Mrs. Reid

Congrats! One day soon I will be posting the same message!

You and I are going on the same day!!!

I was originally going for the sleeve, but have changed to the bypass. I need to fear dumping syndrome to keep myself off sugar. I am such a sugar addict that. I need food that I shouldn't eat to make me sick. I need to be forced to slow down and follow the rules. I consider it tough love for myself.

Great! Something else to worry about!

Walking Dead and Criminal Minds!!!

I am batiking a bunch of head scarves to use in prep for the hair loss phase. I was terrified of my hair falling out but now I just see it as part of what I have to go through to get what I want.

Got my date!!!! February 24, 2015 Got to meet with my doctor this Thursday, Pre-op on Monday and then start my 2 week pre-op diet on the 10th!! It has been so frustrating waiting!!!! Today I go into work and put in my request for time off!!!! Yeaaaaaa!!!!

Waiting for insurance approval over the holidays really sucks because I never know if a working day is a real working day....have people taken days off to extend the holiday...so it's going to take longer for me to get approved? I brought a pair of jeans in my target size and have them hanging on my bedroom wall. I have cleaned the whole house and rearranged furniture to make the place more comfortable when I come home post-op. I have purchased supplies for the hospital and home. I got a batik kit for Christmas and am trying to occupy myself by teaching myself to batik. But most of all, I wait. I try to stay positive, and I wait.

Preferred One is known for being barbaric friendly - for the bypass not the sleeve. It just took a long time to get things done....but a lot of that had to do with my insurance person at Hennepin County blowing me off. Are you going for the bypass or the sleeve.

Sounds like you have a bunch of negative people in your family. Maybe you could use this move to Miami as a chance to change that. You can find someone else to take you to the hospital. It does not need to be your mom. It sounds like your mom is using your weight to keep you in your place....off balance and dependent. Maybe she thinks that if you are thin then lots of people would love you and you would not need her anymore. Maybe you should start keeping your own secrets. Just go through the process, meet new friends, have the surgery and when you start losing weight tell them you didn't let them know because of what happened last time you told them about your wls. I believe we teach people how to treat us. Your family will only do what you allow them to do. If you don't stand for mistreatment, if you make an effort to stay away from negative people they will learn that they cannot be negative around you. In order to be successful with wls we have to change the way we behave. Add getting rid of negative people to that list of lifestyle changes.

So apparently my email sent one of my emails from bariatric pal to spam. Now I can't get any email updates. When it first happened, I got a message to opt in. I did it. The next time I clicked on a subject I got the message (and continue to get the message) that I had already opted in and can't do it again. How can I fix this so I can get emails?

My BMI is 39 and I have hypertension. I just got approved today. Usually if you have hypertension or some other comorbidity, you only need a BMI of 35. Good luck!

APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

UPDATE: talked to insurance today and my paperwork is complete! Now I just have to wait for a decision!

I know what you mean. My weight is my misery too. I am so sick of being fat. I am waiting for insurance approval right now...waiting to restart my life.

This is one of my biggest fears about wls! I soooo don't want my period to return. I told my gyn at my last visit that I was going for wls and told her I was afraid of having my period came back. She said it was impossible. Yet then I hear of it happening......nooooooooo!

I have decided to give them one more week and then I am going to write a letter to the chairman of the bariatic department describing the problem I am having and asking for his help to get things straightened out. Monday it will be one month since my last NUT appointment. I am going to call the insurance company on Wens and Friday to see if the problem has been cleared up. If not, then I am going to write my letter on Friday and take it to the hospital myself. I really don't take lightly to being jerkerd around and that is what I feel is happening.

I really wish I could go to a different hospital. I would have to start the whole process over and that means another 6 months of waiting. I would say it's not possible for these people to drag it out for six months...but I don't know. If I had the money to go to Mexico I would schedule my surgery today and forget about Hennepin County (where I am having the surgery done). But I don't have the money....and so I sit in limbo waiting for this thing to work out.

Does anyone know why whey Protein powder isolate is supposed to be better than plain whey Protein Powder? Does it really make that much difference? Has anyone tried Isopure unflavored protein powder or Now Foods whey protein powder isolate?

So far it has been 5 months since my initial visit. I am currently waiting for insurance approval and that is taking quite a while. I am glad for the time it took for me to jump through hoops to qualify for the surgery, because it has made me look at a lot of the behaviors that got me into this situation and it has also helped me make some changes to my lifestyle that will help me succeed once I have the surgery. I am not real happy about the wait for insurance approval because I am so ready to go!