jojodebo
I'm 32, married with two girls 3 and 1. I've battled my weight my entire life. In 2002, I was approved thru insurance to have Gastric Bypass. But the only doctor doing it would only do "open" surgery. And my husband was so afraid I would die that he said he'd rather divorce me than to go along with it and watch me die a painful death. So I opted not to have it. At that time, I was around 220.
In 2003 I had my first child and I was 227 when I delivered. In 2005, I had my 2nd child and I was 249 when I delivered.
I have always wanted to have gastric bypass. It has been a constant argument in my family. Finally, in June (210 lbs)I just came out and told my family that I was doing it no matter what. I didn't care what anyone thought, I had to do this for me and my children. It wasn't fair that I was always to hot to play outside or go to the beach or WHATEVER..... I was just not able to do it.
I found out that my new insurance covers ZERO % of the cost. So with copays and misc fees, I will have to pay about 20K. My husband agreed that I could do it as long as I did the Lap Band and not RNY. Done.
I attended Dr. Lord's seminar in August, had my first consultation in October and the ball got rolling. In Oct & Nov, I had to get a pap smear, ekg, chest xrays and an EGD (camera down the throat). I had to do a psych evaluation and attend a class with their dietician.
(Also since June I've quit all diet pills, so now I'm like 224 or something....nice.)
But the first week of December, I got put on the schedule for the Lap Band. So I was scheduled for January 9, 2007.
My husband was not going to be able to make the appointment on Thursday with the surgeon, so I told him to write down all the questions he had. The first question was how much would a revision cost if my band slipped. To my surprise, it would be another 20k. And there are no guarantees, obviously, whether or not OR how soon my band could potentially slip.
SOOOOOOOOO, the let down is this.......Yesterday, January 2,2007, I had no choice but to cancel my surgery.
I am more depressed than I think I've ever been. I really thought this would be the year of change I'd been dreaming about. And with one question and answer, I have nothing to look forward to but my normal yo/yo dieting.
So that's it. That's my life.
