Hello! I'm new to this community. I'm 27 years old, 5'5" tall, and I weigh in around 230lbs. My highest RECORDED weight is 268lbs in Dec of 2015.

I'm looking to have the Gastric Sleeve surgery done, hopefully before this year is out. Luckily, my insurance does cover WLS, but I'm looking to have it done before the year ends due to having a high out of pocket deductible. Because of other medical issues I've had this year, it would greatly reduce my share of the payment.

So far I've gone to the WLS seminar and a support group meeting. My Consultation with a surgeon, nutritionist, fitness coordinator, and first psych eval will be done on Sept 20th.

My MiL and SiL had the Gastric Sleeve done in April or May of 2016. I thought it sounded too good to be true, and wanted to have it done back then. My husband recently developed foot and back problems and has decided to look into surgery and is going through the process as well to have the VSG done.

It took me 3 days to finally decide that WLS was right for me. I had to battle with my unhealthy relationship with food, as well as my fear of failure. I still have moments of doubt, but all of the online research of articles and YT videos has so far overruled my nerves.

I am still nervous about being approved, though. My BMI is only 38.3, and the seminar noted that you needed to have 1 co-morbidity and needed 2 co-morbidities in 2 different places. The only co-morbidity I have for sure ATM is sleep-apnea. I suspect I have PCOS, but my near constant taking of BCPs has the clinical symptoms under control. I also have GERD, and I read somewhere that GERD could be considered a co-morbidity, but I've only seen that once and am not sure. Does anyone know if GERD is considered a co-morbidity? I know it's a frequent side-effect, but that doesn't help me. lol. I'm also worried that I won't pass the psych eval. I am bi-polar and am on a few anti-depressants, as well as go for Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT). I'm worried that with being hospitalized in Nov of 2014 and Nov of 2015 for psychiatric reasons, as well as being a current ECT patient will weigh against me. Any thoughts/experiences in this area would be great to hear about.

And here's my husband's and my faces for you. Picture taken in Summer of 2013.

Edited September 17, 20169 yr by nmf0318

Hello! I'm new to this community. I'm 27 years old, 5'5" tall, and I weigh in around 230lbs. My highest RECORDED weight is 268lbs in Dec of 2015.

I'm looking to have the Gastric Sleeve surgery done, hopefully before this year is out. Luckily, my insurance does cover WLS, but I'm looking to have it done before the year ends due to having a high out of pocket deductible. Because of other medical issues I've had this year, it would greatly reduce my share of the payment.

So far I've gone to the WLS seminar and a support group meeting. My Consultation with a surgeon, nutritionist, fitness coordinator, and first psych eval will be done on Sept 20th.

My MiL and SiL had the Gastric Sleeve done in April or May of 2016. I thought it sounded too good to be true, and wanted to have it done back then. My husband recently developed foot and back problems and has decided to look into surgery and is going through the process as well to have the VSG done.

It took me 3 days to finally decide that WLS was right for me. I had to battle with my unhealthy relationship with food, as well as my fear of failure. I still have moments of doubt, but all of the online research of articles and YT videos has so far overruled my nerves.

I am still nervous about being approved, though. My BMI is only 38.3, and the seminar noted that you needed to have 1 co-morbidity and needed 2 co-morbidities in 2 different places. The only co-morbidity I have for sure ATM is sleep-apnea. I suspect I have PCOS, but my near constant taking of BCPs has the clinical symptoms under control. I also have GERD, and I read somewhere that GERD could be considered a co-morbidity, but I've only seen that once and am not sure. Does anyone know if GERD is considered a co-morbidity? I know it's a frequent side-effect, but that doesn't help me. lol. I'm also worried that I won't pass the psych eval. I am bi-polar and am on a few anti-depressants, as well as go for Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT). I'm worried that with being hospitalized in Nov of 2014 and Nov of 2015 for psychiatric reasons, as well as being a current ECT patient will weigh against me. Any thoughts/experiences in this area would be great to hear about.

And here's my husband's and my faces for you. Picture taken in Summer of 2013.

Hello I can tell you a bit about my experience with the psych side of things. For me, I was just completely honest during the eval (I have PTSD, agoraphobia, anxiety and a bunch of other related mental health problems).

The person doing my eval passed me on the condition that I keep getting treatment and I just had to discuss & show my treatment plans. I think it's more of a problem if you screen for a mental health issue that you are not getting treatment for. Sounds like you have a solid treatment plan.

(I have had many hospitalizations for PTSD episodes).

Goodluck :-)

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Thanks so much for sharing! I'm going to message you some more questions...

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The doctor that did my psych evaluation said she has never had to deny anyone and that she is really only looking to see if you are capable of following directions.

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This is good to know. Thanks for sharing!

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Just out of curiosity what is it that freaks you out about RNY? I know I had a similar reaction when my surgeon recommended RNY instead and I had to do some research to get myself very comfortable.

There are many people on this site that had a VSG and ended up having to then have bypass anyway.

I would definately talk to your surgeon about this and your concerns about what might be the better option for you.\

There are many of us on this site that would be happy to answer questions if you have them.

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Just out of curiosity what is it that freaks you out about RNY? I know I had a similar reaction when my surgeon recommended RNY instead and I had to do some research to get myself very comfortable.

There are many people on this site that had a VSG and ended up having to then have bypass anyway.

I would definately talk to your surgeon about this and your concerns about what might be the better option for you.\

There are many of us on this site that would be happy to answer questions if you have them.

I don't like the idea of my stomach and some of my intestines just floating around in my abdominal cavity. I feel like they would eventually rot or decompose or something. Which I honestly know can't be true if they can reverse the surgery, but it still weirds me out.

Plus, from what I've seen (which is really not that much) it's harder to recover from and has more chances for complication. Maybe I'm misinformed?

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