Sharen L.
I began my weight loss surgery quest in 2005. My ins co. denied my claim, just because they don't cover WLS. I went on disability through Medicare in May of 2005. I qualified for my medicare medical card on May 1, 2007. Once I received the card I started the process all over again. On May 30th I was notified that I had been approved for WLS. They gave me the week of June 18th as a possible surgery date. The hospital will be in touch with me shortly, with a specific date and time. I am so excited! I just want to get healthy!!! I want to be able to walk to and from the car without being out of breath, sweating all over and feeling like crap! My highest weight has been 303. I am currently weighing 292.5. I have been working out with a personal trainer two times a week. I do cardio, weight training, and pool classes. I, along with four of my sister's were sexually abused by our father. In my 30's I started counseling to deal with the bad nightmares I was having. Two years later I finished counseling...but I had gained about 50-75 lbs. in the process. Then I began to get many other health problems that prevented me from being able to lose weight through diet and exercise! I have fallen about 4-5 times due to my weight. Which has set me back in my exercise work out sessions. I was very skinny as a child, actually I had malnutrition. My father always got all he wanted to eat, then IF anything was left the kids got something to eat! I was the fourth child out of five, so there wasn't much to eat by the time I got the plate.
