Hey all! I'm a 45 year old mom of two girls and have been struggling with my weight since my first child was born 24 years ago.

It's been a long, depressing journey with me trying everything I could get my hands on to lose weight. I would lose and gain, lose and gain. I felt like a yoyo. A fat one!

A family member had sleeve surgery with amazing results and I knew then that my yoyo dieting days were over.

I went to a seminar, met with the surgeon, jumped through all of the hoops that my insurance required and FINALLY got the phone call yesterday that my surgery was approved!!!

September 10th can't come fast enough!!

Congratulations!! It's just starting. :-)

I'm 47 and have 25 yr old daughter. Struggled my whole life too. Just got approved to see surgeon's going to orientation next week and can't wait. Good luck

We're in the same boat! I am 46 and have 3 sons. Ages 25, 21, and 19. I have also been on that same yo-yo ride! Enough is enough! I will be sleeved sometime in December. Have about 3 months of classes left then it's waiting for insurance approval! Glad I found some people my age and would love to chat back and forth about our journey! Congrats to all!

Edited August 8, 201511 yr by mommyfrog3

I'm 47 and mom of two 17 & 25....they are so supportive????

I'm 47 with a 27, 7, & 5 year old. Just in the beginning stages. Looking forward to getting surgery approval.

I'm 53 and mom of 2 girls 30 & 27 and 2 grandsons 4 months and 4 years old. I was stucked on that yoyo bandwagon for about 3 decades. I'm almost 2 weeks post op and I feel great. Good luck ladies!

Congrats to you! Hopefully the time will go by fast. I'm in FL too, Tampa area. Best of luck on your journey!

Bloomer don't give up. I was denied 3 times in almost three years. Finally got approved to see surgeon this week

@Ibehealthy2 I haven't submitted to insurance yet for surgery. I'm over 40 BMI so I'm thinking I'll be okay. I have my first appointment on 8/27 and then the dreaded 6 month wait to get through. Trying to stay busy and not stress out about the process.

I got in at just the right time. When I had my initial visit with the surgeon he got me all pumped up and ready to go then I went to talk to his surgery scheduler and she told me about visits with a nutritionist and visiting my primary physician each month and a psych evaluation and losing 10% of my excess weight. She must've seen the look on my face because she said "you know this is a 12 month process, right?" I broke down in tears.

Then when I went the next week to my primary she said that my insurance had just recently changed all of their policies regarding WLS and all I had to do was a psych evaluation and proof of comorbidities. I almost hugged her...and then I cried again. Happy tears. This has been some journey already and I haven't even had the surgery yet.