Jenifer R.
Hi everyone! My name is Jen, I'm 34 and soon to be divorced with three children. I was not an overweight child, or teen, but gained 75lbs or so with my first pregnancy and never took the weight off...over the years I've gained and lost and here I am today at 300lbs...I've been wanting to have WLS for several years, but we never had health insurance that covered it till now. As soon as we got this new insurance I began looking into it. I have had my first consult with Dr. Huse at St. Vincent's (in April) and had my Psych eval on May 1. I didn't have all the records together for Nicole to submit to my insurance until the 2nd week of June, but once I got them to her my insurance only took approx 12 days to approve me! I was previously hoping to have my surgery by my birthday (June 18th)...but that wasn't really a realistic goal...my acutal surgery date is August 2nd and as of today I only have 18 more days until me REBIRTHDAY!!! In my skinny days I was 135lbs give or take and I'm 5'6" tall...so I'd love to see at least 150...I'd be tickled to death with that! I'm looking forward to meeting new people and sharing my experience and journey with others. Thanks for reading this and I will update it as my journey continues!
Hugs,
Jen
