Hi, I have a bit of an update.  I discussed thoroughly what treatment options I had with Dr. Birch and I am going to have the RNYGB on Jan 29/14.  I have done lots of research on this and I feel pretty confident now that it will improve my situation.  I am still waiting to see what my c-peptide comes back as, to know if it's possible that I can ever get off insulin.  I just want to feel healthy and have energy to do the things I dream of doing before I leave this world.  I am praying that this will give me a renewed chance at life, even if I have to still deal with meds and diet/exercise protocols.  I am hoping to drop to 135 lbs, which would be about a loss of 30 lbs that I need to do.

I will post again once my surgery is done.

Thanks for your help.

I would try calling the Bariatric clinic , I know there was a group of people who used to meet, but I haven't heard anything in a while about it.....

I agree completely with Mike.  I used the time before my surgery to get into the best shape that I could physically get myself into so that I would be as healthy as I physically could be before surgery.  

I joined a bootcamp class and worked out every evening.  I watched what I ate so I never gained any weight because I was terrified of gaining weight and I generally enjoyed life.

I also met with other bariatric people at the Edmonton Bariatric Support Group who helped me to realize that this is actually what I wanted to do.  It is really nice to meet people with the same goals and problems that you are having.

How did you cope? It just seems that this process is taking forever. I was referred to the Edmonton clinic in January of 2013 and now that it is January of 2014, I still have an 8 month wait.

Some days it just seems it's taking forever - I can make a baby in less time.

What did you do to make the waiting more bearable?