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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 294494" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I have contemplated this surgery many times. Maybe one day I will take the plunge, maybe not. Back in probably 97 or 98, I actually went to a dr and started the whole process to try and get the surgery. My insurance denied me at the last minute. Actually I found out later they may have saved my life because that doctor was on 60 minutes for some sort of scandal...lol. Then maybe a year or so later I tried to go to another doctor who had started doing it laproscopically. Made it much less invasive. Shorter healing time. One of my coworkers went to him. I got denied again! I was devestated. I quit trying. Felt it just was not meant to be.</p><p></p><p>Plus at this whole time Tony was really not thrilled at me even trying. I was close to the age his mom had died and my kids were near the age that he and his brothers were when his mom died. She died getting the bypass surgery back in the late 70s. Of course, logically he knew the operation had improved but that fear was still there. </p><p></p><p>So I put this whole thing on the back burner. I tried to lose weight the old fashioned way. In 2003, I did lose quite a bit of weight when Jamie went into the Marines. That was also when I started topomax and wellbutrin. Weight fell off but I was also only eating like 800 calories a day. When he was in bootcamp I lost 50 pounds in 17 weeks. I have gained most of the weight back though. </p><p></p><p>I think my weight is emotional. When I started to get close to 200 pounds my mind simply couldnt handle it and I freaked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 294494, member: 1514"] I have contemplated this surgery many times. Maybe one day I will take the plunge, maybe not. Back in probably 97 or 98, I actually went to a dr and started the whole process to try and get the surgery. My insurance denied me at the last minute. Actually I found out later they may have saved my life because that doctor was on 60 minutes for some sort of scandal...lol. Then maybe a year or so later I tried to go to another doctor who had started doing it laproscopically. Made it much less invasive. Shorter healing time. One of my coworkers went to him. I got denied again! I was devestated. I quit trying. Felt it just was not meant to be. Plus at this whole time Tony was really not thrilled at me even trying. I was close to the age his mom had died and my kids were near the age that he and his brothers were when his mom died. She died getting the bypass surgery back in the late 70s. Of course, logically he knew the operation had improved but that fear was still there. So I put this whole thing on the back burner. I tried to lose weight the old fashioned way. In 2003, I did lose quite a bit of weight when Jamie went into the Marines. That was also when I started topomax and wellbutrin. Weight fell off but I was also only eating like 800 calories a day. When he was in bootcamp I lost 50 pounds in 17 weeks. I have gained most of the weight back though. I think my weight is emotional. When I started to get close to 200 pounds my mind simply couldnt handle it and I freaked out. [/QUOTE]
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