Off to a slow start!

Dec 22, 2010

Hello friends,

I started looking in to WLS about a year ago as I had heard about a new  weight loos surgeon that was joining Wesley Hospital.  I have a lot of health problems at such a young age and these really frustrate me many of them are as a result of my weight.  I have Sleep Apnea, Fibromyalgia, Reflux, Pinched Nerves and a herniated disc.  I have also started treatment for Pseudo Tumor Cerebri, which is basically a fake tumor on the brain that is actually just spinal fluid pressure.

 A few months ago, I spoke with my General Physician about having WLS and he was opposed.  At the time I did not realize how important his approval was and just started planning my journey anyway.  My Cigna insurance requires that I have six months physician assisted weight loss prior to surgery approval so I decided to start on the Weight Watchers program.  I went back to my G.P. to get his sign off on doing Weight Watchers and he would not even sign off on this.  Unfortunately I had to make a very hard decision to try a new G.P.

Finally, I met with my new G.P. this week and she is not opposed to WLS so I think things are really going to start rolling.  She is OK with me working the Weight Watchers program and now I am on my decent for my six months pre-op. 

Have a Merry Christmas everyone God Bless!

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