Just wanted to pop and say "Hi" and introduce myself. I am 41 year old female. I have been married to a wonderful man for 23 years. We have 7 children-5 boys and 2 girls. Their ages are 21, 19, 17, 15, 11, and 5 year old twin boys. Yes, I am very busy, but not busy enough to be thin! LOL. My BMI is 43, weight 276. I am through all of the tests and evaluations and am now waiting anxiously for insurance approval. I hope to really get to know all of you. I have been active on a "twins" site for a couple of years and have gained some really great friends. Hoping to add some more from here.

Welcome Kim and good luck with your process!!

7 kids--whew!

Hi Kim! I can't imagine 7 kids--how on earth do you stay sane? My two are enough to send me around the bend on a regular basis.

Good luck with insurance!!

Thanks for the welcome!

First of all....who said I was sane? LOL. My best friend and I always agreed that you lost 1/4 of your brain with each kid......so where does that leave me? IN THE NEGATIVE! I really felt that 5 children were MORE than enough, but God decided to surprise me with a pregnancy at 35 years of age and as if that wasn't a big enough shocker, made it TWINS! I really don't even remember their first year of life. It's all just one big haze. Things are better now, and I wouldn't trade them for the world. They keep me young. They are one of my main reasons for having this surgery done. I want to be able to keep up with them and do all the things I did with my older children with them. At 41 I have found myself slowing down because of my weight and that is very FRUSTRATING for me. I have always been very active even though I have been considerable overweight. Hopefully this surgery will be the answer to my dreams.