Fianlly Approved!

[ChrisJ 44]

I have been on this journey since January of 2012 - through two surgery centers (found out 3 months in that the surgeon had only done 5 surgeries!), full testing for both and a 6 month "diet" with my PCP. Got approval today and now I wait for the surgeon's office to give me the date. It's all real now...not just theory and lots of reading of forums. I am 67 years old and at this tender age I have learned a few things...one is patience. I waited nearly 50 years to reunite with my hight school sweetheart and finally marry him (2 years now!). You are never too old to start a new life and do it right. I am excited and nervous all at the same time.

Bless you all for anything you want to tell me. I am 226 lbs of all ears :-)

[K33 87]

I am kinda still waiting for my HS sweetheart :-D. and also to reach preop goal wt. I am 61.

[ChrisJ 44]

K33,

Such a youngster at 61! You will reach your preop goal....and be on your way. As for the HS sweetheart....well, when you least expect it miracles happen. We were separated by years and distance but a fluke meeting with a long lost friend set up our reuniting. It can happen! Until then, do what you have to do to live life with gusto. We got 30 years! Let's do em up fine!

[slimagainsoon 88]

I have been on this journey since January of 2012 - through two surgery centers (found out 3 months in that the surgeon had only done 5 surgeries!), full testing for both and a 6 month "diet" with my PCP. Got approval today and now I wait for the surgeon's office to give me the date. It's all real now...not just theory and lots of reading of forums. I am 67 years old and at this tender age I have learned a few things...one is patience. I waited nearly 50 years to reunite with my hight school sweetheart and finally marry him (2 years now!). You are never too old to start a new life and do it right. I am excited and nervous all at the same time.

Bless you all for anything you want to tell me. I am 226 lbs of all ears :-)

Hello, you inspire me. I see you weight 226. We started same weight. I started my journey in Sept weighting 226. I weight 216 now. I have had all the required pretesting. Did my last one today. Hopefully, in the next two weeks I should hear whether I am approved yet and get my surgery date. My cousin started before me and her surgery date took two weeks and we both have the same insurance co. Did your nutrition tell you that weighting under 160 for your age wouldn't look right on you? Minds did. I am 5feet 6 inches. I have always been beween 113 and 160. I am 47 started menopause 7 years ago and the last 10years starting gaining weight. Her goal for me is 160. My goal for me os 130 to 145 hopefully. She said she wanted me to be reaslistic having this surgery. Some people can be so rude. Anyway, i am glad i found this website it has so much valuable information on it. Congrats on your marriage. That is so wonderful! Good luck on your surgery date. Did you say your surgeon only done 5 sleeves???? Hoping to see you on the losers bench real soon. Welcome to the forum.

[ChrisJ 44]

Slimagainsoon, I am only 5'3" and I am not concerned what anyone else says my goal weight should be. I know that for my height I should weigh between 118-135. I chose the upper number because of my age. Sure I know that loosing too much could make me look even older (:-)) but I think that 135 is a reasonable goal. The last time I saw any of those numbers (50 years ago) I was 120. One of my goals is to have a "normal" BMI. I do NOT want to listed on anything as "overweight, obese or morbidly obese"...been there, done that. At this point I am also 48% fat. I want to be in the normal range for that number too. So...if I get all those numbers normal...then whatever that weight ends up being is the weight I will be happy with. I'm thinking it will be 135. Thank you so much for your kind wishes...I am looking forward to joining you on the losers bench. :-)

[ChrisJ 44]

TO EVERYONE....I DO KNOW HOW TO SPELL "FINALLY"....I WAS JUST EXCITED AND THE FINGERS GOT AHEAD OF MY BRAIN

[DDFinn 118]

Good for you. You are adding years and years to your life together!