FULLSTEAMAHEAD
HI
MY NAME IS LORI AND I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN WLS SINCE 2002. MY INSURANCE COMPANY DENIED MY TREATMENT IN 2002. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE PROGRESSIVELY GAINED EXCESS WEIGHT WITH SOME SHORT PERIODS OF SMALL WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH DEPRIVATION DIETING. I WAS JUST DEVISTATED WHEN MY INSURANCE COMPANY DENIED ME SURGERY AND BASICALLY WENT INTO A DEPRESSION WHICH PLAYED EVEN FURTHUR HAVOC ON MY WEIGHT LOSS EFFORTS.
I HAVE BEEN OBESE SINCE BIRTH, PRACTICALLY. I CAN REMEMBER MY MOM TELLING ME, "THE DOCTOR TOLD ME NOT TO GIVE YOU SO MUCH TO EAT WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG CHILD", AND SHE WOULD THEN STATE, "I THOUGHT IT WAS CRUEL NOT TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO EAT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THEY WANTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME YOU WERE HUNGRY." I WENT INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS AN OVERWEIGHT KID AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW HOW MEAN THE OTHERS IN SCHOOL COULD BE, TO THE "FAT-SO". I CRIED MANY TIMES AND THEN BUILT AN IMAGINARY WALL AROUND MYSELF, WITH WEIGHT. NO ONE COULD HURT ME INSIDE THE HOUSE I BUILT FOR MYSELF. NOT EVEN MYSELF. I HAD ONLY ONE PERIOD IN MY LIFE WERE WEIGHT LOSS WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND I SUSTAINED THE WEIGHT LOSS FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. AFTER THAT TIME, I WAS EATING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AND BLOSSOMING INTO THE PERSON I HAVE BECOME TODAY. WLS IS A PERSONAL CHOICE FOR ME. AS I START ROUND TWO WITH A DIFFERENT INSURANCE COMPANY, I CAN ONLY HOPE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, THIS TIME I ACTUALLY GET TO GO THROUGH WITH MY PLANS WITH SOME INSURANCE HELP. I know that it is going to be appeal, appeal, appeal. I am up for the job this time. My life depends on it.
