TanyaOwens

I look forward to watching your journey. I am just starting mine (1st visit to PCP to dicuss it) and I wish I would've made this decision at your age. I am 38 and morbidly obese.................in my opinion those two words should be banned from our dictionary, they sound like 4-letter words to me. My prayers will be with you Rachel and congrats on all your sucess so far.

News reports say that they have lowered the required BMI by 5 so you would qualify. Good luck

I am very happy for you. It's terrible when people burst your bubble huh. I have my appt. with my PCP next tuesday and I have to walk in there and convince her that I want this surgery. I really dont know what she will say. I am really hoping she wont react like your first doctor........i cant change doctors so easy. Just wanted to say that I am happy for you....must be exciting to be on your way.

I will also say a prayer for you tonight. Don't give up though ok, hang in there.........us women are strong

Great info in your post. I have a different insurance HMO United healthcare, do you know if all insurance companies require the six month report from PCP? Just wondering. I have an appt with my PCP next week to discuss my wanting the surgery. I am 38 and 280 and have been overweight my whole life

Hello and congrats on the surgery and weight loss so far. I was wondering if you also had to go through a 6 month wait before surgery. I hear some talk of that and I was wondering. I am just getting started and have an appt with my primary dr next week. Thanks Tanya

Congrats! I have an appointment to see my primary dr in two weeks........hopefully I will get process started soon too. Best of luck to you<BR>Tanya (my name too)

Hello my new friend, I am 38 years old and have been overweight my whole life and as a kid I was "big boned" haha. I truly understand how you feel. I struggle with failure issues. I have posted scriptures in hopes to get it into my thick skull but honestly I think God is leading me to this. As long as we live in these imperfect conditions and bodies we will struggle (some of us more than others). My mom is overweight also and unfortunately I got some eating habits from her (emotional eating, stress eating). She was born and raised in Germany, very poor and food makes her happy. She is now very unhealthy (actually in hospital as i write this). She has asthma, high blood pressure, diabetes and anxiety disorder. I am headed for same if I dont get my weight under control. Thanks for listening. I have my initial dr appt 1/11 with my primary to discuss Lap Band. I pray she is on board with me. Take care and I will pray for us every night ....................now if only I could learn how to do the ticker thingy

Hi There, I think a lot of us know what you are feeling. I just decided I want to get the surgery and was very thankful that my husband and my mom are all for it. My son 14 seems a little nervous but I will show him more info and he will be fine. I told my husband I didnt want everyone to know, I think cause I am afraid of getting the same reaction you got. Ya, we all know we should be able to just excercise 5 hours a day and eat celery right! Wrong. I think it is natural to feel like this is the easy way out but after reading and talking I have come to realize that it isnt. So we dont need to feel guilty or whatever. I am excited. I have to wait 2 weeks to see my primary doctor and hopefully she will be on board with me so I can be referred to a surgeon (hmo). Let me know when you go to your appointment and how it goes.........forget about the negative people around........we will show them!

Hello. Are you looking for someone in your area? I actually live in California, east of San Diego. I dont know what you are going through cause I have yet to have the surgery but I am starting the process. I called my doctor for an appointment. If you would like me to help you somehow just let me know. I will pray that your surgery goes well and you are back on your way to your goal. Take care. Tanya

Hi......I'm sorry I dont have an answer for you but I just wanted you to know that I too am trying to start the process. I am excited and when I get excited about something I cant wait for it to happen, so I know I will be getting frusterated waiting on others to get back to me..........for instance, today I called my doctor to make an appointment and they didnt call me back. I was however in the chat room today and I mentioned that i hadnt started the process and someone said it will go fast.........so we shall see. Take care