Well, let's see. Yeah, I did. I bawled like a baby. No matter how hard I tried to keep the calories down and do what I was supposed to do, I still gained weight. I don't see how. But I did.

On Friday, October 27, I found out I weigh 280 pounds. That's the heaviest I've ever been in my life. I don't want it to become 290 or 300 or... more.

I am also diabetic, have sleep apnea, bad knees, bad ankles, bursitis in both shoulders, chronic bronchitis, depression, absolutely NO energy for exercise.. shall I go on????

Dr. S., my endocrinologist, has referred me to who she thinks is the best to do the surgery.

I've printed out the paperwork so I can fill it out and send it in.

I've called the insurance companies (I actually have two, strangely enough) to find out their take on this.

:angry UHC, of course, states that my policy does not cover WLS. Period. WHATever. I will fight it, of course.

My second insurance, which is from my DH being retired military, will cover at least 80% of the cost, if not more.:clap2: We'll see.

So at least I know I have one hurdle partially done.

Funny thing, when I finally decided I wanted to do this, I want it over NOW. Is that normal? I guess it is for me. I'm not a patient soul.

You are the typical person. After I talked to the cardiologist I wanted my surgery to have already been over but no, I had to wait but it was worth it. Right now you need support and LBT is here. Don't forget to check your local forum to see if the have a local LBT support group near you. Also, your surgeon should have a support group you can check out.

Good Luck and you can start now. It looks like you have family so utilize them. Start changing something, eating habits or exercise. Exercise is not a dirty word, ex. walk in place when commercials are on, while watching your favorite show. You would be surprised at how many steps you can accumulate in a day. Hey, get a pedometer. They sale them at walmart, they can help you see how many steps you walk a day. They want us to walk 10,000 steps a day when a typical person walks 2 to 3,000 a day. So every litlle bit helps.

I need to invest in a better pedometer than I have. The one I have will change steps without me even taking a step sometimes. Cheap piece of crap. LOL.

Thank you for the advice!