As I await insurance approval (fingers crossed), I've been thinking about this journey. I'm not sure you'll agree with me but it really begins as a Quest. A quest for health is the first priority, but then it morphs into something quite different. A quest for the right surgeon, a quest for the right psych evaluation, cardiac, endocrine, sleep study, nutritionist, gastroenterologist and others I've probably left out. After all this is accomplished, the dreaded wait for insurance approval or waiting until you can afford to pay for surgery out-of-pocket.

If anyone ever says to me "your not serious about loosing weight" again, I'm going to explain in detail the process for WLS. So if you agree with me or not the Journey begins as a Quest.

Don't stop believin'!

I felt like it was a process of requirements I had to fill--like a giant Kafka-esque health bureaucracy. Now that I'm 3 weeks out I'm less hyper about it, and am trying to settle into new habits for a lifetime. Making the transition from hyper crisis to crisis approval mentality to acceptance of a new lifestyle is taking some adjustment.

Your right it's a progression of stages.

Thanks, I'm totally ready for this. You know "in for a penny, in for a pound"

That's how I was. It seemed to surprise people. But I had no doubt. These were the steps that had to be taken, and I was going to take them. No matter what. And post-op, you won't catch me with the Cool Whip, it's straight arrow all the way. Good luck with everything!