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Thank you for this information and sharing , I will remember this when I have my procedure.

Good luck to everyone and a speedy recover

Congratulation, you are on your way to a new you.

Congratulation I cant wait until its my turn, I am so happy for you, until its my turn I can be happy with your news thanks for sharing.

SOOCALCHIC hang in there I'm sure it's not as bad as you think. We are here to support you.

Hi Kaylaxo I am from Michigan and I have just started my process I am in the beginners stage, but I would love to be your buddy .

Fantastic I'm glad everything work out great, I can't wait before I get sleeve .

Good luck to you both I am so excited for you both I can't wait until its my turn.

MsfullerRn. Your going to do great, I am at the beginners stage and I look forward to all my doctors appointments as well as surgury. I agree there are wonderful people here .

Hi I live in Mi and I am at the begining stage, I just found out today that my insurance covers the entire procedure. But I have to have 6 visits all in different months with my doctor before I can have my surgury. Is this normal and did anyone have the same issue with Bluecare Network Thank you. Im just so excited and ready to get started on my journal.

wow thats great I hope mine goes that smoothly.

Thank you I know that you are right I am just so eager to get started, thanks you for the support.

Thank you thats a positive way to look at it, I will use this time to prepare myself, attend meetings and prep for what I will need. Thank you again.

I hope not but if I do I will be a champ about it because I did not get to this weight overnight, thank you for your comments.

Thank you I wish I was at the stage you are in I am so ready but thank you for your response, are you getting cold feet?

Hi Im a newbie here and I am in the beginer stage, I just completed my first seminar at Harper Bariatric BMI in Michigan, now I am awaiting the one on one consultation .

Hi I am considering this procedure and I have just began the process of making arrangements to go to my first seminar. I am 43 years old and happily married and I am a diabetic. The reason I want this procedure done is because I want to loose weight and began to live a healthy life for myself and family. Everyone in my family has diabetics and I want to live a healthy life as possible and see my children grow and mature and see their children do the same. I have decided to go this route because everything I have read so far seems positive., and I am hoping that by joining this forum, I will have the opportunity to meet new friends, get support, and understanding from people who have had this procedure done. So far the only person that know I am considering this is my husband and children. My family members would not understand this, and I am tired of them saying all you have to do is stop eating.

Junior Guru thank you for your comments and suggestions, yes I think I am ready for this journal, I have had friends who have had gastric procedure and did not do what their doctor said and has gain more weight then before procedure, they think I am crazy, but I feel you must make the best choices for yourself and I know this is the right one for me. Im looking forward to my first seminar , I believe I will tell my family members after I have had my procedure and I am doing well.

Chelenka thank you for your suggestions, encouragement, and understanding, yes I have a bariatric center here in Michigan, I am looking forward to this new change in my life and I know my family would not understand my choices. My husband is very supportive and so are my children but my family they simply would not understand, and are very judgemental. They simply just don't understand anything ad think that I look great and use the excuse that I just have big bones. Although that may be true I know my body, I dont like the wayI look in pictures, I have body aches and not to mention I am a diabetic that takes insulin shoots. The other day I moved across the bed and my stomach actually made a flopping sound that I had never has happened before, and I know with beyond a shadow of a doubt this is what I want and I need to make a change now. Im sorry if I am venting a lot but your words of encouragement and this forum has help me more in the last two days then anyone in the last 12 years. Congratulation on your procedure and thanks again.

Sirbrewz. Thank you for your encourage and suggestions, I will follow through with this, and I'm glad that I am meeting people who understand what I am going through. Congratulation on your procedure .

VST Addict thank you for your encouraging words, I know now I have come to the right forum.

LOV3ly773 Thank you so much for your response and encouragement.

Hi I m a state employer of MI and have Bluecare Network through Bluecross does anyone know will they pay for this procedure and did anyone have to jump through hoops for this? Thank you.

Thank you very much I am so excited about this news and finding tis site, i am ready to take my life back and start anew. I will be calling them first thing Monday and congratulation on your procedure.

Your going to do great thank you for sharing your story, this just makes a new newbie like me who has just schedule her first seminar hopeful as well as excited. We are all rooting for you and if you ever need to talk we are here.