MyNeWLiFein2013

I consider myself a VERY lucky girl... My husband and I met when we were 18... I was in the best shape I have ever been in... I weighed 145lbs and I was fit... Over the past 9 years I have gained almost 100lbs... He is always telling me how beautiful I am... I will say but I am not the physically the same person who you were attracted to...so why are you still attracted to me... He said sure physically I am different but he was attracted to ME... Not becuase how I looked becuase of who I am... I am so glad I married him... I feel like he would love me no matter if I was a size 2...size 22...or size200!

Believe me I want this surgery so I can feel better in clothes and look better but that makes up about 15% of my reasons behind this surgery. I have a 3 year old and I want to set a healthy example for him... In order to do that I need to be at a healthy weight... I have PCOS and it took me 2 years and 2 miscarraiges to have my son... Then 2 miscarriages while trying to get pregnant with baby #2... After a year of tryig for #2 I decided to get this surgery and get Mirena IUD for birth control. My Dr thinks if I lose weight it may not cure my PCOS but it will help with my infertility and if needed make IVF easier.

You're right most people do feel like this is a vain surgery... Most of the people in my experience who feel that way have never had a problem with their weight and have never really felt that uncomfortable in their own skin!

Hi I am on the same path for health and fertility sake. 2.5 years for #1 and 3 years of trying for #2 I have one fallopian tube fibrocystic breasts and ovaries. Pre cervical cancer a breast cancer scare and still wanting babies. Fat is not where its at when it comes to fertility! I just want to be healthy for crying out loud I'm only 28! I know I deserve a better path than this. Oh yeah I have had that same comment " you have such a pretty face if only" please if only I could share what its like to walk a mile in these fat shoes!

United Healthcare Choice Plus 80/20 in network. However its through an employer and each company writes their own policies.

please also search tiffy2fers I am now admin and will add you as well!

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I have my surgery Dec.19th and my approval from insurance took 8 days but they said legally they 15 calendar days to give notice I have United Health Care! So excited sleeve buddies!

I have my surgery Dec.19th and my approval from insurance took 8 days but they said legally they 15 calendar days to give notice I have United Health Care! So excited sleeve buddies!

Hi. I was just approved today for surgery on December 20th. I am new to the forum. I have been reading posts but I have not commented until today. I wanted to wait until I was approved.

Happy for you to have surgery soon! How excited are you what steps are you taking have you taken to prepare? Glad to see our days our so close together. I will try and give you a heads up okay! Lol! This is only the beginning for us girls I feel like a whole new me is bursting out! Weeeeeeeee!

WOO HOO..I am scheduled for Dec 5th' date=' and feel the EXACT same. What I have been doing for about 2 weeks now is this: I cut off caffeine and soda COLD TURKEY ( bad headache at first ) but I got over tht. I am drivning Water, gatorade, and crystal light ( and I juice my own juice). I have at least 2 Protein shakes to get used to the flavor and am experimenting. I started taking all the required Vitamins so that it would becone 2nd nature to me. Next week I am to have a diet of 2 Protein Shakes and 1 lean Protein food with greens, to prep for the suregery. Easy, chicken...fish...and a big ol' salad. [/quote']

Hi This is great been thinking I was not going to get approval so a bit depressed amd being a slacker! Time to step up my game! I am so excited and my sweet husband is excited b/c I am he says. I know he is scared for me but I just wish he would have some enthusiasm its tough enough with all of the thing life throws at you! Oh well he will be pumped one he sees results. I am glad to have two buddies so far. Have you girls purchased unjury powder protein. That is what the nutritionist reccomends. I have a couple of delicious recipes with it one is Peanut Butter cup flavor the other is pb and j flavored! Ready to try them! Have to pick up a Calcium and multi pill to chew still been taking the swallow one so far.

So my surgery was approved yesterday and I'm scheduled Dec.19th! I truly cannot believe this is happening! My OOP Max is more now considering my ins. Company and the hospital stopped negotiating a contract but I'm still gonna make it happen! I am so excited yet nervous ! I need new sleever advice for before and afters? What would you have done differently and suggestions for staying strong! Please feel free I open this thread for all who are in prep mode!

I was approved today for the surgery of a lifetime. My excitement suddenly turned to slight this Maine when I was told that my hospital that I have to have the surgery and is no longer in network and they have ceased to work on agreements as of 2 days prior to my surgery the hospital will be come out of network. So obviously that puts a slight damper on my excitement being that means more money out of my pocket I am upset but at the same time I am so elated that I have this opportunity to get the surgery no amount of money is going to stop me from getting the surgery. Thank you all for listening to my rants and raves at times and I wish the same approval for all that are requesting this from their insurance

Just too short months ago I begin this journey to have paperwork submitted to insurance and now the time is come it has been submitted it is pending approval and I wait praying to God that he will grant this for my life. I'm so excited to think that it's even a possibility the only way I can make it through this. Is to just ask God for help. I know that there are others at the beginning of the journey and some just waiting for their surgery God bless us all!

Another inspiration I pray my surgery goes just as smooth and that I advance with swiftly! Congrats on the new you!

