Starting Again; Last time.

Apr 10, 2011

Here I am again. It is now 2011, I still have not had surgery. I now weigh 350lbs. I am starting over once again, in 2008, my desire to have WLS got put on hold again, after husband came home from deployment, he had a lot of things he needed to do, so I did not get to take care of me.
He has always been supportive of my decision to have WLS, and he still is, just seems as though life has gotten in the way. I am now dealing with Arthritis in my lower back (and ankles). I can barely get through a normal day. I am having issues cleaning my home, taking care of my daughter, among other things. Gastric Bypass is what I need and I have known that for 10 years. But for some reason seems like I have for some reason not put myself first in my life. I should have pushed harder to get it done before now.
But here I am, once again, starting over. I have an Appt. today with my PCM, to get a referral. I do know that I will be referred out to Memorial Health in Savannah. I am hoping to have surgery sometime this summer, or early fall. My husband is not due to be deployed any time soon. Plus now I have people willing to come help, MY mom, and My best friend Shawn, have both volunteered to come stay with us, while I heal after surgery. Since there is no way my husband could deal with everything alone.
This is the last time, the last time I will try to get the surgery done. If my PCM doesn't refer me I will refer myself, my husband has agreed to pay as much out of pocket that is needed. I will this time make it to a surgeon who understands that just sometimes diet and exercise alone is not enough. If the surgeon says no, or the insurance gives me a hard time (says no), I will not push it. I am just going to give up, because seems to me someone does not want me to have surgery.

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