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  • Name: Vicki R.
  • Username: cutiedoll58
  • Location: IN
  • Member Since: 10/12/2007
  • BMI: 56.0
  • Post Op
  • Surgeon: Jorge L. Rodriguez, M.D.
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able to buy normal size clothes no more X's behind the size

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loose the weight so I can take my grandkids to the zoo

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Jorge L. Rodriguez, M.D.
This Dr is awesome, he tells it like it is and is a caring and wonderful surgeon. He deals in really high risk patients and I thank the good lord everyday for bringing me to this Surgeon
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I am 49 yrs old and married to a wonderful man and my soul mate .  I have 2 daughters ages 22 and 32 and 6 grandchildren ages 7mos, 4,6,12,13 and 16.   I am medically retired due to lung diease.   I live for my family and family is my main focus in life.  I have 30 years experience in the medical insurance field in which 10 of it working in a trauma center as a ER tech.  I know the ins and outs of insurance

I finally recieved approval for Social Security Disability after fight for 2 years in May.  Praise my wonderful Saviour for seeing that I will be taken care of.   

I have been battling Intersititial lung diease, asthma, diverticulosis, degenerative joint diease, depression and anxiety and panic disorder which restricts me from working.  I am on oxygen at night where I was on 24/7 and I am basically homebound most of the time because of my interself worries about getting germs and getting sick and have to go back on steroids

As I lose this weight I am becoming more mobile and getting out of the home a little more these days.  I thank the support of my wonderful family and my OH Family as they keep me going and keep my goals within sight.

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Well been back a week and I am bored which vacations last longe
on June 15, 2008 3:22 pm
Although I was sick most of the time in Florida all in all I totally enjoyed myself just resting and relaxation.  My sister in law taught me a lot of new things in scrapbooking which I am just starting out and doing to keep me busy since I am pinned up in the house most of the summer because the ozone levels at times are not safe for me and my lungs


Vicki
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I will be on vacation 5/30/08 thru 6/9/08
on May 29, 2008 8:31 pm
I will be away on vacation and will only have limited access to a computer but if you have an emergency situation that needs attended to you can email me at Vicki_Browning2003@yahoo.com I will check my email ever so often

Have a good week everyone.
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I am going to be on a major project 4/26 thru 5/3
on April 26, 2008 7:31 pm
If you need help with insurance or appeals, I will not be on OH much this next week so email me at  Vicki_Browning2003@yahoo.com  I check my email every morning. 

See you all in a week
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2 days till my court hearing for ss disability
on March 4, 2008 2:22 pm
I saw my lawyer yesterday and he went over how things will go in the court room.  I have never in my life been to court and I am scared to death.  The lawyer said the Judge will ask me questions and I need to listen carefully to the questions and not answer them unless I understand the question clearly then he goes on to say that the Judge I am going in front of wears 2 hearing aids and is hard of hearing  GREAT!!!!  

I pray to God and have been that I will be approved because after Oct 2008 I will have no health insurance and unable to get health insurance due to my health problems and because I had the lapband.  Just one more obstacle I have to overcome.  

I just hope that it all ends soon and I am approved.

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Terrible at blogging
on February 18, 2008 11:38 am
Ok today I am depressed, I am not losing any more weight and at a plateau and seeing others that had surgery after me losing more weight.   I know a lot of its my fault making wrong choices of food and I guess I need to start journaling it.

I can't seem to stray away from the sweettooth I have.  Oh well no one to blame but me.  I can just start over again I guess.

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I have been overweight all of my life and I have been on every diet you can think of.  In 2006 I was diagnosed with interstitial lung diease and a enlarged heart.   I was told that I needed WLS to try and get my weight down to take pressure of my heart and lungs or I would not live to see 55 my lung dr and family phys told me.  So I started my journey to get approved in January of 2006 I had to fight the insurance company to approve the lap band because they said my BMI was too high for lap band they wanted to approve RNY which my surgeon said I was not a good candidate for it cause of my lung diease.  SOOOOOOOOOO I had to appeal this decision from insurance and finally was approved in July of 2007.   I had my surgery LapBand on 8/31/2007 my beginning weight was 353 lbs and as of todays date I am down to 306 and have many more lbs to loose.   Its a battle but am willing to do anything to improve my health so I can see my grandkids grow up and graduate.   


My family is everything to me.

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