jlperalta1833

I am a 39-y-o mom to 4 (son 23, daughter 23, son 19, and son 10). And grandma to 1 (grandson 5 mos). I was thin from young through the birth of my last son. I went from being comfortable in my body to considered to be severely obese. I have tried every type of diet including prescribed diet pills. Nothing has worked. I want the surgery to get healthy, thin, & into shape to be able to do the things (like riding bikes) with my 10-y-o that I did with my older children. Plus I would like to be able to do things with my grandson without getting easily tired. I am so tired of feeling horrible about my body, feeling embarrassed for my family & friends $ extremely tired of running out of breath in such a short time, my knees & back hurting, & not being able to paint my toenails without losing my breath or practically pulling a muscle.

I started my journey to wait loss surgery approximately 2 years ago. I was referred by my doctor but my insurance split with one of the main providers in our state & they had no seminars because there were no doctors to do the surgeries that were covered under my healthplan. They finally got a doctor approx a year later so I went to the seminar. I was very interested in receiving the surgery but my insurance required 6 mos of nutrition appts at $450 for the total (up

front). It took me another 6 mos to convince my husband to let me proceed with the process. At that time the cost had went down but then the co-pay went up from $500 to $1000. Also was told that I would need to lose 20 pounds before I could have surgery. I started my nutrition appts the end of November 2013. Was prepared to wait for the 20 pounds to come off & to have to wait till at least May for surgery. Imagine my surprise when I got a call last Monday that the surgery has been approved by the insurance as the requirements have changed.

My surgery is scheduled for March 10, 2014 with me to start my 2-week pre-op liquid diet 02/25/14.

Please feel free to contact me to ask me ?'s or give advice.