Hello! I'm new here and have been stalking the forum, but decided to post so I have a place to unload and not feel judged. I'm a very private person IRL. My husband is the only person who I've discussed WLS with in person besides the doctor/surgeon.

So I began this journey on Jan 8th watching a webinar I signed up for with my surgeon. My first visit with the bariatric team was Jan 10th. My last several random Dr appts over the past year I have had high BP. I always chalked it up to being nervous. The high BP was confirmed at this appt and I'm now diagnosed with hypertension. I started on a med for that. My BMI is recorded at about 41%. Because I know I snore loud and have woke to gasping a few times, they had me do an at-home overnight oximeter test. The results were that I'd had over 600 events () and at the lowest my saturation reached was 59%. So now I have the full at home sleep study kit on its way to me. I'll probably be diagnosed with severe apnea and have to use a CPAP. (Ugh!) I have quite a bit of acid reflux that I need to admit to my Dr as well. Hoping it's not GERD, but I'm leaning toward asking for a bypass rather than a sleeve because it seems to be getting worse.

Next Tuesday, Jan 29th I have 4 appointments back-to-back. Metabolic testing, Labs (bloodwork), DEXA scan and then a NUT consult. My insurance company is BCBS and based on the wording in my policy, it looks like I'll probably have to do the 6 months of "attempted weight loss" before my surgeon can send off for approval. I'm hoping that somehow it will be sooner! It's been a little overwhelming facing all the health issues I've been in denial about, but I'm extremely focused on getting WLS and steering toward a much healthier future! Thankful to have found this group!

Thank you for sharing that, I did mine in a hospital setting, it's a good thing nobody has seen my ugly wuggly pictures all wired up, I look like I need to be taken out behind the barn and put out of my misery. I look like a BEFORE picture for Weight Loss Surgery, anyone seeing it would go running to the Bariatric facility and ask for a preventive make-over gastrically! And I deluded myself at that time that I was CUTE!