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gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 7 Oct 07

I am in the process of getting weight loss surgery and I am concerned about insurance coverage. Has anyone had the surgery? How hard was it to get approved by your insurance? If you were not approved what were the reasons?

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gracie73 Thanks for the well wishes. The center I am going to has warned me that this will be a long process. One of the reasons I went with this place was that they have one person who deals with only insurance and they do only weight loss surgeries. They also have a...

8 Oct 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 I looked into it briefly back when it first came out. My dietitian recommended I use splenda. I will look into it further. Please let me know if you run onto anything in particular.

23 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 Thanks for all the great sites. I have added a new favorites folder and put all them in it.

23 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 I like crystal light, I have been drinking it since before I was diagnosed. Thanks for your help.

23 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 That Jello sounds really good. Let me know if you find that pbutter cookie recipe.

23 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 I looked over the jones soda website and didn't see anything like you described. The only things I saw in cans were made from sugar cane or were energy drinks. Maybe they don't have it on the site yet. I didn't see anything flavored black cherry either. Oh...

22 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 22 Apr 07

I wanted a cup of koolaid today and I got to looking and my Splenda box says each packet is two tsp of sugar. I researched and discovered it takes 24 pkgs of splenda to equal the one cup of sugar needed to make koolaid. This was...

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gracie73 Those are great. I love cookbooks and have been looking over some of my recipes to try to "adapt" them to my new diet needs. Thanks a lot for your help.

22 Apr 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 9 Apr 07

I have been reading a lot about how Vitex has been helping many women with PCOS or other menstrual problems. Vitex, also called Chaste berry, is supposed to be great to regulate periods and it also is supposed to help women get...

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polycystic ovarian syndrome

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gracie73 I got the pill form. The person who told me about it has tried all three and stated that she did not notice any differences.

11 Apr 07

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 10 Feb 07

Do you remember collecting all the drinks bottles, particularly Corona, so that you could take the bottles back and collect the three or six pence deposit? That was how a ot of children earned their pocket money in the UK in the...

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gracie73 Both. Somethings he will use to make roofs, sides of buildings, shelves, etc....other things if he has no use for them he will sell. That man can make something outta anything.

19 Feb 07

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rosie_123 @rosie_123 (6113) 18 Feb 07

So - for the girs - when you were a child, were you a tom-boy - always playing with the boys, and climbing trees, and hating pretty "girlie" things, or were you the sort of girl that loved ribbons, and dolls, and pretty dreses?...

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gracie73 Yep, I still love to just go set by the side of the water. I actually enjoy that now more than fishing :)

19 Feb 07

jhenn22 @jhenn22 (1242) • Philippines 6 Nov 08

I have started to travel around philippines. So far i have travelled surigao, davao, general santos city, some places in metro manila, laguna and batangas. For me aside from my hometown, davao would the best place in philippines....

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gracie73 I have started to travel around philippines. So far i have travelled surigao, davao, general santos city, some places in metro manila, laguna and batangas. For me aside from my hometown, davao would the best place in philippines. It is quiet and peaceful. It...

6 Nov 08

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 18 Feb 07

I have talked to people online who say that they are shy in person but online can be outgoing. How? I am the same online or off. I find myself erasing lines in a post because I think "I can't post that". Sometimes I will get...

communication

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gracie73 I am the same way in real life. But even online I am the same. I know I worry too much about other people's opinions. That is something else I am working on. Ah, the list continues. :)

18 Feb 07

rosie_123 @rosie_123 (6113) 18 Feb 07

As many of my friends here will know, tomorrow I am starting a new job. It is still within my original company, but is a 2-month contract, that will involve some very long hours and quite a lot of stress, and hassle, and hard work...

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gracie73 That is something my dad used to say ALL the time. "Everything will work out in the end. You just have to be patient."

18 Feb 07

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gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 13 Feb 07

You know how guys will sometimes take magazines to the bathroom? Well, I have a Fill-it-in book in there. It is kinda like a crossword book only they give you the answers and you have to figure out where in the puzzle the word...

passing the time

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gracie73 That's handy. I hope you left it for the next guy :)

18 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 13 Feb 07

You know how guys will sometimes take magazines to the bathroom? Well, I have a Fill-it-in book in there. It is kinda like a crossword book only they give you the answers and you have to figure out where in the puzzle the word...

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gracie73 True true, Do you have any favorite type of books for the bathroom or just whatever is handy?

18 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 9 Feb 07

I you could get hypnotized/go through hypnotherapy, what would you want to accomplish? If there was one thing you could change what would it be?

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gracie73 I did just the opposite. I was quite a procrastinator when I was young but now I just do things and get them over with.

10 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 9 Feb 07

I had my first hypnotherapy session today. I think it went well. I guess time will tell. I have another appointment next Friday. Has anyone out there done hypnotherapy, if so what were you trying to solve?

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gracie73 We concentrated on the OCD yesterday. I have a bad habit of dermatichlamania (that is probably spelled wrong) basically skin picking, it is classified the same as cutting but I was always uncomfortable with that. So far it didnt stop overnight :) but I...

10 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 9 Feb 07

I had my first hypnotherapy session today. I think it went well. I guess time will tell. I have another appointment next Friday. Has anyone out there done hypnotherapy, if so what were you trying to solve?

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gracie73 I have depression issues, agoraphobia, and OCD. According to my therapist it can help with all of these. We concentrated on the OCD yesterday.

10 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 6 Feb 07

I just started seeing a new therapy that specializes in Hypnotherapy. Has anyone tried it? She stated that unlike the things you see on TV you are completely aware and basically it is letting your conscience set aside so that she...

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gracie73 Thank you. It is good to know that she is telling me the truth perhaps that will help with the trust issues also.

6 Feb 07

gracie73 @gracie73 (66) • United States 6 Feb 07

I just started seeing a new therapy that specializes in Hypnotherapy. Has anyone tried it? She stated that unlike the things you see on TV you are completely aware and basically it is letting your conscience set aside so that she...

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gracie73 Thanks, she does both. I also have trust issues so it is good to know that it may work even if I cant let go completely.

6 Feb 07

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