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You Gained Weight During Your Pre-Op Diet…Now What?
Posted Oct 10 2014 by Walter Lindstrom in Walter's Blog
There are a great many of us patients out there, hoping to get approved for surgery very soon, who are living in fear that the number on the scale isn’t going to move the right way after they’ve completed their “mandatory” pre-surgery diet plan. “What …
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A Parent’s “Thank You”
Posted Sep 3 2014 by Walter Lindstrom in Walter's Blog
Maybe it just strikes a stronger chord with us when we get an adolescent approved for bariatric surgery after an insurer dares to tell her parents “no – you aren’t going to have the chance to improve your daughter’s health.” Because that is what the …
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Lessons Learned: Celebrating 20 Years As A Bariatric Surgery Patient
Posted Jun 30 2014 by Walter Lindstrom in Walter's Blog with 7 Comments
I don’t remember the first day of OJ Simpson’s pre-trial hearing for the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. I know my wife Kelley does – she watched the whole thing from a waiting room in a hospital in San Diego. Me? I was …
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“June Gloom” & Bariatric Surgery Insurance Denials
Posted May 20 2014 by Walter Lindstrom in Walter's Blog
A failure to PLAN AHEAD in June might cause terrible Gloom in December or January. That’s why we tell bariatric programs and patients to NEVER DELAY SUBMITTING A PATIENT FOR INSURANCE APPROVAL! By waiting you are RISKING that you might be one of the unfortunate ones whose failure to plan well in June caused them terrible Gloom at the end of the year, even though they thought – and their bariatric program thought – jumping the silly hoops and playing by the insurance plan’s rules was the right thing to do.
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