Hi everyone!!.
My name is Holly. I'm 43 ( will be 44 on New Years Day) I notified my insurance company ( PCIP California) that I wanted lap band surgury. I then contacted my dr. that I wanted this. I told him what the insurance company said and gave him the info. That was Nov.12 of this year. I am still waiting. My dr emailed me and said he is still trying to figure stuff out and that their requirement is that I get in a surgical group ( huh???) and he is still waiting to hear from them where to send me. I have PCO ( polycystic ovaries) and insulin resistance. I have 4 children, their ages are 12, 10, 2 1/2, and 18 months. I have struggled most of my life with weight. When I was 18 I got up to 200lbs for the first time. I went on a crash diet where I basically would not eat for 2 to 3 days at a time and became very obsessed. I dropped 60 lbs in 4 months. I also gained gallstones! lol. I gained it back, of course. I married for 20 years and got divorced, had two children 22 months apart and reached 270 lbs. I went on a diet of low carbs and dropped 80 lbs! I then reunited with my high school sweetheart and we got married and pregnat with our first of 2 together. After the last pregnancy, my weight just went back up. I had got down to 197 but am up to 230 again. I tried Atkins this year. I lost 23 lbs right away. I messed up and then got back on it and never did do good. I was going to gym 4 days a week, doing atkins, had a trainor show me what ot do and the scale was still not budging. I ended up unhealthy from this diet. My Vitamin D is so low that it is not on the range scale. I also have high LDL. This is all since Arkins. I just hope the insurance answers soon so my new chapter can begin!
