Hello,
I have been on this journey since October of 2010 and on Friday 2/25/2011 will finally have my VSG ! That is, if I don't starve to death on this liquid diet first ! LOL Let me go back to the begining:
In October I was diagnosed with fatty liver disease and told I had to loose weight. I knew I was a little heavy but gosh, didn't think I was that fat.... So I watched what I ate and cut down on fat but was too sick to work. My labs kept getting worse plus all my other symptoms and the fatty liver turned to NASH. I was then told it was becoming a life threatening situation and must get some type of gastric surgery. I had toyed with the idea for years but still didn't think I was that "fat" ! Hubby weighs 100 pounds more than I do, so I just never felt huge.... Anyway, I said of course sign me up, having no clue it would be this hard to get one. After doing all my research and deciding on the sleeve my insurance company turned me down. Under no circumstance would they cover this or any weight loss procedure and recommended I go to a nutritionist. Every year through my husbands work we get to choose from 2 insurance companies and they were changing this year. We checked and the new one would cover it ! Yippeee. Now the long wait for Jan 1, 2011 for the change to take effect. Keeping in mind, I am still on medical leave from work. I had chosen my surgeon but even after the insurance change could not get past the office personell to see him. They said I had to go on a diet for 3 months, etc. After checking with my insurance company, I changed surgeons and 1 1/2 weeks later was approved and had my appointment 7 days ago. Psychological, nutritionist, EGD, etc I had already done while waiting on appt date so I was ready to scheduling. He said if I could go on a liquid diet immediately I could have my sleeve done Friday on 2/25. So here I sit, starving and anxiously waiting. At 50 years old my highest weight was 291 and is now 283 with height of 5'5''. We are hoping I will be able to return to my job by May 1st.
