Celtika82

I am super, super new. I just sceduled a consultation on getting the sleeve done. I'm curious on what I should expect. I'm nervous, and I'm not even sure why I'm nervous since it's just a consulataion. I read several of the other boards and it feels like my story is over half of everyone elses story which gives me more confidence that I'm doing the right thing. Since I'm new I'll share a little about myself as well. Stats 30 year old female. Wife and mother of 2 kids (and 1 angel baby) I've always been heavy. Born heavy, and have progressively gotten heavier. I used to be so active and sporty, but even with playing volley ball and softball, and a variety of sports in high school, I continued to gain weight. Suffered a severe knee injury in 2002. Which continues to plague me to this day 10 years later. Now the arches of my feet are flattening due to my weight, and I just discovered I may have a sleep apnea. (Went on a youth group trip, and the other leader freaked out when I stopped breathing in the middle of the night) I have borderline dangerous cholestrol, borderline diabetes and just continue to fail to lose weight. Of course I've tried different diets and excersize. I joined this group because at the mere mention of thinking about having the surgery I'm gotten so much negativity. I feel they think that all I do is sit around watching tv all day and eat twinkies. So if I just stop doing that I'll lose weight. My husband has been wonderful, but no one else. I won't be telling anyone about the consultation or anything else. But I'd like to talk about it, so here I am.

Thank you everyone. I attended a free seminar in my area about the different weight loss surgeries, a couple of months ago, but turned out my insurance at the time didn't cover it at all. My husbands job switched to a new insurance carrier this past January and they do cover any of the surgeries with the usual critieria of a BMI of 40 and higher, or a BMI between 35-39 with a condition like diabetes or sleep apnea. During the seminar they said they would help with everything, like sceduling a sleep study to see if I have sleep apnea or not. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but I'm pretty sure I have it after scaring the other leader. Got a packet of paper to fill out and mail back to them. Trying to remember alll the unsuccessful diets I've tried in the past is hard.

Thanks a lot. You are very encouraging. I'll probably tell people after/if I get the surgery. You sound completely right when you say it sounds like I'm asking for there opion and I was but the reactions have been a lot stronger and more negative than I would have thought. "That's just cheating," "They're just too lazy to do it the 'right' way", "They're fat because they eat too much," etc. I feel like I'm getting stabbed when I hear that, because they're talking about me, though they don't even realize it. You're also right, they have no problem with us treated the affects of the problem, but doing something directly about the problem itself is wrong. Thank you for your very kind post.