgery on may 13th., 2004, very close to your date,
over a, 18  month period I lost 145 pounds, and after
that I had gained one and lost it  then, at the most,
last chirstmas I gained 3 which I lost over  january.

Just like you I would really feel disappointed if I
was to  gain the weight back, there are many stories
and I know a friend of mine  that lost 150 pounds ang
gained it all back in 2 years, just remember  that
there is no magic in this matter, it is a metter  of
discipline.

Myself I do not eat red meat since my surgery I  only
eat chicken and fish, in the time after my surgery, if
I had eaten  5 slices of pizza is a lot.

you require to change your aeting habits no  matter
what in order to make your surgery a success.

I wish you the  very best in tyou new life without that
additional weaight and keep up the  good work

hug and kiss

pepe  valcaz

valcaz@...


Thank you so much for your email, I do appreciate it.
My starting weight was 330, I am now at  131.  I do occasionally go up and
down between 2 or 3  pounds. I really begin to get scared when that happens.
   I had a hard time after surgery, lots of  complications, and just thinking
about all that puts a lot of fear inside of  me.I know I did not go threw all
this just to gain back all my weight.
I just joined a few days ago, and mostly I been reading  most of the post on
here, they talk a lot about gaining weight, and you know  just reading them
and knowing that Im not the only one struggeling with this  weight gain.
Reading the post helps me a great deal because I know  now Im not alone, and
that its not just happening to me, that there are  others just like myself
going threw the same thing, and trying to work it out.  Its really hard.

As far as red meat goes, its not my thing, I just don't  like it. I don't
know if I should eat it or not. but I just don't like the  taste.  I eat chicken
and fish.

Thank you so much for the encouragement. greatly  appreciated.

Hugs
Mariah


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Mariah

I write you from Mexico where I underwent a VGB
Surgery on may 13th., 2004, very close to your date,
over a, 18 month period I lost 145 pounds, and after
that I had gained one and lost it then, at the most,
last chirstmas I gained 3 which I lost over january.

Just like you I would really feel disappointed if I
was to gain the weight back, there are many stories
and I know a friend of mine that lost 150 pounds ang
gained it all back in 2 years, just remember that
there is no magic in this matter, it is a metter of
discipline.

Myself I do not eat red meat since my surgery I only
eat chicken and fish, in the time after my surgery, if
I had eaten 5 slices of pizza is a lot.

you require to change your aeting habits no matter
what in order to make your surgery a success.

I wish you the very best in tyou new life without that
additional weaight and keep up the good work

hug and kiss

pepe valcaz

valcaz@...


--- Mariah <brooklin098@...> wrote:

> Hello my name is Mariah, I had Gastric bypass
> surgery on May 10- 04
> I have lost a lot of weight, but lately I been
> hearing stories  of
> people who have gained the weight back. And just
> recently on the show
> the biggest loser this week, there was a lady on
> there who had gained
> all her weight back.  Im afraid of that happening to
> me. I suffered a
> lot after I had my surgery all I know is that I
> cannot let everything
> I have gone threw go down the drain. I think I need
> sort of like a
> refresher course and some support. My fears are
> great. They keep me
> from sleeping, and I suffer from anxiety because of
> all this.  Please
> help!
>
> Mariah
>
>
>
>


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all her weight back.  Im afraid of that happening to me. I suffered a
lot after I had my surgery all I know is that I cannot let everything
I have gone threw go down the drain. I think I need sort of like a
refresher course and some support. My fears are great. They keep me
from sleeping, and I suffer from anxiety because of all this.  Please
help!

Mariah

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  that just visit this site
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even you can also post your stress stories to webmaster@...



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hi all
    Are you depressed due to obesity do you need solution for the
problem obese.Then why you wait so long this is the right place for
that just visit this site
http://www.outofstress.com/stress-and-obesity.php
  you can share your stories or tips or any questions .you can post
your stories
  webmaster@... hope i won't be disapponited from this
group....bye...kamal

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Hi there,

I am SAM, an Iraqi refugee living in Lebanon at the moment; I have spent the
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This is my newest campaign, it's about the illegal and humiliating actions of
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Dear all,
I thank you so much for the messages, it has been such a help to me.

The problem I have right now is that my insurance company have some
criteria I need to fulfil to get funding for a gastric band operation.
  They treat acute conditions, but consider obesity a chronic
condition.  They will fund me if I have other co-morbidities or other
symptoms but at the moment I donīt.

They have requested a medical report, and this is the bit I am not
understanding very well...

"the reason that we have requested a medical report is because, as you
point out, this does seem to be treatment to cure an acute condition,
however it would be unusual to authorise bariatric surgery, so we need
to refer this to our specialist medical team. We need the information
requested to check whether the treatment can first be considered, to
check whether this meets our definition of an acute condition, whether
the treatment is appropriately recognised as beneficial to your
condition by the relevant medical bodies (I.E. not experimental), and
whether the condition being treated was not present before you joined
us (by onset date we mean the original date that you first noticed
your symptoms, even if this is an approximate date).

We do not pay for any treatment which is specifically to treat obesity
and nothing else - We treat every case individually, and please be
assured that we look very carefully into whether the treatment
required would qualify for benefit, but as this is an unusual case
these are the most specific guidelines I can give - my advice is to
have your doctor include as much information as possible about your
conditions and why this surgery is recommended."

So...I have a doctor who will write a medical report so that I am able
to get surgery, but what on EARTH do I do? Do I have to make up non
existent problems like hypertension or diabetes or goodness knows what
to get treatment for obesity which for me is an illness iīve battled
with since I could walk...

Has anyone else come up against these criteria, or these kinds of
problems, and how did you get round it??? My doctor isnīt the problem,
he will write any thing on the report, itīs just that I have to tell
him what to write so that it shows I fulfil the criteria for my
insurance company...it is a bizarre state of affairs I know...

What next??? Hugely confused, thanks for taking time to read this far....

Kindest regards

Lulu

Hey there!

There is a LOT of information on the Obesity Help
site. It's a great place and and if you hop on the
message boards they will answer any questions! Go
ahead and sign up and read some profiles. You'll get
what you're looking for!

www.obesityhelp.org

Good luck!
Rebecca


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> I'm trying to make up my mind about the banding and
> the lap r&y can
> anyone who knows do starr from toronto tell me
> anything about him and
> what the wating list is for surgery withhim
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I'm trying to make up my mind about the banding and the lap r&y can
anyone who knows do starr from toronto tell me anything about him and
what the wating list is for surgery withhim

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS 12/23/2005

Medicare wants to exclude the Duodenal Switch from Coverage (and
other procedures below) for all Medicare patients.  Medicare wants
to restrict surgery to only persons under the age of 65.

If Medicare excludes this surgery- private insurance companies will
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open vertical banded gastroplasty,

laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty,

open sleeve gastrectomy,

laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy,

open adjustable gastric banding,

open biliopancreatic diversion with or without duodenal switch, and

laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with or without duodenal
switch.

The two non-coverage determinations in the National Coverage
Determination Manual (NCDM) remain unchanged: Gastric Balloon (NCDM
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I had gastric bypass surgery on November 3rd, 2004. I have lost 130
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Im also looking for support in this new lifestyle

Thanks