No lap band, unclear on other SM
Posted By: trying 2 be helpful on 2008-05-11
In Reply to: Does anyone know if Wedmedx insurance covers bariatric surgery? nm - Sharon
and you have to have 6 months minimum of nutritional and exercise counseling before consideration for payment.
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Thanks, I will call and ask. Sorry I blither and was unclear. nm
I'm unclear as to what this response has to do with My Opinion's post.
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Or what about lap band?
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/109264203322333593
That procedure sounds safer and also quite effective. Don't know about insurance coverage, but surely it must cost less, so they ought to IMO.
I have a friend who had a lap band, and even though
in the face and still, I repeat still, deals with the emotional issues that caused her to overeat in the first place. I am no skinny Minnie, but I know eating is a way to feed an inner problem that needs comfort. I am not obese, so I can't speak of what that feels like either, but even with a lap band you have to diet and exercise. A mental assessment is also a prerequisite. If you can get the problem as to why you overeat and do not exercise and diet, then I think that would be better than having the surgery.
My friend does say she cannot eat everything she wants, but she still complains of the same emotional stresses that she had before the surgery, which tells me this is deep-seeded and not something that can be fixed by having surgery.
The other thing to think about is as you get older how will this effect your body? I think nature has a way of taking care of us even if we are obese. Not all obese people have the same medical problems such as diabetes, arthritis, thyroid disorders, and shortness of breath.
Please think if you can about a way to try exercising first before having an extremely risky surgery that the outcome is not always positive.
band together, are you game?
To all my fellow MDI'ers, I think it is time to tighten up the bootstraps and starting thinking out of the box. Let's get together in private, put our thinking caps on, combine resources, and see what we can do for ourselves and each other. Every email will be confidential... we still have our integrity! Write to AmericanMT@yahoo.com
We all need to band together!!! And we DO need to contact an attorney. This has become CRIMINAL!
This is not legal!
Anyone familiar with that phrase?? Even looked it up on the WWW but nothing except band names etc..
We band together and start our own company offering our services to the hospitals we've been work
on already and take our accounts back from Transcend. I haven't signed any noncompete contract with Transcend. Would the MDI one be null and void? If my pay rate is null and void, so must my noncompete. They can't have it both ways.
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