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<p>WOWOX7, Dr. Malley is my surgeon too for now. I would LOVE to stay with him and I may have to if the other Surgeon I found can't take me in January. He's booked until April now. I was able to get in 3/27/08. AND I TOO look forward to being OBESE!!!!! I will introduce myself like: My name is Sonya and I am OBESE! LOL!!!!!!!! So cool!!! Keep going everybody.</p>

Was the other surgeon Dr. Stanley Hoehn at Shawnee Mission? He was the one who could do it but the facility wasn't covered.

I wonder if it is even a plus having choice access with this. So few doctors doing it here in Kansas city who accept it. I have even found that the surgeon may be covered but where he performs the surgery is not/ How crazy is that? So if we don't have the cash to just cover it. we are stuck waiting. But it will be worth the wait.

I'm scheduled for 3/27/08 too!!!! But I am looking for someone in my network who can do it sooner. Since I have choice access the procedure and everything is approved, and I can go with who I choose in the network. So I found a doc who may be able to get me banded in January.

That makes a LOT of sense. I know a part of my ex leaving was because of my weight although he denies it to no end, but a woman knows when a man is not attracted to her. I would be lying if I didn't admit that a part of me is driven to succeed to throw him a double whammy!!!!! Not only did you lose a fantastic woman, but you lost a fantastic woman who looks a feels better than ever!!!!! Can anyone relate?:clap2:

Hello, I hope that this is going to become my second home. I decided a year ago to finally do something about my weight. Before I go on, I want to introduce myself. My name is Sonya, and I have been overweight ALL of my life. I was a 10 pound baby for Pete's sake! But I never let my weight be a hinderance to me. I was one of the fortunate ones who was not teased and I was very popular. I marched in the high school and a southern college band, and BOY DO THEY MARCH!!! I was very active and outgoing in spite of my extra weight. I believe that I was always my own worst critic. Anyway, after going through a devastating break up and ultimate divorce and experiencing problems with my health now, I feel it is time to get control. I am about to graduate from college in May, I am going through the adoption process for a child, I'm writing a book, and so many other positive things are starting to happen in my life. I no longer want my weight to be a factor in any of it. So that is why I am here and looking to you for encouragement and support. A lot of you have walked and succeeded on the road that I have traveled and still trying to reach my destination. There is so much I can and want to learn from you. I thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart. I was approved for surgery a week ago and I am scheduled for March 27, 2008, but I am looking for someone in my network who can do it sooner. I do not want to walk across the stage when I graduate looking like I'm wearing a tent. I want to look like one of the young whipper snappers. I know I can lose some weight but not enough to make a real difference. So prayerfully I may have found a surgeon who can help me in January. Please pray for me. I currently weigh 321 lbs. I was 358 at my highest but after being diagnosed with diabetes I was able to get down to 316. So I flucctuate between 321 & 316. I am kind of afraid to set a goal, because I am so used to seeing my self large that it is hard to visualize what I would look like 100lbs lighter. I am 5'7" tall and I would like to be down to 180lbs. I have not been that size since junior high; maybe even elementary school. Do you think that is wishful thinking? Are there people out there the same body make up as me who has done it? Please, all feedback will be humbly accepted, appreciated and used. I am excited, nervous, anxious, scared all at the same time, but I know that this is right for me. Thank you for allowing me to share a little about myself, and I know that more will be shared. Sonya:help:

If you have significant others, how supportive have they been or not been. I have a fear of having an attitude against men who did not want to date me while I'm big, but will be knocking down my door when I'm a bit smaller. Anyone experience this? I just want to keep being me but I know I will change mentally in some ways. I jus don't want to be a person people wish would have stayed overweight. Sorry if I'b being to personal or too inquisitive.

You ROCK!!!!!! Your progress so far is amazing and SOOOOOO inspiring. I want to be like you all when I grow up!!!!!

Thank you so much for all the great advice and support already!!! Wow. I am so excited!!! I go to the seminar for the new doctor January 2nd. After that they will schedule me for a consult with him, and since all of my paperwork is already in order I should get scheduled for pre op, then PRAYERFULLY the surgery. The nurse said that he is not scheduling 3-4 months out that they may be able to do it in January if everything checks on their end. This is for juliegeraci. Before I lost the 36 lbs I was wearing a woman's 28/30. Now I wear 24's comfortably. So may I ask what size you are after losing 65lbs? Believe me it would be such a help. Yes my ultimate goal is to be able to stop sticking myself and taking metformin and the other medications I'm on. I know the appearance will be a bonus compared to that. Well I do hope to be able to give my future husband one heck of a sultry striptease without the extra rolls shaking!!!! LOL!!!!!! P.S. I carry the majority of my weight in my abdomen, and plus I got an extra set of boobs in the back:kiss. LOL