Hello, everyone!

I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I am in the process of getting my list checked off for approval for RNY. I will be having my surgery in Des Moines, Iowa at Mercy Hospital once I get through the process. I have done two NUT vists, a psych eval, met with my surgeon, and done most of my scheduled tests. It is a long story, but I actually don't know if I will need 3 months OR 12 months (!) of supervised diet for insurance approval. (Again, it is a long, curse word inducing story- I will post in insurance issues more about it maybe.)

I am 5'8 and weigh about 280 lbs at present. I was always UNDER weight as a kid and until my first child. People actually used to tease me for being too thin. (I feel like I have somehow conquered that particular issue though- probably by eating it. Lol!!!!)

After doing the diet -lose it -regain it and more thing for 20 years I guess I was just plain ready to get real about sh*t. Obviously, what I had been doing wasn't working. That notion led me to doing better research than the FBI for the past year or so on weight loss surgery and its options. After much soul searching, nail biting and head scratching I made the decision that the only worse things I could do was:

1. do nothing at all and

2. ignore the problem.

So here I am.

I want to thank you all for letting me stalk a bit before saying hello and I look forward to getting to know you!

Welcome and good luck moving forward.

Welcome. It seems like you are off to a good start.

So glad you're here!!!

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It is not an easy decision to make when you realize you need surgical help to conquer obesity. Good luck on your journey and gosh I hope you only need three months because 12 months of a supervised diet is excessive! Whatever it takes then...you can do it!

Welcome and best wishes for a successful journey!

Good luck on your journey.

Welcome and here’s to hoping it’s just 3 months ??

Welcome. I say "fork it" regularly.

Awe! Thanks for all the warm welcomes!

You are all such an inspiration and I appreciate your support!

And yes, FluffyChix, ( The OG, real deal, Fluffy! Hi! )

"Fork it" is in a long, long line of colorful words I find myself saying!!!

On 3/13/2019 at 10:44 PM, FluffySaysForkIt! said:

Hello, everyone!

I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I am in the process of getting my list checked off for approval for RNY. I will be having my surgery in Des Moines, Iowa at Mercy Hospital once I get through the process. I have done two NUT vists, a psych eval, met with my surgeon, and done most of my scheduled tests. It is a long story, but I actually don't know if I will need 3 months OR 12 months (!) of supervised diet for insurance approval. (Again, it is a long, curse word inducing story- I will post in insurance issues more about it maybe.)

I am 5'8 and weigh about 280 lbs at present. I was always UNDER weight as a kid and until my first child. People actually used to tease me for being too thin. (I feel like I have somehow conquered that particular issue though- probably by eating it. Lol!!!!)

After doing the diet -lose it -regain it and more thing for 20 years I guess I was just plain ready to get real about sh*t. Obviously, what I had been doing wasn't working. That notion led me to doing better research than the FBI for the past year or so on weight loss surgery and its options. After much soul searching, nail biting and head scratching I made the decision that the only worse things I could do was:

1. do nothing at all and

2. ignore the problem.

So here I am.

I want to thank you all for letting me stalk a bit before saying hello and I look forward to getting to know you!

Excited for you!! Good Luck!

OK first LOVE LOVE LOVE your name LOL Welcome to the boards!

Thanks, med28thmed and Avery's Mom!

Looks like you both are doing SO great! Congratulations!

Gives hope to this pre-op newbie. ?

Edited March 15, 20197 yr by FluffySaysForkIt!