I'm nervous about going in tomorrow to meet with the surgeon, psych, nutritionist and scheduler...to "qualify" my BMI needs to be 40, and at 5'4" that means a weight of 233. According to my scale, I am 229. How ironic is it that I am faced with needing to gain 4 pounds overnight?!?! I've spent the last few days eating high carb & high sodium with hopes of Water retention...and as it is, my weight tends to fluctuate 2-5 lbs any given day!!

I am mostly a patient person - and I have a tenacious personality. However, the thought of not being approved from the get go through my insurance is something that is causing mild anxiety. I think that once I made the decision that this is what I want to do, I didn't think beyond at all the obstacles that may deter me.

I know that if it is really something that I want, then I will fight for it. I guess it's the thought of my b-day in August...and how I would love to be 6-8 weeks out before turning the big FOUR OH!!!

Tomorrow will bring whatever is meant to be. Just needed to get these nervous thoughts out there...thanks!! ~Tai in So Cal

I had to wish you good luck. We're in about the same position including I will be 40 in October. I went for my consult about 2 weeks ago then had my sleep study & psyche eval. Now waiting for them to gather all the reports & get it submitted to insurance. I am so hoping that when I turn 40 that my weight is where I want it to be & that I start my 40s feeling better than I did at 20. I was also a little short of where I needed to be to be at 40 BMI but I had read enough of these posts on here that I knew some hints of how to instantly gain weight. Best of luck. I hope you get to post tomorrow to let us know how it went.

Best of luck tomorrow - this is a fantastic thing you are doing for yourself!