Hi All,

I am excited to announce my insurance approved my surgery yesterday 12/30/2016.

I have researched and attempted to have Bariatric surgery years ago. The insurance I had denied me because of paper work and it was so frustrating working with hospitals that had wayyy too many patients and the patient advocates were never available and did not return phone calls so I gave up. In 2002 I had my youngest son so in the years after I was too scared to undergo surgery and risk complications with my baby being so young. Now he is 14 and Bariatric surgery has been done successfully well before he was born and I am more educated about it.

I believe these years have given me time to heal. We all have struggles in life within ourselves, family, jobs, etc that we have to overcome the obstacles. I can say I am in a better place in life than I was 14...and even 5 years ago. I suffered from a clot in my calf muscle that started a roller coaster of chronic pain for years. During that time I had 2 miscarriages 6 mths apart 1 in my 2nd trimester...and I was over 300lbs. This sent me on a roller coaster of emotions while trying to maintain my home and be there for everyone else until one day I decided to live for me. No more drama with family and relationships I had to get back in the will of God for my life. I went vegan for a year and lost 50lbs and never had the chronic pain again and the growths in both sides of my breast completely cleared.

One word of advice: If we don't deal with our emotional issues now, we set ourselves up for failure later. We see many have surgery and regain the weight largely because their emotional issues were never addressed.

I started right before Thanksgiving on the Daniel's Fast. We were doing 1 week but through prayer I was guided to do a little over a month. It has made a tremendous difference in my life both mentally & spiritually. Before I received the approval I decided to begin working towards a healthier lifestyle because who knows with insurances today and I've been denied many times before. I did not want my life defined by surgery and I didn't want to wait for someone else to say yes for me to begin living healthier. We need that liver to shrink before surgery anyway. I started juicing again and my Protein drinks and I've lost 3.8lbs in 3days. On day 2 my patient advocate called and said she submitted my paper work and said the insurance company normally takes about 15 days to get back to them. On day 3 she called me back (the next day) and said she received my approval and had NEVER seen the insurance respond so fast!

I know this thread is lengthy but I need you to know in her eyes it was immediate yet in mine it had been years of trying. It wasn't until I began living in my healing both spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically that the door was opened immediately for me. So don't compare your time to someone else because we don't know when we hear how they had a quick insurance approval, all the years it took for them to get to that place. We all have our own journeys. I could have let the past let downs fuel an energy of negativity over this situation but I didn't. I kept telling myself every time it "seemed" a block was coming "I'm not going to worry about it", and kept moving.

Be encouraged, release the drama & those who bring it from your life so you can have a healthy focus on self and always live in your truths.

Blessing & Happy New Year!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Thanks Dale!