I posted the following on here when I first began my journey

May 23, 2010

I am 38 years old and have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything imagineable to lose weight. I hope that WLS will give me the tool I need to succeed.

It is now January 18th 2003 and I finally have a date for my initial consultaion with my surgeon. It seems to take so long for each step.

My surgeon has a group called LifeQuest and they are a wonderful bunch of people. They are all so helpful and informative and genuinely caring.

The first step is to attend a seminar explaining the group and to obtain info on WLS. I attended this seminar in November. I also attend monthly support group meetings. People that I have met at these meetings and also through the internet have been wonderful. My next step is the consultation with Dr. Stickler and his staff. After that, I will have to have the psych evaluation and any additional tests that are required. Then on to the insurance approval ordeal. My insurance is CIGNA but my company is self pay so my surgery will have to be approved by the corporate human resources office. (Here's hoping)

So right now I am playing the hurry up an wait game. It is so hard to want something so bad and have to wait. But in reality the time is not going by so slowly.

I will try to post as soon as my consultation is over and let you know how that goes.
 

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