Hey all, I'm Alison from Connecticut. I will be 35 next week. I have three children. I am 5'8" and weigh 262. My highest weight is 271 in March of 2014. I have always been a bigger girl but I would say I became morbidly obese at 17. Before then I got the fat jokes still but that was children stuff. As an adult I would have looked pretty damn good to be 5'8" 200 lbs. I was 218 when I went to my very first prenatal appt in 2000. After my 2nd child in 2004 I went on a diet. I was weighing around 265 and wearing a size 22. I did Atkins for 3 months and lost 50 lbs. It was amazing. I felt great. I kept that off for around a year and a half. I then went back up to 255. In 2006 I went back on Atkins. I lost 40 lbs and my weight was 215 again. I went back up to 245-250 and stayed there for a while. In 2009 I tried an 1100 calorie Slim Fast diet and exercised and lost maybe 25 lbs in a month. It didn't last long and my weight went back up. I then had my 3rd child in 2010 and my weight actually went down to 234. I went on a diet 7 months postpartum and lost 20 but had to stop due to milk supply. Weight back up. I most recently went on a 1200 calorie diet and was exercising pretty regularly. I'd say I was exercising 9 hours a week. I did this from May 2014 until April 2015. I was down to 221 from 271. I went on vacation. Summer came. Less sleep, more work. So I gained and now am just defeated. I don't want to do it anymore. My joints hurt. My blood pressure was 150/105 last week. I want it over. I had the appointment and I'm sure everything will be fine but there is this one thing that can prevent me from getting. My Medicare is going to be cut off on July 31, 2016. I have to do 6 consecutive months of appts before it can even be sent to Medicare for approval. So Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June, July. July is the sixth month. They need other things from me but the other things shouldn't be a problem. But this cut off thing?! I'm so nervous that I won't be able to handle the outcome emotionally if it goes over the cutoff date and I've done all this for nothing and my dream is over. I'll be devastated. I doubt there is anyone in my situation but if there is wtf?!

It must be frustrating that you have such a tight deadline for meeting the requirements and losing insurance coverage. I wish you all the best.

All I can suggest is that you make everyone aware of the tight deadline, especially your surgeon's patient coordinator and stay on top of all of your clearance requirements and appointments, Write everything down and use a calendar.

Stay proactive, polite, patient, and persistent.

The time will go by quickly and there really is a lot to do in the next 6 months.

To add, I had a pretty significant delay in my process because of financing issues. You just have to have faith that everything happens for a reason and as long as you do your part, it will happen when it is supposed to happen.

Is there anyway you can qualify for your states medicaid I don't know what your state covers but I'm in Maryland and on Medicaid and its covering my surgery

It is my Medicare that's being cut off. Right now Medicare is my secondary. They cut back on their limits for the caregiver holding the policy. I my kids will be covered but I won't. They are giving me until July 31st. The limits went from $3900 a month to $3100 for a family of 4.

And my primary doesn't cover it.