Finally Found A Hospital That Takes My Insurance For The Lb...so Excited!

[Rebecca Cain Salpacka 100]

I am a 38 yr old married mom of a 8 yr old son.

For years i swore i would never do WL surgery of any kind. Recently I started having back problems, and found out I have 4 bulging discs and 1 herniated. Obvoiusly, any exercise i was doing, came to an almost dead stop when the pain started (this was not from accident or fall, we dont know what exactly caused all the discs to be messed up) I do know tho, that my 200 lbs of excess weight, isnt helping. I currently got my first cortisone injection and its been a miracle...I now can move and exsercise and have been to the gym twice in the week since my injection.

I am confident that as long as im not hurting i can workout and lose the weight..but it wont come off as quick, and i can only get so many cortisone injections within a set time. So i need to do the serugery and start getting the weight off, before i hit the limit on the injections and then am hurting again and not moving.

I have two friends that did the LB years ago, and both had to do the pre-op diet, but one said was jus a few wks, the other doesnt remember how long, and im reading online everything from a month to 3 months....I hope its the lesser, just because im anxious to get this surgery.

I am 5'1 and 356 lbs...fortuantely i dont have HBP or diabetes, cholestoral or any problems like that..but I do have sleep Apnea..so, im hoping that all of my "owies" and the apnea will be history by at least mid 2013..but i know it can be a slow process even with surgery.

I know I will be on here alot before and after surgery, as I am no doubt someone that needs the occasional pat on the back when i do well, but also the kick in the behind when i mess up lol.

Thanks and im looking forward to gooing on this journey with you all!

Becky