Newbie looking for support

[New life 7]

Hello I'm just starting my journey to receive gastric sleeve. This will be my second go round with this decision. The first time I let my family talk me out off it. It seems like they only hear negative things about this surgery never the positive things. So this time I decided to keep my decision o myself and only tell a select few whom I know will support me.

I'm 35 and the mother of two beautiful teenagers and I want to be around to see them go to college...get married and have my grandchildren I have been to the meeting with my surgeon on July 12th and we have decided to go with the sleeve. I have KHPE for insurance and I was told all I needed was a psych eval which is this upcoming Monday and a EDg. I pray about this daily. Praying that my issurance will approve me for this because I want to live.

Just looking for support encouragement and any suggestions or info you want tp give I'm all ears. Ohhhhhh I'm having my surey done by Dr. Marymor at Barix Clinic in Langhorn.

[Tiny One 223]

. I started this is journey last July. Best decision I've ever made, with only 1 regret. And that's not doing it sooner.

Btw, no one in my family knows. Only my husband & 3 very good non-judgemental friends.

Good luck to you.

[notime 340]

Welcome. You will find a lot of information and support here. Good luck with your insurance.

[New life 7]

Thank you for your encouragement!!!

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

second go round with this decision. The first time I let my family talk me out off it

New life

congrats on realizing YOU are the one thats important

not letting your family make your decision

hope insurance does cover you

glad you are going forward with WLS

best of luck

kathy

[mandynichole 169]

Girl, this will be the best thing you've ever done for yourself! You will be great. I think it's fine not to tell everyone it's YOUR LIFE, not theirs. Plus, it's crazy as soon as people see you start changing for the better they will fall in line & support you.

[SleevedJune62013 167]

Good luck honey! I'm also 35 with a teen & a tween. I told a good friend when I was still trying to decide & they were so upset that I was "risking my life for something I could do with diet & exercise". It crushed my excitement & I decided to only talk about it with people who have had WLS. I wanted educated opinions only. Nobody I spoke to had ANY regrets. There may be a day soon after surgery when you're asking yourself "what the heck did I get myself into" but after being fully healed I have NO REGRETS! Wish I would have done it sooner. My husband had reservations at first but once he gave me his wishes I really heard them & chose to comply to help him understand & support my decision. After all, he's a reasonable man. He asked me to wait 3 mos so that he wasn't so busy at work so he could take off during my recovery & to really research it & be absolutely certain I'd be able to live with my decision. It just so happened to take that long to get every appointment & insurance squared away. He also asked me to commit to being more active. The whole family goes to the gym almost every night now. He tells me I was always beautiful, I'm just showing off now. I've been very open about my WLS now that its over. I get compliments daily at work on my progress. I wish you a speedy recovery & contentment in your decisions.

[New life 7]

Thank you all for your encouragement and support!!!