Made up my mind and I'm soooooo excited.......

Mar 26, 2011

I've made up my mind and I have officially made the decision to have WLS surgery. I've started the process several times, but after being declined by insurance every time, I thought maybe it's just not meant to be. I thought maybe I'm doing something wrong.....I should be able to lose this weight on my own, right!?! How hard can it be? Reality check!!!! I have tried time and time again to lose the weight and time and time again I was successful for about 20 - 30 pounds only to gain 40 pounds back. The endless diet yo-yo.

Now I am committed to having it done. Although my insurance has an exclusion clause for WLS, I am going to invest in myself and pay out of pocket. I have already talked with my patient advocate and have an appointment to meet with my surgeon this week. My advocate said that most likely I could schedule my surgery within a month! WLS is almost a reality and I am so excited! I know there will be challenges, but I feel the overall experience will be AMAZING. I can't wait to get my life back. People that have not been extremely overweight don't understand what's it like. It affects your entire life. Most people just think it affects your physical appearance, but as anyone is extremely overweight knows, there are so many daily issues you deal with besides appearance. I find myself day dreaming about being "thin" again and it is wonderful. I don't think I have ever been so excited about something in my life! I hope everything goes as planned. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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