grandmaree
I am 43 years old, mother of a 17 year old daughter and 10 year old daughter, and grandmother of a 3 month old baby girl. I am married to a sweetheart of a man.
I think I probably have pretty much the same story as most of you. I have been overweight as far back as I can remember. I started dieting when I was 8 years old. I don't remember a time in my life that I haven't been battling my weight. My mother was always overweight, and I remember her being morbidly obese as I grew up. Now, due to her weight issues all her life, she has a multitude of disease processes. Heart issues being the primary one. I do not wish to allow myself to develop all the problems she now suffers with, and I decided over 10 years ago that I needed this surgery to assist me, but my insurance has never covered it, until now. I have just finished my 6 month dr. supervised diet, (with no weight loss), I have acquired 5 years of morbid obesity weights from doctor's i have seen through the years, I have attended a seminar, viewed required online videos, and my dr. is writing my letter of medical necessity so that I can have it for my consultation visit in a couple of days with the bariatric coordinator. I feel very skeptical that I will be approved, although I have all the necessary documentation. I just feel that the insurance company is going to find something wrong with my documentation so that they can deny me. Is it normal for me to feel this way? I get frustrated because I DO have everything, but it seems they want more proof. I have friends who have had this surgery and all they had to do was say they wanted it, period. Some of them weren't even as obese as I am. I need this surgery to save my life and to make me healthy enough to be able to take care of my mother as she requires more help, and to enble me to help my husband who has COPD, and so that I am able to take care of my 10 year old, and to make me able to see my granddaughter grow up.
I work full time as a scrub-nurse/infection control nurse at an outpatient surgical facility. My weight seriously affects me in all aspects of my life. I would like to be able to ride the rides at the amusement parks with my 10 year old....I missed that with my 17 year old as she was growing up. Maybe I could even be the grandmother who rides rides with her grandkids!!
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