At the age of 36, after giving birth to my second son, I found myself topping the scale at 355lbs, and feeling helpless and disgusted with myself. To this day I remember lying in bed at night, crying my eyes out, despising myself, and fantasizing about losing this horrendous weight. I was miserable. So began my militant pursuit of gastric bypass surgery, which in itself was a trial! I...
Hi Realselfers, First, I want to thank all the thousands of people who have posted their stories and share their knowledge. It has been invaluable! It has been feeding my secret obsession for self improvement for years! Hopefully some of you will identify with my story. I'm scheduled for a gastric sleeve in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 30th!!!! I start my pre-op diet tomorrow ????. TMI about me:...
With a BMI of 30, insurance would not pay for this procedure but I was determined to have it, trying everything to loose weight with marginal success. Dr. Sasse is in Nevada. He sleeves clients from all over the world. He believes for health reasons there is no reason to not band a client at a lower BMI. I paid out of pocket using an emergency medical withdrawal from my 403 B plan. YOu have...
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