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FutureSleve, No i am not from the NY area. I am from Michigan. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I was gone for a long weekend with the family. Good Luck CR

Thanks for your encouragement. I plan to see this through and hope the insurance process moves speadily along. I have good insurance and according to them I prequalified/certified so now I am just waiting on GHP, the surgical team handeling the process. The medical world never moves as fast as I want it to move. Gene1970 good luck next Wednesday. I am sure that has to be an exciting and nervous time. Keep posting so we know how you are doing.

How did it go for you? I do not have a date scheduled yet as I am early in the insurance approval process but I hope to get a date yet this summer.

Well I started the process last night. I attended the first seminar that is supposed to begin this long journey. It was not a decision I have arrived at lightly. I have struggled with weight all of my life. There were about two years in my life right after a really ugly divorce were I actually achieved my goal weight through exercise and diet. But now ten years later I find myself heavier than before. I have lost some weight in recent months but, I am pretty sure I can not do this for life without some help. I started seeing a psychologist to try and work on some of my underlying issues with food. Today I am going to try to start a diet that will look somewhat like a life after surgery would look like. I would be a liar to say I am not scared. It is hard for me to admit that I can not control my weight without surgical intervention. To me that is a big failure. I know I am not alone and I know other have the same struggle but, as someone who is generally successful at things in life it is hard to have this one area I can not control. To complicate this matter I am or at least was a proud man. So much so that I can not admit to people that I want to have surgery. For me, I am starting to see comorid problems associated with weight. High blood pressure, depression, and possibly even early signs of gout. I want to stay alive to see my kids grow up. It takes a lot for me to even write this down in a forum. For me as man it is hard to admit I can not control this without help. Reading posts on here has been an inspiration and hopefully, God willing, I can someday add my stroy to the list of successes. I am sure this process takes a long time and the surgery group that I am using has a long arduous process to complete before you can have surgery. I just hope we can start this journey soon, lest my courage fail me. CR