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Happy Halloween to me!! Surgery is scheduled for October 30th! Here's to me not looking like the Great pumpkin next year!
So excited but scared.

Happy Halloween to me!! Surgery is scheduled for October 30th! Here's to me not looking like the Great pumpkin next year!
So excited but scared.

Happy Halloween to me!! Surgery is scheduled for October 30th! Here's to me not looking like the Great pumpkin next year!
So excited but scared.

Happy Halloween to me!! Surgery is scheduled for October 30th! Here's to me not looking like the Great pumpkin next year!
So excited but scared.

Happy Halloween to me!! Surgery is scheduled for October 30th! Here's to me not looking like the Great pumpkin next year!
So excited but scared.

I finished all my pre op stuff last Thurs. My surgeon's office should be sending in anytime. Now I need to learn patience.
I already called insurance to see if it was submitted. Lol. Nope not yet

I finished all my pre op stuff last Thurs. My surgeon's office should be sending in anytime. Now I need to learn patience.
I already called insurance to see if it was submitted. Lol. Nope not yet

You look fabulous! Awesome job

You look fabulous! Awesome job

I just requested to be added. Thanks for setting this up

Having a gallbladder attack is worse than labor! There were many nights I slept in a hot bathtub. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone!
Hope you start feeling better

I asked my surgeon about the e-cig and patch and she was fine with both!

Christy, I don't have any clothes that I can send you, but have you thought about heading to the local Goodwill? You can often get decent clothes for very little money and then when they're too big, just donate them back and buy some more!

You look incredible. A new you!

Hathery,
My insurance excluded all wls as well. I have previously been diagnosed with a hiatal hernia and it's repair is covered. I called a surgeon here in Dallas TX...Dr. David Kim, and his office verified my benefits and said that since the hernia repair is covered, my portion to pay for ths sleeve will only be $5800. It is very possible that you need hernia repair as well. I have a consult Friday! I know you will find a way to do this for YOU!
Lori
~ L Nor in TX

I'm the same way - gung ho in the beginning and then I fizzle - and my husband was the same way. He was fine with my weight and I didn't have any serious medical problems so he didn't understand why I wanted to risk life and limb, and money, on surgery. He thought since I had lost the weight before, I could do it again if I "really tried" or "really wanted to"....yeah. I had to sit him down and tell him I was tired and I was tried out. I wasn't going to be fighting this battle for the rest of my days. Then I had to tell him all the things he didn't know, never realized, and never thought about - like the times I couldn't tie my shoes, my fear of falling because at 100 lbs overweight, I could really hurt myself, how my thighs touch from my pelvis to my knees so I don't walk like a normal person, how I couldn't get in the tent at the outdoorsy store because I wouldn't have been able to get back out, how I can't wear a skirt without shorts, how carrying 100 lbs makes me too tired to have sex or go hiking, how I hate people thinking he has a fat fetish, how I know my kids aren't proud of me, how I feel like less of a person around people, and on and on and on. I literally poured my heart out and IT SUCKED! I told him I needed help to have the life I deserved and that he couldn't help me but he could at least support me. If he had put up a fight after that, I would have left him. Seriously. I have never been that open with another human being in all my days and damn it, he was either going to get on board or get ran over. But that's only me and mine. I've just had it with living this way. I'm through. I deserve better and I'm worth more.
Thank God my hubby got on board. He just never knew. I NEVER spoke to him about my struggles. I would mention every new diet I was trying but I never let him in on how my weight affected my life. He was so sorry that he never realized how I was struggling, then I felt bad for putting that guilt on him, but in the end we're all good.
I think your husband's fear of regain is reasonable. My sister had that same fear. A lot of people never address why they eat the way they do and they do re-gain a signficant amount of weight back. I didn't want to research weight re-gain, because that was not going to be me, but I'm glad I did. I eat to feel ok. I eat to bring joy into my life. I eat to be happy. I eat because I deserve it. I eat to zone out. I eat to treat myself. I eat to not feel. If I dont' find acceptable substitutes for all those reasons, I will not be a weight loss success. Thus I'm addressing those issues beforehand. Maybe if you learn more about why you eat the way you do -what purpose food is serving in your life - and come up with acceptable substitutes, your husband will be more agreeable to you having the surgery.

Congrats, you look amazing!

I can tell you with my insurance, I have to supply 6 months supervised diet with my doctor with 7 appointments for weigh ins.
I even had receipts where I was buying weight loss Meal Replacement shakes for 8 months and it had to be documented by a physician or WW ect

In Columbus here, waiting on a surgery date. I'm using Dr. Trace Curry as well.

Hi ladies, I am just north of Columbus. I am in the 6 mos supervised diet phase. My first consult with the surgeon is tomorrow. Super excited but frustrated with my diet progress.

I would take anything you have. We have a clothes closet thru my drs office. We give clothes to pele that have had surgery and can't afford new clothes. Especially the formal ones. We have a Butterfly Ball each year and try to have gowns available to anyone that wants to attend. I can pay to have you mail them.

JUST GOT MY APPROVAL LETTER!!!!!! AHHHH So excited lol!