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Greetings. Like many of you I am currently going...
Greetings. Like many of you I am currently going through the process for WLS by having the Sleeve Gastrectomy. However it has been an extremely lengthy and emotional process and I'm still fighting to get to the finish point.
As a child I was tall and thin, then I became a preteen and got boobs. Then I started getting thicker! In high school I weighted about 170 (I'm 5'7) and I was fine with that. Once I graduated and got on birth control well it was no going back. Over the years I was slowly climbing that weight latter. In my 20's I stayed around 250. I was still unaware or believed that I was over weight and at some point I just stopped weighting myself all together. I mean why worry about it? I was young, confident and always had a boyfriend. Nothing was wrong with me, I was this advocate for plus size women.
Fast forward to January 2014. I was done with school (Culinary Grad) I was promoted to a Director with my own account, moved to a new city, new house, about to get married life is good. I went in to see my doctor to talk about fertility and he asked me about my weight. I asked; Uh, what's wrong with it? Your 279 pounds and borderline diabetic. And that's when the tears started flowing. He then asked me if I had ever considered Weight Loss Surgery and I said no I didn't think that I would qualify. After leaving the doctors office I went into a bit of depression and was terrified. My grandmother passed in Dec 2010 of Congestive Heart Failure and Diabetes. A couple of days later I started the process.
So step 1: I went to the seminar.
Step 2 pick a surgeon. Paper work was sent to my insurance provider and that's when I found out that the hospital did not have the Blue Certification needed for them to cover it.
Back to step 2: find a surgeon who has the certification. Found one, who by the way is an hour away in another city.
Step 3: consultation with new surgeon and blood work. (End of January)
Step 4: Psych Consult (2/25)
Step 5: Nutrition Consult (2/28)
Step 6: EGD with surgeon, but then I received a lovely call stating that I was required to do 6 months of Weight Management with a dietitian and a Cardiac Consult.
Step 7 & 6 months later: EGD which is when I found out that I had a hernia (8/15) Step 8: Cardiac Consult (9/12)
Pause, Now let's go back to Step 6 weight management for a second. Because my last two appointments were in the same month I had to reschedule another appointment with the dietitian and get a letter on why I missed a month.
Step 9: Today I received a call from the cardiologist stating that my Stress Test came back abnormal and get this. My appoint to see the doctor isn't till Friday. So I have to wait 4 days the hear my results.
I'm Completely on edge at this point but I can't get down. God is in control. I hope that my story tonight has possibly has helped someone who is going through the same hurdles as I am. Nothing worth having is easy, right?
As a child I was tall and thin, then I became a preteen and got boobs. Then I started getting thicker! In high school I weighted about 170 (I'm 5'7) and I was fine with that. Once I graduated and got on birth control well it was no going back. Over the years I was slowly climbing that weight latter. In my 20's I stayed around 250. I was still unaware or believed that I was over weight and at some point I just stopped weighting myself all together. I mean why worry about it? I was young, confident and always had a boyfriend. Nothing was wrong with me, I was this advocate for plus size women.
Fast forward to January 2014. I was done with school (Culinary Grad) I was promoted to a Director with my own account, moved to a new city, new house, about to get married life is good. I went in to see my doctor to talk about fertility and he asked me about my weight. I asked; Uh, what's wrong with it? Your 279 pounds and borderline diabetic. And that's when the tears started flowing. He then asked me if I had ever considered Weight Loss Surgery and I said no I didn't think that I would qualify. After leaving the doctors office I went into a bit of depression and was terrified. My grandmother passed in Dec 2010 of Congestive Heart Failure and Diabetes. A couple of days later I started the process.
So step 1: I went to the seminar.
Step 2 pick a surgeon. Paper work was sent to my insurance provider and that's when I found out that the hospital did not have the Blue Certification needed for them to cover it.
Back to step 2: find a surgeon who has the certification. Found one, who by the way is an hour away in another city.
Step 3: consultation with new surgeon and blood work. (End of January)
Step 4: Psych Consult (2/25)
Step 5: Nutrition Consult (2/28)
Step 6: EGD with surgeon, but then I received a lovely call stating that I was required to do 6 months of Weight Management with a dietitian and a Cardiac Consult.
Step 7 & 6 months later: EGD which is when I found out that I had a hernia (8/15) Step 8: Cardiac Consult (9/12)
Pause, Now let's go back to Step 6 weight management for a second. Because my last two appointments were in the same month I had to reschedule another appointment with the dietitian and get a letter on why I missed a month.
Step 9: Today I received a call from the cardiologist stating that my Stress Test came back abnormal and get this. My appoint to see the doctor isn't till Friday. So I have to wait 4 days the hear my results.
I'm Completely on edge at this point but I can't get down. God is in control. I hope that my story tonight has possibly has helped someone who is going through the same hurdles as I am. Nothing worth having is easy, right?
Provider Review
Bariatric Surgeon, Board Certified in General Surgery
6431 Fannin, Houston, Texas