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Well what to say today except that I am having a rough day......I think the waiting is getting to me now I feel depressed scared, not sure I made the right choice, I know that people are telling me that this is normal, I wasn’t feeling much of anything until I realize that things are getting closer to finalization.....My insurance is wanting a EKG, before they approve me as well. Appointment set for EKG and Dietician for Thur. the 19th of Jan then all insurance will be waiting on is my psych eval well time is drawing near and the closer it gets the more anxious I become I know that all this is normal feelings but I keep thinking about when all the pre-op is done I then will have the real journey ahead of me.hopefully next update will be good news coming in Feb.......... Thanks to all the support I have been given on the message board you are all great....

I am waiting for my insurance approval, Have spoken with them and they said everything looks great just waiting for my Psych evaluation and I should have a answer as soon as my evaluation is done. So my evaluation is Feb 15th and so I am looking forward to hearing back from my insurance by the end of that week.....Then I will be on my way to the final step the surgical date It is almost hear, starting to get really nervous but excited, scared, all the type of emotions that I am sure others here can relate too as well when they were going through this....Sorry no Pics yet I have to get a camera to have a pre-op pic down loaded and put in my file hope to get it soon so everyone can see what I look like. Will update my file again in Feb when I have more news...

First of all I would like to thank the people who have developed this website..It is nice to see such great support and I just don’t think I could of went through with the surgery without this site it really helped me find the answers to questions that I had during my search......

My name is Lisa Fontes I am 34 years old my weight is 338# and I have been told I am Morbidly Obese, it is a hard thing to say but I know I am in the right place for support....Here is my story, I have been overweight all of my adult life from age 16 to now it was hard to be a large girl in school, guys wouldn’t give you a second look and you wanted to look like the most popular girl in school......Peer pressure is very mind weakening, but you learn to deal with what life has given you and make the best of it. I have always thought of myself as a strong independent person. The things I love about myself is I am a very caring ,loving, honest, outgoing person that loves people and life. I love to read ,sing ,dance, walk my dog, spend time with my friends and hope to have children after this surgery to enjoy as well.... I have always been in control of my life and never depended on anyone but myself. I bought my first car on my own, went to college and payed for it on my own seems like I have a lot of success but the one thing I feel I have failed is in my weight. Even though I should be proud of my accomplishments, the one thing I want more is to concur my weight...So this is where my weight loss journey starts. I first considered gastric bypass when the Star Carney Wilson had it back around 1998..Like most I was skeptical I just was not convinced at that time that it was a safe procedure, much less there wasn’t enough data to convince me to do something so drastic to my body. There were no stories of the long term effects of the surgery and what complications patients had 5,10,even15 years post-op but my breaking point was recently when I visited my primary care for a yearly Physical and she told me I had to be put on blood pressure and cholesterol medicine that was it for me I told myself I am 34 and I refuse to slowly kill myself by my weight so here I am now talking to you all and telling you all my life story......And I hope to one day be an inspiration and a true WLS success for others who may be looking to change there lives as well.

My biggest concerns about having the Rouen Y surgery is the after effects of the weight loss I am worried about the extra skin and how I am going to look and I am also worried about how I am psychologically going to be able to see and except myself as thin, when all I have ever seen is large my whole adult life. But I know with the support of others on this site, my family and the will to change I will be able to get through it.