pumpkin07

I would wait, personally, or pay for it yourself. I wouldn't recommend getting a surgery you are not comfortable with just so you get coverage. That is not fair to YOU. And I bet you more and more insurances are going to start covering it. I know United Healthcare does, but we have that insurance and for some reason there is an exclusion at my husband's company. So we paid for it. It wouldn't have mattered which procedure I chose, we had to pay. It sucks because we pay a lot for health insurance. So you are not alone. I have a friend right now in your same situation and she is planning to get the bypass against her better judgement. I am so afraid for her and praying the insurance will cover the sleeve (she is asking at her next appt). But she doesn't have the money to pay. When in the hospital there was a nurse on my floor that worked for some very famous doctors in Houston. She said a lot of people get the bypass and they don't need it because of your same situation. She says they suffer so much more with the bypass. She was advising me to tell my friend that she doesn't need the bypass b/c she is only 300 lbs. She said it really should be reserved for people 400-600 lbs. But I think my friend is going to go through with it and I'm scared for her. She is the sole breadwinner at home as her husband passed a few years ago. She has a dependant daughter and grandson. So I am very afraid for her.

Thanks for all your responses. I love the part about the hot little dress! I see you deserve to wear that cute dress, and I hope to be right behind you. I needed the surgery, but I love food and will miss it. I hope I too will adjust in time. My surgeon sized me at a 34 and I wondered how that compares to what others get in surgery. He said he usually does a 32 or 34.

My BMI is under 40, and I am on my 2 week pre-op liquid diet. Which frankly, I suck at but stuck to UNTIL NOW. I've made it almost to the end and I went out to dinner with family and ate a heavy mid day meal (pasta). That was on Saturday and my surgery is on Tuesday. I am back on liquids today and wondering how much I have to confess to doctor. It would have been about 52 hours before my surgery. I realllly don't want to postpone surgery but wonder does it make anything more dangerous. I'll be soooo strict now. I just went nuts I guess.

I've lost 10 lbs now, it was 12.

Thank you for all your comments. I had no idea there were so many comments. I did a lot of research and I am scheduled for this Tuesday Feb 9th. I am very nervous about a leak but praying my doctor is wonderfully skilled and there are no complications. It does scare me that anyone would regret this b/c I do have small children at home who need me to be okay. Just praying I'm a lucky one and that I can eat and drink normally, just less.