Well, my doctor set me up with a referral to a surgeon. I contact the surgeons office, because I am proactive like that. My first meeting with them is June 10th. Prior to scheduling the meeting, they asked that I reach out to my insurance to make sure that bariatric surgery is covered, which I had already done. I had checked online, I had made my husband get a copy of our SPD from his HR person. But after I called the surgeons office, I called my insurance on the phone to just triple check. The ...

There are moments throughout this journey where I have felt that I have lost the maximum amount of weight possible. As a direct result, I had resigned myself to the fact that I may remain 6'1" and weigh 240 pounds for the rest of my life. After some serious contemplation I realized that resigning myself to my current weight is not enough. I want to reach my goal weight of 185 pounds (or somewhere close to it) by the end of the year. Armed with this new found determination, I decided to embark ...

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I have bipolar disorder. And while many of you may think that means I am quite simply insanity defined, the truth of the matter is this: I have a chemical imbalance that triggers emotional responses - sometimes at inopportune times. While my behavioral patterns attempt to lend themselves to sway me to make irrational decisions in my life, I fight hard everyday to do the right thing and to ensure that I am on track with who I chose to be in this life. In short, I do not let this disorder define me. ...

Good morning, it is Tuesday. Yesterday I had my procedure and I am told it was practically perfect. Thanks God for that! It didnt hurt really bad like my shoulder surgery did and I had a pretty comfortable day in the hospital. I was exceptionally blessed that my husband came and stayed with me all day we got to be close. At the end of the evening pain medication was making me nauseous - I’ve been getting nausea medicine almost every four hours I tried to lay off in the evening and through the ...

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For those of you who have followed me since joining this community in September of last year, I am left to assume that you are knowledgeable regarding my setbacks and successes, and to those of you who are new here, WELCOME! What I promise you will find with my blog posts is that I am nothing if not candid regarding my struggles. Reason being: there is no benefit for any of us if I post cryptic writings that only I understand. I want everyone here to see that I, much like the rest of us, am fallible. ...