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Last Christmas, my dear MIL bought me some really trendy knee-high boots to wear with leggings, etc.  They wouldn't zip up around my calves....and my calves aren't really proportionate to my body, so I was really upset about it.  She told me that she w

Well, folks, the holidays are approaching, and so is my RNY.  I'll be going under on the Monday after Thanksgiving.  So...I've had a lot of my "supportive" family call and ask how things are going, and I have been super excited to tell them that I fina

I'm scheduled on 11/28!  Words cannot express just how excited I am for my journey to really get kick started! 

I want to thank you all for all of your support this far!

I've been calling BCBS every couple of days checking on this.  Yesterday, there was no news.  Today, just on a hunch, I called and they said that they were just finished with it and that I am approved!  

I am over the moon about this news! RNY

I need to vent, and this is going to be long....my apologies in advance

Well, here we are playing the waiting game.  I know not everyone has the same schedules as I do.  Mine are busy and yours' are, too.  I was told on 10/5 that all of my info

I'm happy to report that all of my information has gone to my insurance for approval. 

First off, let's start from the top.....

I have been overweight....obese, even....for as long as I can remember.  I'm only 33, I have three young children, and I enjoy being outside (aka farm life).  I can never remember a time when I didn't wa

Surgeon said I was a good candidate for either RNY or VSG.  I have not yet made up my mind as to which surgery to get.  Can any of you RNY-ers tell me some of the pros and cons that you have experienced? 

I have two sisters who have both had th