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Hello, I'm in the pre-op stage and I'm currently in the middle of my 6 months of nutritionist meetings. The first month was bad. The first two weeks were great, but after that I completely gave in to my addiction to fast food again. My nutritionist was understanding and she just urged me to really work at it for the next month. I already new how deep my food addiction was, I'm just incredibly worried that it's going to ruin my chances of showing how much I need this surgery to my insurance. Does anybody have any tips? Has anybody else gone through this?

It's the main reason I'm not telling a lot of people. In fact my close friends know more about it than my family. When I told my parents that I was thinking about it they outright told me no and that I'm not going to do it. Really?! I don't live with you, you're not paying for it, and I'm 23 years old. From then on i decided not to tell anybody in my family and my parents don't know that I'm the Pre-op stage. Every family dinner usually ends up with them telling me to lose weight but if I even mention this they would go on about it being dangerous or I could do it myself. I've been overweight and trying to be thin since I was 9. I'm done with being told I can do it myself because it's obvious it's not working.

Thank you for the response! I think I'm thinking about it too much. I want this more than anything and I'm just afraid that it's just going to be another thing that's not going to work. I am going to take your advice and take it slow. Hopefully I'll get on track. Again, thank you!

Hi, I finally made an account for myself after doing research. I'm only a few months in after deciding to have bariatric surgery and I've only done the sleep test. I'm 23 and I'm bascially doing this whole thing by myself and I'm struggling finacially. My fiance, his mother, and my best friend are the only ones who are supporting me through this. My parents said they don't want me to get it and are making it clear that I have to do this myself. I'm using our insurance but the co-pays are killing me. I had to make a $200 payment for the first consultion and I had to pay $500 for the first sleep study. Is anybody else going through something like this? Anybody have ideas to make extra money? Did anybody else struggle but decided it was all worth it? I'm stressing out hardcore lol!!!