Hi my name is Jo and I live in Israel but original from England. I have 4 kids and I'm 43 years old.

Also struggled with my weight from a young age. Kids at elementary school used to call me names. Miss Piggy was a popular one as I had blond hair and a little nose.

After years of dieting (mostly failing). I got my gold pin once at weight watchers. I decided wls was my only hope this was 3 yrs ago.

But my husband was against it. He was worried it was dangerous and its wasn't going to help my bad eating behaviour.

3 years later and my health has gotten worse due to my weight. After doing some standard blood test my husband realised how important wls was to me.

I am now in the process. Done all the test and evaluations with nutritionist,doctor and psychologist. Just waiting for them to decide if I'm cleared for the surgery. It takens them 5 days to decide. Each day feels like a week!!!!

I have know idea how long it takes to get a date for surgery after they decide. "They" being the medical staff at my health insurance centre.

I found this group about 2 months ago and have found it amazing, full of information, support and great ideas.

I look forward to posting my (please G-d) surgery date.

Goodnight and Peace to all♡♥♡

Welcome, @Josho. You are in the right place for support.

I was sleeved April 20 in the U.S. (Lexington, Kentucky -- the horse capital of the world) and couldn't be happier with my decision, recovery, and progress.

It took me a lifetime of being obese and several years of being at the end of my rope to finally decide to have surgery.

Once I started considering the surgery I tried to learn as much as I could. Honestly, the worst part of the whole process is where you are right now --- waiting for final approval and a surgery date.

Have faith that everything will work out the way it's supposed to, when it's supposed to.

Welcome! Hope all your planning goes smoothly. I'm awaiting my final clearance and hope to schedule surgery the second week of September.

Thanks for your reply it helps to have people to chat to that understand where you're coming from.

I finally have my approval and go for pre op appointment August 17. Get surgery date then! Always feel like I am waiting!