Re: CARPE DIEM!!!!!!

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Amber:

That's TOTALLY the best way to deal..CARPE DIEM baby! Live for the day,

the moment!

Buy yourself a new dress, do nice things for yourself now! The surgery

WILL come and then you'll have ANOTHER excuse for shopping (and like we

need that!)

By the way, I found an interesting bunch of sites you (and others) might

be interested in that I will post later. They were HMO and Insurance

ratings and such and I think yours was one of the top, as was Partners and

United HealthCAre with overall customer satisfaction, so we'll see.

Also, do you need anymore appeal letter sites? I have that appeal saved

somewhere on here I can also send you as an example if you haven't already

sent your stuff in.

Another thing I thought of is I know you are scared because you don't have

a lot of Dr. records to influence the Board. Why not convey this fact (and

the reason why-that you were scared to go to the Dr. for the past XX years

because you weighed so much and were embarrassed to get on the scale) to

your Dr and have them put it in their support letter? Or if not in your

Docs, then put it BIG AND IN ALL CAPS in your letter!

Just food for thought.

I was going to cut my hair and all to, but may just have a trim after

everyone at last clinic told me to leave it long! Yikes!

CARPE DIEM!!!!!!

Stevie and her wild man, Beau...

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" After all, isn't fun the best thing to have? "

-Dudley , " Arthur "

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> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:18:29 -0700 (PDT)

> Subject: Re: Digest Number 424

> To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> Reply-to: MiniGastricBypassonelist

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> Stevie,

>

> Thx for the encouragement. I was just having a blue

> day. Today I am thinking about going shopping for a

> new outfit to wear to that party. I hate to spend the

> money on new clothes since I know that soon I will not

> need them but I want to feel like I look as good as I

> can...You know, a little confidence shot in the arm...

> Besides, I can always pass them along once I lose the

> weight.

>

> Plus, I decided that I am going out, getting a

> haircut, having some highlights put in, etc. I just

> feel like I need to do something good for myself NOW

> instead of thinking that I need to wait 'til after

> surgery when I'm losing weight! Silly thinking, I

> know, but I was envisioning just staying mostly the

> same 'til I have the MGB and THEN going all out with a

> new hairstyle, new clothes maybe after I'd lost the

> first 20+ lbs! But I just can't wait. I was just

> letting myself get down in the dumps. No more! I am

> worth it. I deserve it now! And so new clothes and

> new hair for me now!

>

> BTW, my insurance is BC/BS of NC, Personal Care Plan.

> They normally are good about coverage and have been

> pleasant on the phone. They just need more

> documentation...You're right about not focusing on a

> specific timeframe and just letting what will be, Be.

>

> I did just talk to someone today and they just told me

> to submit what I have currently...namely a few more

> medical records (but not all), Dr. R's 40 page appeal

> letter, my own personal letter and my doc's letter of

> recommendations so we will see what will happen!

>

> Well, I hope everything is going good for you! Your

> surgery date is getting closer. How wonderful!

>

> I will be at the support group meeting in a few weeks.

> It will be nice to see you (and the others!) again!

>

> Amber

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