The TEST to see how bad I want this...

Hi all, Im a 27 year old female, happily married for almost 4 years to the best husband there is. We just had our first son in January--so he is almost 6 months old now. I have been interested in bariatric surgery for some time now, I have been overweight my entire life. Its to the point now where nothing seems to help me lose weight, and this is my last option. I am quite embarrassed to admit that I need surgery to have a chance at losing weight. Surgery is such a drastic move on my part. But its the only chance I have to see my grandkids, and great grand kids...Its the last resort. I am 5'10.5" and weigh 330#. When I met my husband I weight 272 and was almost even happy at that weight believe it or not. Then when I got pregnant at 290, then gained 60 pounds with him, Ive been miserable since. My back is the biggest problem. I have back pain all the time. i cant stand for long periods of time without it starting to KILL ME. I have hip and joint pain which makes being a nurse very difficult. Sooooooo. Im working on the approval process right now through my insurance company. Its in my hands right now, I am working on getting my "case" together for them...keep your fingers crossed! Ive heard it can be a rather bumpy ride!!

I went to my surgeon back on June 6th, I received information about the Lap Band and what I had to do to get approval from insurance. I have Great West, and therefore I have to have 6 months of Dr. supervised diet, blah blah, everyone knows the routine. I have contacted my PCP and OBGYN to get letters of medical necessity from them. My PCP will be writing one this week, my OBGYN hasnt responded to my letter yet. Hmmmm, I wonder if he will. I really need more than one LMN since I dont have the 6month recorded diet.

I also went on the 26th to have my pulmonary function test--boy was that fun. hehehehe. The Dr. tried to get me to have a sleep study, because I have been known to snore in my sleep, am tired all the time, wake up sometimes with headaches, and have no sex drive. I responded by saying "I dont believe its sleep apnea--these seem to be the symtoms of being a mother of a 5 month old" HAHAHHAHA They always say that nurses make the worse patients. hehehe.

Oh! I had the 'ol PSYCH eval yesterday, the results...(drum roll please) IM NOT CRAZY!!! hehehe. You'd think I would be working in a Long Term Care facility for so long. :Dancing_biggrin: She asked me stupid questions like "True or false, I have flown overseas 45 times in the past year" or "Ive had 20 toes for my entire life" I was like, what does this have to do with the Lap Band??? LOL, anyhow, she basically made sure I wasnt overly depressed, that I knew what I was getting into, and that I had lots of support.

I also wrote a letter to the Insurance company it was 5 pages long. Im not sure if it will hurt me or help me! I just wanted them to know how hard it is to be an obese child, an obese young adult, and obese mother and wife. I wanted to explain that I dont want the burden of my weight to impact my son at all. I dont want to be known as Garretts FAT MAMA. I want to be healthy so that I may live a long happy life. I want to be able to fit in the roller coasters, go to the movies, go to the beach, play ball, ride bikes, etc. I have to make some change.

My To Do List:

Dr Bilson--letter of medical necessity

Dr James Smith--letter medical necessity

Dr Randy Smith--letter medical necessity

Dr Barina--letter medical necessity

Dr Nolte--Psych Evaluation

Dr Miars--pulmonary function test

Letter from me to Great West

Lab work including CBC, BMP, and TSH

Current pictures and mesurements of me at 330#