RE: Re: Reconstructive surgery through Kaiser

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Thanks for your reply. What is concidered " medical

necessity? " To me my need is medical but I am not sure

how Kaiser defines it.

--- Diane Duenas

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> Kaiser paid for my tummy but it was due to medical

> necessity, I had

> to pay for my arms. I havent had breast or thighs

> done cuz I cant

> afford it!!

>

> Huggles

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how much did the arms cost?

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>Reply-To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients

>To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients

>Subject: Re: Reconstructive

>surgery through Kaiser

>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:14:58 -0000

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>Its different for each person, mine was due to my lack of height. My

>apron hung to far down( has to be a certain # of inches to knees),

>but rashes backaches etc sometimes count.

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> > > Kaiser paid for my tummy but it was due to medical

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You know, when I look at some of the "before and after" photos on Obesityhelp.com, some of the folks on it are clearly down at a normal weight. Others, seem to still carry quite a bit of extra weight. I don't understand why, if we get the "tool", our weight isn't a factor of the effort we put into it. Does the metabolic rate just slow down significantly...or are our bodies designed so that we can only go so far? I find that puzzling, a bit.

As for me, I've been as low as 138 at this weight...a little too thin at that point, since I'm pretty naturally muscular, and I'm not a small boned person (I'm 5'6"). So...if I get down to 220 or so before the surgery (given the 10 percent requirement), and I'm 50% percent...I'll be 175, and if I'm 80% I'll be about 164? Diane Duenas wrote:

Im not at my ideal weight either. To have a normal BMI I need to be at 120. My personal goal is 135. Right now I bounce between 147 and 150 depending on the time of the month. Dr Fisher doubts I will get down much more than I am now. I have been at this weight for 2 months...so he may be right, but Im gonna try to get as close as I can.Huggles> Thanks ,> I have an appointment with my doctor on 1/15. Back> aches is one of my problems and irritation where my> belt is. I have been told that you have to have a> medical reason for Kaiser to do the surgery and I can> understand that. The fact is the ladies that I> referred to did not (so they

say) and only asked their> doctor one time. One never know the whole story.> I went from 385 pounds to 235 and I am a 6'1" tall> male. I read that my ideal body weight is 200 pounds.> Has anyone ever loss weight and met the ideal body> weight or is it more normal to met your ideal weight> loss and not your ideal weight ?> > =====> http://disc.server.com/Indices/202630.html Online help for addicts, alcoholics and their families http://members.hostedscripts.com/top.cgi?user=promises & a=clickin & click=tony Top List of Recovery Siteshttp://www.sobriety.5u.com New Beginnings, Happy Endings http://recoverysitelocator.20fr.com Recovery Site Locator http://www.recoverygifts.20fr.com Recovery Gifts Unlimited> > __________________________________________________>

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It can be done, Dutta just said that a successful weight loss was

considered to be fifty to eighty percent of the weight one had to

lose. LaWanda At 12:35 PM 12/19/04, you wrote:

>You know, when I look at some of the " before and after " photos on

>Obesityhelp.com, some of the folks on it are clearly down at a normal

>weight. Others, seem to still carry quite a bit of extra weight. I don't

>understand why, if we get the " tool " , our weight isn't a factor of the

>effort we put into it. Does the metabolic rate just slow down

>significantly...or are our bodies designed so that we can only go so

>far? I find that puzzling, a bit.

>

>As for me, I've been as low as 138 at this weight...a little too thin at

>that point, since I'm pretty naturally muscular, and I'm not a small boned

>person (I'm 5'6 " ). So...if I get down to 220 or so before the surgery

>(given the 10 percent requirement), and I'm 50% percent...I'll be 175, and

>if I'm 80% I'll be about 164?

> Diane Duenas wrote:

>

>Im not at my ideal weight either. To have a normal BMI I need to be

>at 120. My personal goal is 135. Right now I bounce between 147 and

>150 depending on the time of the month. Dr Fisher doubts I will get

>down much more than I am now. I have been at this weight for 2

>months...so he may be right, but Im gonna try to get as close as I

>can.

>

>Huggles

>

>

>

>

> > Thanks ,

> > I have an appointment with my doctor on 1/15. Back

> > aches is one of my problems and irritation where my

> > belt is. I have been told that you have to have a

> > medical reason for Kaiser to do the surgery and I can

> > understand that. The fact is the ladies that I

> > referred to did not (so they say) and only asked their

> > doctor one time. One never know the whole story.

> > I went from 385 pounds to 235 and I am a 6'1 " tall

> > male. I read that my ideal body weight is 200 pounds.

> > Has anyone ever loss weight and met the ideal body

> > weight or is it more normal to met your ideal weight

> > loss and not your ideal weight ?

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