Heather O'Connor

My name is Heather O'Connor and I am a 43 year old white female from Cleveland, Oh.  I started my journey for Gastric Sleeve Surgery way back in May of 2013 with my initial visit to the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic.  Before even going for the first time I had already done some preliminary research into that program and realized that it was the best place for me.  I also need to say that I am also a college student so juggling the weight loss requirements and school was difficult at times but I did manage to succeed at it.  Since I have CareSource I knew that I would have to attend meetings with my Psychologist and Nutritionist for 9 months without a break and was able to accomplish that last July.  Then I  all I had to do was wait for approval which came on October 23,2014 unfortunately that same day I was starting my exersize routine and getting on a treadmill at school when I lost my footing and feel breaking and spraining my right ankle.  At this time my surgery was scheduled for December 17th but I had to put it off because I was not willing to change my schedule since there was a chance that one of the classes would not be offered again and the other needed to be taken the next semester.  The good thing was that I asked the financial people at the hospital if they could contact my insurance and let them know about the scheduling conflict which was that my finals were to take place on May 6th and the approval period was over on April 23rd.  I needed a few extra weeks so I could finish my classes which they were willing to give me.  My new surgery date is May 19th which is coming up.  I will be getting the Gastric Sleeve done.