I've been struggling with my weight since I was a child...Always gaining and never losing.

Excercising, watching what I ate. Green Juicing & organic eating. Cutting back the salt, decreasing the sugar, omiting the bread, bagels & donuts. Stoping the fast food quick trips, increasing the steamed veggies, and loving fish & fowl.

Drinking Water, carrying water. Drowning in water. I have water in my car, my desk drawer, a bottle in my purse...It became my newest accessory.

I've done Nutri System, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, and starving. I've used videos, joined classes at the gym, water aerobics, kick boxing, walking & jumping rope around the track. With minimal results, I started crying, lost hope & then binge eating.

I have high blood pressure, sore knee joints, an achy back, & a sad spirit. Yet I continue to smile on the outside, because fluffy people are supposed to be happy & jovial.

I'm a 49 y/o female that needed help.

I started my journey January 2013 by attending a Bariatric Center of Excellence Seminar in the area. It motivated me & I realized this was the help I needed. I immediately signed up and went to my 1st appointment in Feb 2013.

I followed the instructions of my insurance carrier, jumped through all of their hoops, crossed my T's, dotted my I's and was still declined the sleeve in May 2013. I questioned, how can that be when I'm in such bad shape?

The Bariatric Center of Excellence filed an appeal on my behalf June 2013.

I received a call yesterday.

My appeal was approved, YAY!

Anxiously awaiting 2mrrw to schedule my Sleeve Day. I'm grinning from the inside out!!

Please be my support.... Thank you for allowing me to share.

Well done and I am glad that you did NOT give up. Now the real fun begins!

I've been struggling with my weight since I was a child...Always gaining and never losing.

Excercising' date=' watching what I ate. Green Juicing & organic eating. Cutting back the salt, decreasing the sugar, omiting the bread, bagels & donuts. Stoping the fast food quick trips, increasing the steamed veggies, and loving fish & fowl.

Drinking Water, carrying water. Drowning in water. I have water in my car, my desk drawer, a bottle in my purse...It became my newest accessory.

I've done Nutri System, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, and starving. I've used videos, joined classes at the gym, water aerobics, kick boxing, walking & jumping rope around the track. With minimal results, I started crying, lost hope & then binge eating.

I have high blood pressure, sore knee joints, an achy back, & a sad spirit. Yet I continue to smile on the outside, because fluffy people are supposed to be happy & jovial.

I'm a 49 y/o female that needed help.

I started my journey January 2013 by attending a Bariatric Center of Excellence Seminar in the area. It motivated me & I realized this was the help I needed. I immediately signed up and went to my 1st appointment in Feb 2013.

I followed the instructions of my insurance carrier, jumped through all of their hoops, crossed my T's, dotted my I's and was still declined the sleeve in May 2013. I questioned, how can that be when I'm in such bad shape?

The Bariatric Center of Excellence filed an appeal on my behalf June 2013.

I received a call yesterday.

My appeal was approved, YAY!

Anxiously awaiting 2mrrw to schedule my Sleeve Day. I'm grinning from the inside out!!

Please be my support.... Thank you for allowing me to share.[/quote']

Congrats!!! Your history and journey sounds a lot like mine. I was sleeved on 6/26 and am recovering nicely, with no real problems, thank God! Keep us posted!!

I've been struggling with my weight since I was a child...Always gaining and never losing.

Excercising' date=' watching what I ate. Green Juicing & organic eating. Cutting back the salt, decreasing the sugar, omiting the bread, bagels & donuts. Stoping the fast food quick trips, increasing the steamed veggies, and loving fish & fowl.

Drinking Water, carrying water. Drowning in water. I have water in my car, my desk drawer, a bottle in my purse...It became my newest accessory.

I've done Nutri System, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, and starving. I've used videos, joined classes at the gym, water aerobics, kick boxing, walking & jumping rope around the track. With minimal results, I started crying, lost hope & then binge eating.

I have high blood pressure, sore knee joints, an achy back, & a sad spirit. Yet I continue to smile on the outside, because fluffy people are supposed to be happy & jovial.

I'm a 49 y/o female that needed help.

I started my journey January 2013 by attending a Bariatric Center of Excellence Seminar in the area. It motivated me & I realized this was the help I needed. I immediately signed up and went to my 1st appointment in Feb 2013.

I followed the instructions of my insurance carrier, jumped through all of their hoops, crossed my T's, dotted my I's and was still declined the sleeve in May 2013. I questioned, how can that be when I'm in such bad shape?

The Bariatric Center of Excellence filed an appeal on my behalf June 2013.

I received a call yesterday.

My appeal was approved, YAY!

Anxiously awaiting 2mrrw to schedule my Sleeve Day. I'm grinning from the inside out!!

Please be my support.... Thank you for allowing me to share.[/quote']

Your story is much like mine. I'm so excited for you! I was sleeved on 6/25. Including the 3 mo supervised diet, pre-op diet and surgery, I am down 34 pounds.

Good luck on your journey! We are here for you.

Good Afternoon,

After 4 phone calls made today @ 9:15am, 11:15am, 1:15am & 3:15pm, I was politely informed on the last call, that the Scheduler was off today. One would think that they'd advise me of that from the initial call @ 9:15am.. {Say WHAT?!?!?}

All is well. I will tenaciously try to schedule my Sleeve date on Monday... :tongue2:

Have a wonderful weeked everyone!

Same story finally having surgery Monday the 8th of july

Same story finally having surgery Monday the 8th of july

That's great. I was sleeved by Dr. Hoehn in May at the Prairie Star Parkway facility. Everything went great.

Shel in Kansas - Sleeved 5/21/13

So, so excited for you.

Hello and best wishes from St. Louis, MO! I was sleeved on 5/31 and have no regrets!!! (The pre-op and first week or so post-op were rough, I'm not gonna lie but it gets a ton better pretty quickly and I'm pretty much feeling normal now).