My Story

[Sharrinslife 2]

Hi Everyone,

Today has been a banner day because this morning I saw my Primary care doctor for the final time required by my insurance . Let me step back in time 6 months .

Like so many others on this board I have a lifetime of being plus sized. I have many reasons over the years not the least of the is that I have a congenital disorder that requires me to live on steroids. This has always made weight loss difficult but not impossible. So over the last 2 decades i would go up and down more up then down. Then this strange thing happened called menopause and the ups kept happening and the downs got harder and harder . Hours in the gym would result in weight gains. I felt like as long as I was healthy and active then I would be okay not everyone in this world was meant to be thin. I have a great life so i was content with the state of this for a really long time . Then I Quit Smoking and changed medicine and the menopause at the same time and I gained a lot of weight very quickly. This tipped my scale so to speak . I Started having serious medical problems . i kept saying to myself I am only 4_. This will get better but it did not . Then 6 months my insurance changed and I had to get a new Dr. She did a physical and a full on battery of test to "see where I was" . 2 weeks later She called to tell me i was diabetic and needed to be on medication asap. My Grandfather, My Father and My partner of 12 years all died of complication to diabetes , I know that road. i hung up the phone cried for 10 minutes . Picked up the phone and made an appointment for a consult with a surgeon. i was not letting that disease control my life.

I was ready or at least I thought I was. My Insurance company had a few things to say about that.

They have had me jumping thru quite a few hoops. I have never seen my primary care doctor so much in my entire life!!! I have had go and talk to her about diet and exercises once a month for the last 6 months. The Funny thing is as far as the insurance company is concerned I have to go and get on a scale talk about diet but if I do not loss a pound that confirms for them that I "NEED" the surgery. Whereas My surgeon will not do the surgery unless i loss between 10-20 pounds. In the middle of all of this my original doctor Dr Jossert left the practice and I had to switch to his partner.Dr Cirangle.

What made today a banner day is that the day i called I had no Idea what i weighted because my scale only went up to 330 and I was over that. The day I arrived at LapSF I weighed 327 pounds . Today I weighted 314 pounds . I lost the last 3 pounds over the weekend and because i did i got a Surgery date of Nov. 29 today. As long as the insurance approves everything that is my date. So that is my story to date... more to come i am sure

[Filica 0]

Congratulations! I had to fight for a year and three months before I finally got my surgery! Keep your head up!

[AutumnLily 77]

Congratulations on achieving this first step in a succession of steps. You will soon be on the other side of surgery and on the loosers bench. I know more room is being made as all the previous loosers keep on losing the weight and making room.

Lily

[a.walker 2]

It sounds like the hoop-jumping is nearly over! That's a big accomplishment in itself. Congrats on your weight loss so far, and on your surgery date. I hope your insurance approves you soon, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. Welcome to the board, and hopefully we'll see you around a lot!

[PamelaAM 16]

Congratulations! You will not regret your decision. For me, this is the best thing I have ever done in my life!

[feedyoureye 3,087]

Congratulations! You are in the home stretch. Menopause kicked my a$$ as well. Watch out, my Dr. said sometimes women in menopause pop out and can get pregnant after surgery! You are going to love your new life, almost there!

[laylasmojo 10]

hoop jumping is fun huh?!? Congrats on loosing the weight and getting through all the hoops!

[Becca 108]

Congrats and welcome!

[juliarh 35]

wow -- sounds like you've been through a lot -- I'm so thrilled for you that you're finally looking at the end of the road -- keep us updated!