Hello, my name is Cindy and I have been on this forum checking out everyone else on here. I love this place. I am ready to share my story with you all. I originally decided to have gbs a few years ago. My insurance at the time told me the usual story, you must have 1 year MD supervised diet blah, blah, blah. Well, I became discouraged and gave up very quickly. I figured it just wasn't meant to be. My mom was in the process of doing all the testing at the time and preparing to have the surgery herself. She has done very well and I am proud of her progress.
I started a new job in January of this year and was surprised to find out that they paid for 70% of the surgery and that they are pretty good about approval. I waited to inquired since I had just started this job. Then in May my daughter brought home a ticket to six flags she had gotten for reading. I was devastated. No way could I take her to six flags at this point. I didn't fit in the roller coasters very well 2 years ago when I was 30 pounds lighter. That was when I made the decision to go for it. My children would no longer be told no we can't do that and then given an excuse when the issue is mom is too fat.
I was excited to recieve a letter that I believed was an approval for the surgery. I took it into the office because they said it would take a while and it wouldn't be until after the psych eval. I got it before I had any tests at all. It scared me though, why do other people have so much trouble with approval and mine was handed over with no co-morbidities, no tests....? The office seemed rather shocked too. This has all gone kind of fast, my first appt with Dr. Bailey was June 6, 2006 and my surgery is Tuesday, September 19, 2006. It's coming fast but I am ready to get goin. I will finally be able to get my closet cleaned out. I have clothes of all sizes, from when I had lost weight a few years ago on Atkins and got ahead of myself buying clothes too small just knowing I would fit into them soon. HAHAHA. I should have known better but it was the first time I had ever lost a significant amount of weight (40 pounds). I found all those pounds again plus 20 more. I just could never let the clothes go.
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