Dynamo

Hi - I have a 140lbs to lose - I had already been approved to have the gastric bypass but woke up one morning over a week ago and knew that the bypass wasn't the way to go - I have wanted to get the sleeve surgery for over 2 yrs now but as of yet my ins. co. doesn't cover it - just found out that 5 major ins. co's cover the sleeve now so decided to wait as I believe the sleeve is the best weight loss surgery out there presently - I was diagnosed with typeII diabetes bout 4 yrs ago and have gained 50 lbs more since then, uuurrrrggggghhhhhhhh - anyway, I decided to add 2 to 3 high-protein replacement meals to my daily eating regiment and eating one sensible well-balanced meal daily in hopes of losing some weight on my own - I would've had to lose 14lbs anyway b4 they would have performed the bypass on me - I need all the encouragement and support I can get - I searched for a diabete's support group but haven't found one - maybe I'm not searching correctly? Anyway, good luck to you and have a great day!!! ;0)

Thanks pumpkin07 for the welcome, encouragement and advice re: surgeon having at least 100 sleeve procedures under his sleeve (lol, no pun intended)

WOW, am I nuts? or what? Well, I like to eat nuts and they say you are what you eat, uh? :lol0: I just completed 8 months of preparing for the gastric bypass surgery - went thru all the hoops - was approved and waiting for a surgery date - I was not 100% sure that gastric bypass was the way for me to go - at first, I thought I wanted to go with the lap band but being a military wife and moving every 2-3 yrs. would've been difficult to continue changing doctors, etc. for the fill's and checkups - I believed the sleeve was the way to go but my insurance didn't pay for the sleeve :frown1: - I woke up one morning a little over a week ago and just knew that I knew that I knew :ohmy: that the gastric bypass was not the way to go - so, I made the decision to prolong my weight loss surgery until my insurance would cover it :svengo:- I found out that 5 major medical ins. companies now cover the sleeve and just felt that my ins. would be covering it in the near future - so, until that occurs, I have decided to continue to act like I was still in the process of waiting for a surgery date and am putting myself on a high-protein Meal Replacement regiment of 2 meals a day with one small balanced meal of a lean Protein, veggie, salad and will do my best to stay away from Pasta and bread (my favorites, afterall, I am 3/4 Italian and my brain and body know it and makes me crave those high-carb meals :eek:) Anyway, I joined this site for support and encouragement as I also walk the journey road of weight loss - thanks for your time in reading my introduction - have a great day and much luck to you on your own journey - I look forward to meeting many of you - have a great day!!! :thumbup:

HELLO ALANNA - I LIVE IN EAST BAY AREA - MY NAME IS DINA AND I WILL BE SEEING MY FUTURE BARIACTRIC DOCTOR ON JAN. 8TH - HE IS IN PLEASANTON - GOOD LUCK TO YOU - AND HOW DID YOU LOSE 80LBS ALREADY? WOW!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!! I WISH I COULD LOSE 80LBS - IF I DID, I WOULD HAVE ABOUT 65 LBS MORE TO LOSE )

so, how do they correct that problem?

HELLO ALL - I will be seeing my future bariactric doctor for the 1st time on Jan. 8th - 1 of my many questions is has anyone had sleep apnea (which i was just recently diagnosed with) and typeII diabete's? - comments, advice, etc. is appreciated!!!