I have been thinking about surgery since if I am going to do it, I need to do it this year.<\/p>\n
Lots of reasons not to though — first, I can always wait a year, and it wouldn’t be that big of a thing.<\/p>\n
I am afraid I would be trading one set of medical problems for another.<\/p>\n
There is a huge possiblity insurance won’t cover it, and I’m definately a believer that you don’t rely on insurance 100%. In fact, I just talked to someone who has had the surgery, happy with it, but has already paid for over half, and I wouldn’t be surprise if she doesn’t end up paying for all of it.<\/p>\n
FYI: If you don’t count on insurance covering things you won’t be rudely suprised. Been there, done that.<\/p>\n
I am still afraid that going with WLS means trading one set of health problems for another. In fact, I only have one health condition that will probably be solved by weight loss surgery, and I consider it the least of the problems (GERD). <\/p>\n
I also consider that waiting a year means that I’ll have a stronger case, I definately am getting good documentation on weight loss via the CDE.<\/p>\n
So I really think I’ll not be doing surgery. It really only comes up with me when I realize that it’s six months until June AND I’m depressed about weight loss, or lack there of.
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\nFrom my Treo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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