bethie72
I have been overweight ever since I can remember and have been dieting for just about that long. As like many of you I have tried all the usual suspects. When I first started hearing about the surgery I looked into it with my doctor and he gave me a referral to the main bypass dr. I saw him but because my BMI was not high enough and I did not have any co-morb my insurance would not cover it according to their guidelines. This was 5 years ago. About 2 years after this Kiaser changed it to where as long as your BMI was over 40 you could get the surgery but you needed to go through 6 months of a medically directed diet. Was not sure what the last 25 years of my life was but I was willing to try anything. The try anything ended up being 6 months of optifast then 6 months of diet classes after that, so wait another year? To get the health aide I needed about 5 years before? Did not go through with it, just accepted that fact that I am fat and eventhough right now healthly (other than being fat) would just take things in stride. I continued as usual just watched what I ate excercised when I could and lived my life accepting the fact that I would never be able to shop in a normal size clothing store until I moved to Colorado and got a great job with better benefits. I work for a hospital in records. My insurance did make me work for it. I had to go through a nutritian evaluation as well as a therapy visit to get approved for my 44 BMI to get the surgery. Now thanks to working for a hospital and good insurance I am 1 week away from my surgery date 5/27/09. Three days away from my mom's 65th birthday and I cannot think of a better present for myself or my mom. I am really scared though, this will be my first major surgery. Eventhough I have researched this procedure for 5 years still not sure what my body will do. Just hope and pray that my quest for wanting to be healthy and thinner will not result in a bad birthday present for my mom, no daughter.
