:clap2: Today is 2-24-6 on a Friday. I received a call from my surgeon's nurse today about the next I'll be taking. She reviewed my old psych evaluation from a couple of years ago and said that the psych doctor had not cleared me for surgery. I remember how devastated I was at the time.:think However, looking back...it was probably for the best because I was in the middle of a divorce and was separated from my husband at the time. But now God has brought me through yet another huge obstacle in my life(that I probably help create) and has blessed me with a husband who is understanding and supportive of my efforts to lose weight and have the lap band surgery.:mad: :clap2: Now that I have insurance again, I am trying this again. I have my walking/running shoes on this time and I'm feeling very encouraged. Anyway, the nurse Melissa, said she would get me in to see one of their psych doctors who is very good and very supportive of this lap band idea for his obese patients and she told me they would do whatever it takes to get this approved with my insurance company. I thank God for the people at the Gastric Band Institute in Chattanooga--they are God-sents. I told Melissa that I would call back at the end of next week just to check on the progress of my approval.

:tired God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And the wisdome to know the difference;

Just for today.

Amen.