On the Road to a New Me - Houston, TX

let me start by telling you a little about my self ...i am a mother of two beautiful little girls and have been married for 3 years together 4 years....i have been over weight all my life but was in the low 200s through out elementry ,middle, and high school ...i am currently at my heaviest at a whopping 300 even lbs and i have tried everything to lose the weight.... before falling pregnant with our first i had lost 50lbs in one month extreme dieting ...not a healthy diet ill be honest ... and i gained it back with our first pregnancy and shortly after 6 month i fell pregnant again (contraceptives failed) and had our 2nd child during both pregnancy up until labor i weighed in at 311 at the end of both pregnancies ..both c sections ...since then it has been a difficult road for me to lose that weight....so that leads me to were i am today and have decided to go through with the gastric sleeve to help give me that boost...so far my insurance doesnt require me to meet certain criterias but the clinic has a couple which is for all patiences ...physc eval.... EGD....see the nutritionist which is $50 out of pocket ....and lab work ....i have completed 3 of the 4 but im on hold for the eval since i will have to pay that out of pocket which is around $460 ..and right now im in the process of moving to Missouri but will travel back to houston for everything ...and i will be paying $2500 out of pocket with $500 deductable which is included in the $2500....insurance covers 80% of total cost leaving me with 20% out of pocket expenses ..

...so from last time I had some requirements from the clinic I was going to in which I had completed 3 of 4 ...well I finally did my eval yesterday which I did have to pay out of pocket ... $450 ...now i have hopped on the wagon which at the moment isn't going anywhere ..we have started the waiting game on insurance approval...I won't hear anything from my clinic until Monday to see if they have received the results and then gather everything together to send off to my insurance provider ...I'm hoping to shoot for the month of April but after our daughters first birthday ...I'm excited but nervous all at the same time. ..I will be traveling back to houston for my pre op and surgery since I will be moving to Missouri this week and it will be easier on me since my mother will be helping me with our girls...crossing my fingers

Well I had to take a step back before they can process everything over to insurance ...I found out that i need to take 2 more sessions...on another note I am am currently living in Missouri ..so I had to find someone to finish off the 2 sessions I need and transfer everything back to houston tx...it took time but I finally found someone and did my 1 session which I paid out of pocket $ 130...I will have my last session on the 17th and everything will be sent off to the clinic staff to send off to my insurance for review...I am excited but at the same time nervous because it seem like it's going fast...