Not letting myself get too excited, yet.

Apr 30, 2010

First blog.... The pressure!

So, I've started the Bariatric process. Been to 3 educational sessions at 2 different hospitals. Saw a nutritionist, my Primary care doctor, did the Phsych evaluation (passed with flying colors, thank you).
I have my Pulmonary Dr appointment next week, with the Dietician in 3 weeks, and the Surgeon in 6. Seems like things are moving along very steady. ...
But, I can't stop this horrible feeling that I'm not going to get approved from my insurance.
Sure, I meet the BMI requirements (5'6" & 272 = 42 bmi), and I dont really have any health issues like High Blood pressure or diabetes yet (thank God). I've tried tons of diets, sticking to non of them and documenting none of them.
I'm very nervous that I wont get approved because I don't have 3 years of dr. documented weight loss attempts. And I guess I feel like everything else is going along too smoothly and last minute the Insurance company will drop the bomb that I dont meet ALL the requirements.

I guess there's nothing left to do but wait. And diet. My nutritionist gave me a lot of inspiration and motivation and ideas of how to drop some weight. I need to lose 27 lbs and I've currently lost 7. I've started changing my eating habbits. Lessening my portions, subsituting things for healthier choices, actually looking at calories and protein amounts now, cut out sugar from my morning coffee, and water, water, water. I feel ... Well honestly, I feel the same so far. I mean heck, it's only 7 lbs. But it keeps me going. My heart races a mile a minute every time I step on the scale, but so far it's been kind to me.

I've got a lot bottled up inside so I'm going to attempt to keep blogging on here. It's a good outlet.

0 Comments