jbrizz

Ok so I've made the decision to pursue having a gastric sleeve procedure done. I am 34 380lbs been overweight my entire life, suffer from severe sleep apnea and degenerative joint disease in my back and well its time to provide myself with this powerful tool to help me with this battle. With that being said, my insurance does not cover WLS. At this point I need to look into other options and Mexico seems like the best one as well as i have some extended family members that went the mexico route with great results.
My main concern is that I am single and finding someone to complete the journey with me to mexico may be difficult has anyone gone this route as crazy as it seems? Second concern is I work a job that requires some heavy lifting, being on my feet all day, bending,twisting, stooping all that stuff, so it seems like with that being the case the recommended time off work is about 6 weeks. I do have short term disability through my work but my concern is having the procedure outside the United States if it would be approved or not. Has anyone successfully used short term disability for weight loss surgery in mexico? Third question may be more appropriate to discuss with a doctor but I use ibuprofren daily for joint pain and arthritis that I have, Im sure this is a concern and major no no when having this procedure done, What should I be looking at as alternative options? I think thats where I will start now, I feel a bit intimidated, and shy about this process but also excited to finally do something about it all and I just want to be fueled with as much info as possible going into this. Thanks.

Ok so I've made the decision to pursue having a gastric sleeve procedure done. I am 34 380lbs been overweight my entire life, suffer from severe sleep apnea and degenerative joint disease in my back and well its time to provide myself with this powerful tool to help me with this battle. With that being said, my insurance does not cover WLS. At this point I need to look into other options and Mexico seems like the best one as well as i have some extended family members that went the mexico route with great results.
My main concern is that I am single and finding someone to complete the journey with me to mexico may be difficult has anyone gone this route as crazy as it seems? Second concern is I work a job that requires some heavy lifting, being on my feet all day, bending,twisting, stooping all that stuff, so it seems like with that being the case the recommended time off work is about 6 weeks. I do have short term disability through my work but my concern is having the procedure outside the United States if it would be approved or not. Has anyone successfully used short term disability for weight loss surgery in mexico? Third question may be more appropriate to discuss with a doctor but I use ibuprofren daily for joint pain and arthritis that I have, Im sure this is a concern and major no no when having this procedure done, What should I be looking at as alternative options? I think thats where I will start now, I feel a bit intimidated, and shy about this process but also excited to finally do something about it all and I just want to be fueled with as much info as possible going into this. Thanks.

Ok so I've made the decision to pursue having a gastric sleeve procedure done. I am 34 380lbs been overweight my entire life, suffer from severe sleep apnea and degenerative joint disease in my back and well its time to provide myself with this powerful tool to help me with this battle. With that being said, my insurance does not cover WLS. At this point I need to look into other options and Mexico seems like the best one as well as i have some extended family members that went the mexico route with great results.
My main concern is that I am single and finding someone to complete the journey with me to mexico may be difficult has anyone gone this route as crazy as it seems? Second concern is I work a job that requires some heavy lifting, being on my feet all day, bending,twisting, stooping all that stuff, so it seems like with that being the case the recommended time off work is about 6 weeks. I do have short term disability through my work but my concern is having the procedure outside the United States if it would be approved or not. Has anyone successfully used short term disability for weight loss surgery in mexico? Third question may be more appropriate to discuss with a doctor but I use ibuprofren daily for joint pain and arthritis that I have, Im sure this is a concern and major no no when having this procedure done, What should I be looking at as alternative options? I think thats where I will start now, I feel a bit intimidated, and shy about this process but also excited to finally do something about it all and I just want to be fueled with as much info as possible going into this. Thanks.