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My name is LaToya and I'm 29 years old. I started my journey in July 2005. That's when I finally made up my mind to have the Gastric Bypass surgery. I was always big. I went from a plump toddler, to a chubby kid, to a fat teenager, and now a super obese adult. My whole family is overweight so I get it honest. I now am at a point in my life where my quality of life is being affected by my weight. I use to be able to do what the skinny girls did but within the last year, my knees and back is always hurting. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and I'm a borderline diabetic. So its time I do something about it.
In July 05, I went to the seminar with Dr. Higa who I must say that I like a lot. I learned about all the different surgeries that I'm able to have. Of course I have chosen to have the RNY surgery done laproscopically so that I'll heal faster. So being that I had Blue Shields HMO, that meant I had to jump through hoops. First, I had to get a referral from my PCP (Primary Care Physician) to the Weight Management center for me to set up and appt with them. Then I had to do six months of appointments with the weight management center. Which meant I had to talk to the Nurse Practitioner about my eating habits and then to the Dietician about how I'm suppose to eat. Then I had to go through all these different tests and lab work. Oh and that's how I found out I had high blood pressure. I went in to the doctors office for a papsmear and came out with high blood pressure! How does that happen?
So after 8 months at the weight management center, I finally got the ok to make an appt to see the surgeon, but of course that took two more months. In the meantime, I received a good job offer and had to leave my previous place of employment which meant I was without insurance for another three months. So then I finally got an appt. with the Surgeon on Nov. 1st of this year. He said I'm a good candidate for the surgery. So, they had to transcribe my stuff and then send it to the insurance company. Well last Wednesday (11/22), I got my surgery date. I am schedule to have surgery on January 9th, 2007!!! I'm so excited and can't wait to start my new life.
