I have Kaiser insurance so I have done everything through them and recently was approved for the referral to have the sleeve. I am scheduled to meet with my surgeon on June 24, 2015 and I am sooooo anxious. I have heard over a hundred times "you don't need surgery, you just need to exercise." They don't know my struggle. I can still remember the first time I saw MORBIDLY OBESE on my medical chart...I cried then and I still cry when I go in the store and I can't find the blouse or the pants I want.....I am very anxious yet very excited....I am in desperate need of encouragement.

I'm not in baltimore city but let me give you my approach and see if it works for you. Just attack it head on. You can't do anything about the past, but you can do everything about the future. See this opportunity for what it is. It is an opportunity to have a life beyond what you could imagine. Seeing morbidly obese on my chart was a soul crushing experience. But it wasn't something I didn't already know. Take the time you need to reflect and get the crying out of your system, because this is going to be the hardest thing you've ever done. But you can do it. You've already taken that first step. So get excited, start picturing and living the change that you want to be. For me this is not just a lifestyle change. I have to change my whole attitude. In any endeavor, there will be naysayers. You don't need to change their minds, just use them as motivation. For me, nothing motivates me more than when someone says I can't or shouldn't do something. I wish you all the luck, and kick some ass.