It is amazing how many times I have contacted United Healthcare just to find out exactly what I need to submit for a pre certification. I mean I have contacted them at least 10 * and finally today I got the answers I needed it's like heaven gates open for me. Thankfully all that is needed is a high BMI I have wonderful health insurance. Why in the H E double hockey sticks did it take so long for them to tell me that 1 simple sentence. I wasn't asking for them to perform the surgery I was asking a simple question and even then it took an hour and 5 different people before I finally got the answers that I was looking for. Thank God all that I have left to do is visit the nutritionist and they will submit. Please pray that the approval arrive promptly and I can get my surgery scheduled

The support that I am receiving here is more than I could hope 4. I do love my husband with all my heart and I would do anything for him it's going to be a day by day process for me to work on this even moment by moment sometimes. Depression has always been a problem since I was a child but I have love this man since I was 7 years old he has loved me just as long I know that we are meant to be together it is just another stepping stone to get to that point where we need to be we both know how to fight we're both very stubborn and bull headed at times and not to mention we have created a child that is just like us we have these moments of pure bliss as a family so I know the feeling is still there. I do see a psychologist on a regular basis but I have struggled with the depression medication that they give they do nothing for me and yes I have taken them for 60 days at a time and still nothing. I have read up on it that in order for the medications to work you must have a chemical imbalance very different types of depression know and I do believe mine stems from my obesity. The surgery is definitely going to help me come out of the coma that I have merely existing with. I do not plan on being unhappy I plan on being happy with my husband and with my daughter. Thank you so much for your support!

Thank you both for your wonderful responses. I know this cannot happen overnight it just seems so dreadful right now I go through bouts of depression I always come out on top but I have yet to figure out the way that I need to act towards my husband it seems to be the 1 great area that both of us struggle with he doesn't know how to communicate and tell me when I'm being rude and I don't know how to stop it I'm working on it it will b day by day and I will not let my marriage go I love him so much I've known him since I was 7 years old. This is just another road block we will be that old great couple together walking hand in hand my determination will not fail me.

I have so many fears. First of all my marriage is a bit rocky right now mainly because I have been so mean to my husband for so long due to the fact that I am angry with myself. I've been stuck in this horrible body for far too long it is cause pain for myself and others I'm worried it after the surgery when I get my new body that I may lose my husband at the same time not because I am trying to leave him but because he is been so resentful towards me for far too long and I have allowed him to deal with this pain on his own instead of doing something about it. I want to tell him the same story over and over again that everything will be fine I will change and you have nothing to worry about but I know that I can't continue that any longer I just want to be happy again like I was before my mother passed away when I was 19. That episode changed my life I have a beautiful daughter an amazing husband that would do anything for me in all I seem to do is be unhappy. I know that this surgery is not going to fix everything and I will have to work in many other areas but I know that being so overweight for so long has dampered my outlook on life. It is time for a new start a new me a new wife for my husband.

I have so many fears. First of all my marriage is a bit rocky right now mainly because I have been so mean to my husband for so long due to the fact that I am angry with myself. I've been stuck in this horrible body for far too long it is cause pain for myself and others I'm worried it after the surgery when I get my new body that I may lose my husband at the same time not because I am trying to leave him but because he is been so resentful towards me for far too long and I have allowed him to deal with this pain on his own instead of doing something about it. I want to tell him the same story over and over again that everything will be fine I will change and you have nothing to worry about but I know that I can't continue that any longer I just want to be happy again like I was before my mother passed away when I was 19. That episode changed my life I have a beautiful daughter an amazing husband that would do anything for me in all I seem to do is be unhappy. I know that this surgery is not going to fix everything and I will have to work in many other areas but I know that being so overweight for so long has dampered my outlook on life. It is time for a new start a new me a new wife for my husband.

I am excited barium swallow done fitness eval done psych eval done. Nutritionist next Wed. And then its off to insurance. This was much easier than I thought it would be. I am just praying insurance is also a breeze. 44 BMI with no comorbidities, however I have been this way all of my adult life! I just want to be able to play with my daughter and not be so exhausted. Please say that special prayer all goes as planned because if it does I could be on a surgical table the last Wed. In Nov.!

Safety Harbor is beautiful! My owns a business in downtown. I grew up playing in its parks! I love the events they have and its perfect for families! They have an awesome spa in downtown an many wonderful schools! Dunedin is where I was raised but not as close to Tampa similar small town atmosphere though. God Bless!

Hi newbie I am hoping to be sleeved in November! I just a barium swallow done today! It truly was the most disgusting thing I have ever drank! I did awesome they said too! They have never had someone drink both cups so fast and keep it down. Once again my determination is boiling over. I had this done because I had an endoscopy done last year due to polyps in my stomach causing me severe pain. I really cannot to meet my bariatric coordinator on Monday and accomplish the psych eval and fitness visit next Thursday. Then all that's left is my nutritionist and we submit to insurancr for the pre certification! Smooth sailing is ahead and I am pumped! Thanks to all watching this thread and caring. Support is keeping me motivated as well as a brighter future free from the restraint of this weight! I can conquer the world without it! You will all bear witness! BTW my name is Tiffany!

Yes that is my daughter and thank you so much for the support!

Hi girls I live in Northern Pasco County on 10 acres. I am born and raised in pinellas county. It is very beautiful yet full of traffic and homes close together. Its a rat race! I love where I live now. I live near Land O lakes that area is modest as well as Trinity a newer area being built up. I am closing on my own short sale this week. I am hopefully getting sleeved next month! I am very excited that this is happening! PM me if you have questions about the area I know a lot!

I started this journey a couple months ago. Hit a speed bump when my first mammogram showed a grape size mass. Had a biopsy its benign thank the good Lord. My mom died from it and my grandpa had it too. I need this weight off for my health and my families too. Had my surgical consult. My psych eval is scheduled as is my swallow study and fitness and nutritionist. I am blessed to have UHC on a low deductible and they cover it all at 80/20 with oop max at 1750$. Waiting is the tough part, all visits will be done by next week as will the closing of the short sale on my home. Damn what a year it has been and 2013 will start me off as a new woman! Comments support are welcome as I take this scarry road. Luckily I have a loving husband and beautiful 4 year old daughter.Congrats to us all on this journey"

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