gwenie

Hi, my name is Gwenie, I live in North Texas by the Oklahoma border. I am 60 years old, and weigh 294, height 5'4". I'm not married, divorced. I am looking into the Lapband because I just can't control the volume of food I am eating. I have been heavy all of my life. I have Diabetes 2, arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholestrol. My problem is the amount of money it will cost.....and to find a great surgeon.... I have Cigna Insurance and they have made it very clear they will not pay any part of it. Which I find really crazy...if they know it will save them money in the long term....no cutting off of limbs, no blindness....no heart disease....I mean come on Insurance....Senators, whomever makes the rules.....can't you see this is needed? I think the worst part of the whole Lapband surgery will be the liquid diet....at least for me.....especially the pre-op one.....I can take the pain, at least that is what I am telling myself....LOL. I've had cardiac stress test done, the breathing test, just need to find a doctor now....maybe in Mexico (my son-in-law is from there). There is one here in Sherman.....brand new to the area..... So that's the scoop on Gwenie.

Will I .... or.....Will I not! That is the question. I have tried everything, diets, starving, grapefruit, exercise.....and now the lapband. It's very frightening to me.....only because this is a lot of money. My insurance won't pay for it.....so therefore, I have to take out an equity loan on my house. What if it doesn't work, what if it fails and it has to be taken out.....all that money....down the tube. Very very scary. But, on the otherhand, what if I don't get the lapband. I have Diabetes, insulin user. I'm already at 70 units of Lantus daily, and rapid is mostly 15 unit a couple times a day.....I have arthritis of the knees, my heart is slightly enlarged..... All of this is scary too.

Will I .... or.....Will I not! That is the question. I have tried everything, diets, starving, grapefruit, exercise.....and now the lapband. It's very frightening to me.....only because this is a lot of money. My insurance won't pay for it.....so therefore, I have to take out an equity loan on my house. What if it doesn't work, what if it fails and it has to be taken out.....all that money....down the tube. Very very scary. But, on the otherhand, what if I don't get the lapband. I have Diabetes, insulin user. I'm already at 70 units of Lantus daily, and rapid is mostly 15 unit a couple times a day.....I have arthritis of the knees, my heart is slightly enlarged..... All of this is scary too.

Congratulations!!!! I'm going to have mine done on the 15th of November......hang in there..... gwenie