Hi,
I am new here, well not so new I have been reading this board for awhile. My first post. I want this, it sounds exactly right for me. The gastric-bypass is just too scary and invasive for me. This just seemed so perfect--to good to be true if you will.
I am a mother of four, my youngest is 11. I was always thin growing up, and it seems after each pregnancy like food more n more. I have been on all kinds of diets, and spent a small fortune on excercise equipment and diet pills.
I have a disability, when i was younger (13) I was a passenger on a 3-wheeler and got hit by a truck. I crushed my right ankle, and broke both bones. It has been a struggle to try to get weight off, because I have pins, and plates in that leg. It swells and becomes painful very easily. This seemed like the answer, and insurance covered it too. Man I hit the jackpot.
WRONG!!!! The lady that sets everything up called today and said basically I am not fat enough-I have never heard such in my life.
I am 5'5 237pounds she said I need to be about 245-250 the BMI must be 40 mine is 39.6 ARE YOU KIDDIN ME!!! so let me get this straight I have to gain weight to lose weight. The insurance wont cover if these things aren't met. I said well what if I pay myself she said I have to have something wrong with me like sleep apena in order for the doctor to consider it. So again I am confused so if you don't have some kind of disease -then you don't qualify.
Then she said I have to have 3 years worth of proof of my weight....I know I am going on and on and I am so sorry.
I am just having a hard time understanding the criteria for the surgery. I mean she also said a diet has to be followed for 6 months. I mean "like i haven't tried dieting" please don't misunderstand this by I want a quick fix, I mean I have been like this with the yoyo weight for 10 years....and to be told that I just miss the level is incredible to me.
I explained about the disability and she said that it didn't count.
I am crushed...I needed this...for me, my kids, and my husband. I know I would feel so much better, and I know that I would be able to work out if I weighed less.
I again apologize, I am sorry to be ranting and raving!!Good Luck everyone who has had it done DO it for you first then DO for us who can't. I thank you for listening and allowing to me to get that off my chest. I guess I will go back to diet pills --I can't just not do anything.
