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Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

I battle with obesity all my life, I was always the fat one in the family. I did abuse food, used it when i was sad or frustrated and when i realized it i was 365 pounds. I managed to lose 50 pounds and started to gain it back thats when i looked into Lap band surgery.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

The Worst thing about being over weight is the stares from people.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

Just walking and enjoying it!

How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

I first heard of bariatric surgery in the early 2000 people would just come up to me and tell me to do the surgery and how pretty i would look. I always refuse i tried,tried and tried to lose the weight on my own which always came back.

Describe your experience with getting insurance approval for surgery. What advice, if any, do you have for other people in this stage?

I got my approval right away. My insurance covers the lap band and all i needed was 3 months letter from my pcp a psychiatrist eval and to see a nutritionist for a few months and i been seeing one for years.
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