Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
MEDICARE APPROVES VSG TODAY! - Which means STATE Medi-caid/Medi-cal  WILL TOO!! Tell a friend http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=258&NcaName=Bariatric+Surgery+...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
sound the alarm!!!........MEDICARE APPROVES VSG -  http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=258&NcaName=Bariatric+Surgery+for+the+Treatment+of+Morbid+Obesity&TimeFrame=7&DocType=All&bc=AQA...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
5DPT ... surprising weight loss Day 3 -  OK for those of you naysayers out there....on doing the 5DPT 5 day pouch test...read no further I AM DOIN IT...Im on Day 3.  I have done it about 6 times before. Upon completio...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
OT- getting all "JACKASS" on my son....h -  I dunno if any of you remember the Jackass segments...I think called clipper attacks. Here's my version:  My son works for UPS..its hot ..wants a haircut. I do the haircuts ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 11 months ago
Of the 5 senses of our body..which one could YOU d -  I guess there's really 6 senses huh..." common sense" often gets neglected...some of you just post ops sure have some of these vets questionin yers lol   j/k! Anyhow...Ive said...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 11 months ago
Hi Protein Lo Carb Diets & kidneys ...new stud - http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/06/01/high-protein-low-carb-diet-safe-for-kidneys/  June 1, 2012 High-Protein, Low-Carb Diet Safe for Kidneys  Email6Smaller ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 11 months ago
My APOLOGIES to OH moderators -  Sorry for posting my complaint w/ a forum member publically this am. Won't happen again

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 11 months ago
FRISCO...I NEED HELP... -   FREAKO  writes:      Carmadeleta writes:     Freako ..dude...REALLY? you have some major stalking issues towards me. Therapy maybe? or is this too amusing for you? Why are...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 11 years, 11 months ago
50+ women VSGrs...hanging my head down in shame..a - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elsOwJ4IyyA&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MBTN4oFLg&feature=youtu.be

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years ago
Overdue ANNUAL ...What CELEB do YOU look like? -  I posted this same topic around this time last year...just for shitz n giggles..kinda fun! Since so many of you NEW folks here, n sometimes this forum gets a little too serious......

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years ago
Missin my fat fuller face a little less in one wee -  With all this weight loss...Im tellin ya...one of my major MISSING IT...is my FAT FULLER FACE!! I look so gaunt for so long.....I sure as hell didn't want a face lift...seein all ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years ago
DRINKING and EATING same time....bogus or real? -  I remember back in the day I was ~7 months out I think.....asking Amy, this forums sponsor's LapSF/Cirangle ... then nutritionalist....when she used to come here and field questio...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
3 yrs out..MAJOR side effect of VSG! -  Dishpan hands!! walked into the kitchen this am and wonderin WHERE THE HELL DID ALL THESE DISHES COME FROM?  Im sick of washing these dang dishes, containers, water bottles, ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
On the menu...eating crow again..not horse hooves -  I saw a "modern marvel" show  I think the name of it was....  a few days ago, about HOW JELLO (hydrolyzed collagen) IS MADE...all these years I believed the urban myth that it ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
TYPE 2 Diabetes resolution bariatric surgery VSG - Thought this was interesting...at 3 months post bariatric surgery...fits my Type II resolution to a T. Wiped off the face of my chart...almost 4 years n A1cs et all .....perfecto!...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
MEN: fat eatin spoog donors ease up already! -   Sperm Quality Linked to Dietary Fat By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer Published: March 13, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicin...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
BC/BS OK ...no more medically supervised WLS diets -  I posted this in December....looks like the EFFECTIVE DATE is February 1st 2012. Please make sure you verify with BC/BS OK  Get those pre-authorizations IN!! and get on with y...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
BC/BS of TX ...no more medically supervised diets - Posted this is December here....but looks like its EFFECTIVE as of  February 1st 2012 PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY THIS WITH BCBS TX So happy for you all! Time to get on w...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
BC/BS NM ...no more medically supervised WLS diets - Please make sure YOU VERIFY THIS with BC/BS NM......but looks like EFFECTIVE DATE is February 1st  2012 Hope this helps! HCSC Removes Mandatory Pre-Operative Weight Loss ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
~~ BROWN FAT and the burn...not kid stuff anymore - Brown Fat, Triggered by Cold or Exercise, May Yield a Key to Weight Control By GINA KOLATA   Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people....

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 4 months ago
Undereating MY sleeve...Japanese style! Hara hachi - Hara hachi bu???   ...geshundheit!   I was reading this Dr. Oz article in an old magazine...its online too! (the second link) ........IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW...PRAISE VSG!!...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 4 months ago
MORE KINDLING...asthmatics n lapband - Don't shoot the messenger!   Ack!! can't get it to post right! I need   http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61517-1/fulltext In May, 2010, a...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
VSG to DS...WOW... pre-ops RESEARCH!! - IM POSTIN THIS BECAUSE.....any PRE-OPs out there, especially YOU YOUNG ONES ....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.......research to the BEST of YOUR ABILITY before deciding....Make sure VSG is ...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
FIRST post-op COLD shoppers beware - I was out and about major shoppin a few days ago...somewhere picked up sumthin....My handwashing and purell was hit and miss there...my bad ..... yesterday IT STARTED sneezing, run...

Carmelita posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
BC/BS of OK...NO MO medically supervised diets!! - WHEN THE WALLS come tumbalin down ...when the WALLS come a tumblin,  tumblin............ HCSC Removes Mandatory Pre-Operative Weight Loss Requirement   Health Care Services Co...
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