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Mariposa
on October 3, 2009 6:17 pm

At the end of September of last year I made my annual doctor’s appointment . I was so nervous to approach my doctor with the subject of Bariatric surgery. I thought that she would be against it; but to my surprise she thought I would be a good candidate for bariatric surgery. She suggested that I should have the Rouen Y. She then made and sent my referral to Dr. Kelly’s office.
October 16^th; 2008 I went first to the Bariatric Information Meeting… The meeting was very informative. The nurse and the surgeon that was present were very warm and supportive. I was so nervous at first. I didn’t know what to expect; but as the meeting went on I realized I wasn’t the only one that thought about having it and possibly wanted to go through with the surgery. They had mentioned that it could be a long process or a short process. It depended on everybody’s circumstances. In my case it’s been a long journey.

In November, I saw the surgeon’s nurse after I completed all the paper work that I got from the Info meeting.. She was also in agreement that I benefit from the surgery. She wanted me to go to the sleep clinic to get tested to see if I had sleep apnea.

December came and I went to my appoint for sleep apnea testing. That was a waste of my time and also expensive. My insurance didn’t cover all the cost and turned out I didn’t have sleep apnea.

In my case; I didn’t have all the necessary documentation from all those weight loss attempts to turn into the insurance. So I needed to start all over again with the dietician and also get the approval from the psychologist’ for me to have surgery.

January, 2009 was here and I started my therapy. We had a lot to cover due to my depression. I was suffering from depression ever since I was a kid. I tried seeing therapist before, but I always made an excuse not to follow through to get better. I didn’t want to deal with the fact that my uncle had molested me when I was eight years old. I took all the responsibility for it happening. I also had issues with my mother and in the middle of all of this I was coping with the death of my father in 2004. I couldn’t do this anymore. I was done feeling like this. So with nine months of therapy I’m much better now. I’m not blaming myself anymore and I’ve actually forgiven myself and my uncle. I’ve dealt with my anger issues that I had with my mother. I want to get on with my life and move forward to be that healthy person I want to be. For my birthday this year my therapist gave me the best present. She approved me for surgery. Finally!! Yeah!!

September 24^th, o9 I met with the dietician and everything went great. The last time I saw her; my weight went up and she wanted me to lose five pounds by the next visit. I was shocked when she weighed me. I lost eight pounds. I couldn’t believe it. I hope I can keep it up or stay at the same weight. I still have to wait to see if I get approved from insurance. She is sending in her report to Dr. Kelly’s office today.

September 30^th, 2009 I learned that my Psych. Report wasn’t sent into Dr. Kelly’s office yet.
I thought it was already done. The therapist called and she wanted to ask me a couple of more questions for my report. She wanted to be thorough as possible. I know it takes about three to four week to hear back from your insurance once the surgeon’s office sends in the combined report.
I just hope that I can get an approval and have my surgery before the end of the year. I've come this far.
I can be patient.

October 7th, 2009 I had to go back to see my dietician. Everything is still good my weight stayed the same as last time, but I did loose 1/2 inch off my waist. I thought September 24th was supposed to be my last visit, but there was a descrepency in how many times I saw the dietician. Due to a sceduling error I missed my June visit. I'm supposed to see the dietician for at least six months according to my insurance. I've been actually going since Feburary.
I talked to the insurance lady at Dr. Kelly's office and she said that it should be fine as long I have an October visit. . She said that she seen the insurance approve people. I hope so.

October 27th, 2009
Today I had my visit with Dr.Kelly's dietician. It went very well. She told me that I should have about five more steps to take before my surgery wich is step five. 1. Meet with Dr. Kelly 2. Send all the documents to insurance. 3. and 4. are pre surgery meetings . 5. Ta da Surgery Day! I'm sarting to get excited. It's starting to be reality. I'm so close.

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I’m thirty four years old and I’ve been married for twelve years to my wonderful and supportive husbandRolando. Together we have three children. Our oldest’ name is Celina and she’s twelve, our son Fernando is 8 this month, and Adriana is 2. I’ve been truly blessed with a wonderful family. In September of last year I made a birthday wish. I wished that I could be a healthier, happier and better looking wife and mother. In that same moment it occurred to me for this to be possible I needed to put myself first for a change. I also needed to start loving and respecting myself, and lastly I have to get rid of my emotional crap. ~So my journey began~

I’ve been overweight pretty much all of my life. When I was two years old I had Leukemia and with all the treatments they gave me swelled me up like a balloon and the radiation stunted my growth. That took a while to accept. I could have been 5ft 5inch.tall. After seven years past I was put into remission at nine. When I turned fifteen I was pronounced 99% cured. I was going to live. My weight went up and down when I was in grade school. I started to really noticing my weight increasing when I was in Jr. High and High School. I remember when my sister got married I was sixteen and I was 180#’. I was her matron of honor and it was hard for me to find a dress in my size and also for it to be affordable. Before each of my children was born I was able to not gain a lot of weight; except for the recommended amount. After they were born the weight wouldn’t come off easily. I tried all kinds of weight loss programs like Richard Simmons, Slim fast, Dexatrim, Phentermine (twice), Denise Austin work out tapes, yoga, Weight watchers (multiple times), and Gym memberships and trainers.

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