nuttiwebgal
My name is Lynette....I am known all over the internet as nuttiwebgal or just plain nutti....and yes the name is a reflection of who I am...always doing something to myself to make my life interesting. Like putting my paintbrush into my drinking glass. etc. etc. etc.
I am 42 been married for almost 22 yrs and have 3 great kids. and 1 adorable grand-daughter. at my largest I weighed 520 at this time I hover from 440-420. I do not have diabetes or high blood pressure at this time but I have Bad sleep apnea and have a hard time walking very far. I have had back surgery and was told if I didnt get the weight off I would be back for more because it was degenerative. I gained over 200lbs after that....over a period of 10 yrs. my knees do not want to carry me and my hips dont care for it much either. I have slept in a recliner for about 5 yrs now.
I decided to have WLS about 3 yrs ago. it has been a trying time. I called my husband's ins. to see if this was something they covered...I was told yes...GOODIE so I made my appointment for a class and consulted at a surgeon 2 hours from me.He was wonderful and really liked him. I got all my paperwork and a list of things to get done before the next visit. 5 days later I get a call from their office that my $300 office visit was not covered and neither was the surgery. Thankfully we had already paid half of it. the DR office than suggested I get on Disability. His office took Medicare and that would pay for it. so 9 months later I have disability but have to wait a full yr for the ins. to take effect. I counted the days. on the day the ins. took effect I called the office only to be told that the office NO longer takes Medicare! UUGGGG by this time I had started bleeding. then it got bad....but slowly over the course of 9 months that I put off going to the Gyno I was bleeding to death and didnt know it. I just thought it was the weight that made me feel tired all the time and short of breath. The OBGYN slapped my happy feeling fine butt in the hospital where I received 7 units of blood. so I started a 2 yr Odessy. I wanted to get the bypass and the obgyn thought that perhaps if I had it done the bleeding would go back to a normal cycle instead of 24/7. well it came down to I had to have a hysterectomy no getting around it. a humiliating ordeal for any woman but just imagine at my weight. it was awful. my own doctor would not perform my surgery because she had never operated on anyone my size and the hospital was not equipped for me either surgically speaking. so I had to go to a hospital 2 hours from home. nightmare experience....the whole thing. I gave up the WLS at that point. I just couldnt see going through that again. but here we are 1 yr later and Im ready now. I am soooo ready. I will have this surgery! I worry if I dont how much longer can my body take this. my OBGYN put me on synthroid..said I was a very LOW normal. and I lost weight I got my sleep apnea machine and I lost weight...but not enough to regain the things I have lost. like going to the lake or walking the Mall with my 15 yr old daughter. playing in the floor with my grandbaby.
At this time I am in the process that Medicare requires for approval. I have done lab work and I've done my psych evaluation. and been to a class/seminar. I have my first support group meeting on sunday. I have been very inspired to keep trying after finding this place and reading some of the stories! Im very glad I have found this site.
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