chylamarie

You all are so helpful and encouraging. Thank you so much. Another concern I have is, if I'm approved what if I lose my job or switch insurance in the process? This scares me, since I don't want to end up paying full price for the surgery (simply because I could never afford it)

<3 You've made this decision for all the right reasons, and more. I may not know you, but you've made me proud with your realizations.

Thank you both for your stories. I'm just worried about how long this will take for me IF I manage to get approval. I fear all these things might happen to prevent it... I'm afraid my new doctor will think I'm too healthy and don't need it, I'm frightened I may lose my job and have no insurance to cover if I do get approved. I'm afraid the process may take a year to complete, and after being overweight my entire life, even just a year more feels unbearable. And of course, never having any sort of surgery in my life, I'm scared of the surgery having complications. I know these are all common fears, but still, they hit me hard.

I just decided to start this journey as well. I finally have insurance and just got a doctor but haven't met him yet. I have an appointment tomorrow to meet him and discuss some issues I've been having. I'm also going to bring up WLS and see what he thinks. Hopefully I can get the ball rolling after that...