• Username: E_Saenz
  • Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
  • Member Since: 5/16/2008
  • BMI: 50.5
  • Hoping to have surgery
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Let my inner beauty match my outter beauty

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Loose some weight before the Surgery.

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become a healthy and active Mom and Wife!

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My name is Elia Saenz
I have been a member of OH since April of 2009
I am 45 years old 4' 11 3/4" tall and weight 250 I need to do something about my weight  now I know that money don't grow on trees and I know that this surgery isn't cheap but I am going to do whatever I can to get the money somehow at this point my life depends on having this surgery done and I am going to d whatever it take to get what I need to save my life. 

I am determined
I am hopeful
I am going to be triumphant
    
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Still hopeful I will never give up
on November 29, 2011 10:47 am
I have not been able to have my Vertical Sleeve done yet,   I still don't have insurance,   I still am trying to get help but I have not had any luck.  I believe that I will get the surgery done it is just a matter of time I just won't give up I know that I will get it I just have to maintain hope and keep on maintaining hope.  I feel like a Caterpillar in it's ca coon waiting to reborn into a butterfly. I am a prisoner in my own body this is not what God wants for me.   I plan on going to Mexico for my surgery eventually I know it is far but I can do it I am not afraid because I know the language and I know that the surgon I choose will be awesome.  I can't afford to have it done in Michigan it is just too expensive.  God is the one who can make it happen because without him nothing is possible.
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another day
on November 24, 2009 5:22 am
well just a little update I still am trying to come up with some money for my surgery I can't wait but I have to I wish I had the money now God knows I need to have this surgery and he is the only one that can help me right now because no one else can..  I have faith and am very optimistic about the eventual day i get my surgery.  In the mean time i am still trying to lose weight and I am like a yo yo very bad I know.  but I guess I have to admit I have a problem with food most days i starve myself trying to lose weight and then I am starving at night.  Now I have been trying not to do that because I really want to feel better now. until my next blog have a good one everyone
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I have put my down payment
on November 18, 2009 11:55 am

I have found my doctor he is Dr Almanza and he is in Tijuana Mexico I went through www.Medicaltourism.com and they were awesome in helping me get my payments started I am so glad that I went there and looked around and sent my inquiry out.  they responded quickly and before I knew it I made my down payment through paypal.  I am not worried about anything at all this is what I have to do to get my surgery and I have waited long enough.  I can't believe after all this time dreaming I am actually one step closer to having my surgery I have to raise an addional $4600.00 to actually have my surgery but I will do it come hell or high water.  I have waited this long and have saved very little and everytime i save i end up spending it on someone else i am always last this is the first time i have put myself first.  So now when I have a little money I will put it in the bank and make a payment to get my surgery.  I know there is a lot of people out there in the same boat as I am and through OH and this page I hope that I can be an inspiration to anyone who meets me along the way.

I can't wait to get to Mexico!!!!!

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still hopeful
on November 7, 2009 2:59 pm
here I am once again day dreaming of the day i will be able to have my surgery done I still don't have insurance but am hopeful some day I will afford it.  God willing
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thanks
on April 28, 2009 7:28 am
Angel,
I am so glad to have your input it brings me joy to have someone to vent to thanks so much.
PS I found a place in Mexico that does rny all inclusive package for $7500.00 I am excited because that is an amount that I can try to work for.
Take care lots of love
Elia
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I haven't been obese my whole life but I have struggled with my weight after I had kids I just couldn't lose the baby fat and then I  had other problems several car accidents in my job has limited my  mobility so exercise is real hard I can exercise but due to the weight it is extremely difficult.  I like a lot of other people that are obese have lost weight for a bit and then gained it back plus10 to 20 more.  I have lost and gained so many times that I have lost track of the amount of exercise programs, Atkins, south beach, tuna fish diet, cabbage soup diet, shakes and bars I can't even begin to say the amount of money I have spent on products to lose weight. Pills ,herbs ,fiber, low carb, low calorie, low fat I am sick and tired of all of it.  I have tried to lose weight on my own but have not been successful I am hoping I can get the money or the insurance to someday undergo a RNY Gastric Bypass surgery or the vertical Sleve I know that some day I will have the surgery but till then it is a mental and physical struggle to lose the weight will just have to continue.