Onehawtmama

Congratulations!! I can't wait until I get to feel like this!! SO STOKED about it. I am very happy for you!! Just...keep...swimming!!!

Awesome... This is the push I needed to go. So I'm gonna do it!!! Thanks for inspiration!!!

Hi Sassime! I am going to MX because I am on a budget and Blue Cross Blue Shield State Plan does not cover the insurance. Period. I consulted all of the US surgeons in my area and the prices ranged from 17 to 30 thousand dollars. Realistically, it would take me 15 years to save enough to selfpay the surgery at those prices (I am a schoolteacher making <50,000 dollars a year). So, after researching I feel that this is my best option. I'm excited that you have only a few days left to go before your surgery!!!

Allow me to introduce myself... (smile) I have been lurking here since I joined a few days ago. Reading all that I could and marveling at before/after pics. I am going to MX this June to have my surgery done. Came to this conclusion after seeing the woman with the 96 inch hips last week. She was 400 pounds. I am in spitting distance of 400 pounds and that bothers me. My body aches and I can hear my joints creaking sometimes. This is not good. The summer of 2012 I lost 60 pounds through diet and exercise. I think I've gained 20 back. I see the sleeve as a way to allow me to control the hunger. I don't want to be on prescription appetite suppressants forever. Exercising and eating clean is do a little sumthin' sumthin' but I need to control the saiety factor. Anyways, I am glad to meet ya'll and looking forward to this journey. Learning and inspired so much by what you guys prepare and are continuing to do.