Newbie to the board~~

Hello everyone! I've read some of the post for a while, but this is my first time actually posting here. I'm a 32 year old mother of a 4 year old son, Trey. I'm happily married to DH, Butch, for nearly 7 years. I work 10pm til 8am 4 nights a week at Dothan Police Dept in Alabama. We dispatch police, fire, rescue, after hour utilities, and answer E911. We also answer the city switchboard, which is another reason I recently went to night shift. I'm so sick of hearing people fuss about their court dates or utilities being shut off for non payment!! Not my cup of tea. I've lost most of my compassion for alot of people. Anyway, I've been overweight off and on since my teenage years. I had a few months bout with buliemia my senior year to get into a size 6 prom dress and go out for a beauty pagent, and then just went back to eating after that was over with. Now, I'm back up to the highest weight I've been in 6 years. I'm 5'1 and pushing 190. It may not seem like alot to most people, but I have asthma and 2 months ago, went into the hospital with chest pains and found out I now have high blood pressure and heart palpatations. I also fight migraines. I've been on weigh****chers for a year now. I finally decided to stop looking into WLS and try to do it. I have an appt with a local Bariatric surgeon on Nov 15th. They are skeptical that BC/BS will cover it for me yet, because I barely qualify. I am hopeful though. I just wanted to say hello, and introduce myself. Sorry so lengthy!! Sherri

Welcome Sherri! Not a lot of time to post but wanted to quickly say welcome and also that if you shrink to 4'11" you might qualify! Slump girl! Slump!!!

I know!! According to the nurse, I possibly qualify with my BMI of 35, and asthma & high bp & migraines. MAYBE!!! Sherri

HI Sherri! And Welcome I hope the appt went smoothly for you and that you are able to join us on the losing side soon! It is a great journey.... I look forward to seeing more posts from you Brianna