SouthernSleever

I'm on Azjol-Nerub though I have baby toons on other servers when my server is down. :wink1:

Well what realm are y'all on (not to hijack the thread)?

Me too, Sister. Me too.

Maybe I shouldn't post since I haven't actually had a VS yet but I am looking for a Dr and a way to pay for it. Either way I read all of yours and though I could use some confession. I worry that I will die from this surgery leaving behind my two young kids when I don't have huge health problems at the moment. I want to ask my Mom to clear out her retirement funds so I can have the surgery done. I know she would and I won't ask her but boy do I want to. I'm extremely bored with my life right now. I play an online game, World of Warcraft for several hours a day. Sometimes more than 6. It's really the only place I have friends at the moment.

Hi everyone. I'm in the "non-believer hoping to soon be sleeved" catagory. I wonder what % that makes me. :scared0: Anywho, hi everyone!

Hi, I have actually had a DVT as a result of being in a wheelchair after shattering my leg years ago. I did have pain it was right behind my knee. It didn't hurt to move it though and actually would get some relief once i moved it around. Once it let loose it went to my lungs and I had extreme pains I mean EXTREME pains where I couldn't even breathe in my chest. It felt like a heartattack. Along with the pain came a feeling of impending doom. That was once the clot dislodged. I'd go get it checked out even if it risks delaying your surgery. Best of luck.

Good luck and congrats! Your day is finally here! :001_tt2:

How aggrivating!:001_rolleyes: I see you are in TN, where are you going if i can ask.

Hi everyone. I have been reading your forums for the last few days. A friend of mine is having GB and then I recently spoke with a friend 1 year out. I have always shyed away from any weight loss surgery for fear of death or major complications however I'm so tired of dieting and avoiding the mirror. I'm 31 with two small boys ages 5 and 2. I have no health complications from my weight...yet. I know they will come as I have been very overweight since I was in the 2nd grade. I remember hitting 198 in the 8th grade and I was mortified. I'm at 268 with my highest weight being 282. I've done about every diet on earth, some twice. I've only lost significant weight with Dr. Phil's 7 keys to weight loss freedom. I lost 40lbs and I've kept 14 lbs after the birth of two kids. I know, no matter what diet I loose on I am going to gain the weight back. I'm just tired of it all. I haven't found a whole lot of data on VSG, do you have any links that helped you decide? Do you know any Drs in East TN that perform this surgery and if not did you feel okay to travel home after the surgery? How are pregnancies with the surgery? I have 2 and one of them is still nursing. I may want another in the future and would nurse him/her as well. Thanks for your input and answering my questions.

Congrats on your soon to be new life Gator! My Mom just left and I was showing her before and after pictures and how the surgery is done. She says, "Okay, how are we going to pay for this?" :thumbup: I'm still not sure that I'm going ahead with it but it's nice to have my Mom not being negitive. My husband really hasn't said much and I talked to a friend who's getting GB and she said that a mutual friend of ours is getting a sleeve next month. Wow, who knew? She is going with a Dr here close but upon reading his profile has only done 10 VSG surgeries...that doesn't sit right with me. There's another Dr in Nashville who has done around 70 and then of course the option of going to Mexico. We are paying for hubby to go back to school right now, out of pocket, on a youth counselor's salary so something big is gonna have to happen if insurance doesn't come through. I'm hopeful though, I guess the first step is getting an appointment with my regular Doctor.

Thank you for your replies :001_wub: I have been reading this site almost nonstop since I found it. Something just feels right about it. I told my Mom last night I was considering the surgery and she started with, "OH no! You are going to die!" I told her I won't share with her if she doesn't have anything educated to say about it. I know that's harsh and I love my Mother but all her years of "Oh you would be so pretty if you lost some weight." and then to just start in before I had the chance to say anything. Anyhow I'll probably appoligize anyway :blushing: Since then we have been honestly talking about it. Infact, she said she wished there was a way she could help me pay for it. Speaking of payment I contacted my insurance this morning (UHC) and they said my spefic plan does NOT cover this surgery. The woman I spoke with encouraged me to get my Dr and myself to write in appeal letters. I'm not sure how easy that will be to do considering I don't have a lot of complications yet that are documented other than back pain from my breasts. If I can get them to cover I will have to play 2k deductable and 20% :scared0: Last night I dreamed I had the surgery. Today I took my kids out for lunch and there on my table was a newspaper open to the horoscope section. Mine for today is "Messages come from dreams or beyond to spark your imagination. Go with the flow and see what develops. Massage the details later." I clipped it out and stuck it in my purse I haven't found a list of Doctors who do the surgery though I have searched the site. Am I missing it?