Okay, so we are in the middle of a road trip and I'm researching bariatric surgery at this point. I'd actually been thinking about it since last September when Rosie O'Donnell talked about her vertical gastric sleeve on the View.
We met my long time bestie for dinner and I walked away with an overwhelming feeling of needing to discuss gastric bypass with her (which she had back in 2001). Three days later we got together again and I pummeled her with questions about the surgery. The good thing about besties is that you can talk about anything! Gross stuff, sad stuff, emotional stuff, physical stuff! Nothing is off limits. I had a great feeling that I was going in the right direction after that.
A few days later I told my sister what I was thinking. She asked a lot of questions and we talked about it at length. I also told my mom. She was supportive and asked some questions and encouraged me to keep her informed.
As we headed home I felt better. Lighter. For the first time in forever I had hope. Hope that I wouldn't always be morbidly obese. (Isn't that an awful title?) Hope that I could still live. Hope that I could do things with my husband and kids instead of sit and watch off to the side. Man, there's no place like hope.
By the time we got home I knew my options were Lapband, Vertical sleeve, and gastric bypass. I started researching surgeons in our area and the weight loss surgery centers. One hospital had their weight loss surgery seminar scheduled for the following week. I signed up right away.
My research continued as I awaited the seminar. I became pretty certain the lapband was not for me. I could not decide between the sleeve and bypass though. I educated myself as well as I could before the seminar.
May 20, 2015
My sweet husband went with me. He's awesome. I didn't learn much that I didn't know already from the seminar. I did meet a surgeon that I liked a whole lot and confirmed the lapband was definitely not for me. Eww. Port. Ewww. Fills. Ewww. But I started leaning more toward gastric bypass that night and that's the route I chose to follow going forward.
They immediately confirmed my insurance would cover such surgery and that there was no waiting period. Woo hoo. Unfortunately the sweet surgeon we met didn't do gastric bypass so I got an appointment to see another surgeon.
Things stood still for a month or so as I waited to see the surgeon and also got through our church's VBS which I was in charge of. Finally met a wonderful surgeon on July 1. That's where we'll stop for now.
"He must increase but I must decrease." - John 3:30
Be blessed y'all.
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