teetum2001
Hello, my name is Tia and I am 32 years old. I have been struggling with weight pretty much since I was 18 years old. I at a young age of 20 got pregnant, and had a miscarriage. Since, then I have had alot of different problems. PCOS (Poly-chystic Ovarian Syndrome) irregular periods, and other female problems. I got married back in 2006 and weighed 280 lbs, now I weigh 332 lbs. I don't have energy to do anything and I am not fertile, most of the time I stay home and do nothing, or I will get on the computer. I recently went on a cruise, and had a hard time walking the boat, and the places that I paid to go, this was very upsetting. I came home and talked to my husband again about having the Gastric Bypass Surgery. We did some research on it in the past, but did not act on anything. My best friend of 18 years said to me one day, that she was getting very concerned about my weight. Her and I have been friends so long she remembers when I was on the thinner side, and always doing stuff. Unfortunately, since I have gained weight, alot has been taken away from me. One day my best friend called me and said she was going to go to school to be a medical biller. She proceeded to go and did great she gratuated in 2007. She then looked for a job in her profession. I received a phone call from her that said, "OMG you have to call me right away". I picked up the phone when I got the message, and she said, "You'll never guess where I got a job"? I did not have any idea, she said I got a job working for a Doctor that does WLS. I could not beleive it, I asked her what his name was, and started to do research on him. I found out that not only is a Doctor for WLS, he is also the Medical Director of the WLS center here in Michigan called the DMC(Harper Hospital) I said wow I hit the jack pot. After all my research, I went back to my husband and asked him what he thought we should do. He said go ahead and start the process, so I did. I went in for my Pysch eval on February 23, 2008. I had all my paper work done for everything when I came in, so that I would not have to fool around with it.. My physch eval came back fine. I figured that....LOL Then I was called and scheduled for my consultation with Dr. Michael Wood. He said I would be a good candidate for the Gastric Bypass to get the results I wanted, and he said that is what he recommended. After the consult with Dr. Woods, I knew at that point I was going to go through with it. All that needed to be finished was the insurance, and as you all know Insurance can be a pain in the butt. I had smooth sailing, since my BMI was over 50. BCN was said to be the hardest insurance to get approved. I went home and 2 days later I got a call from Lea the patient assistance and the one that puts in for the approvals to the insurance company. I got approved. My jouney was smooth sailing, but not everyone is as lucky as me.
Well....I will write after the surgery and tell you how it went. March 27, 2008 is my surgery, and I can't wait.
Well.....It is now September 28, 2008 and I have lost 100lbs, I'm doing great....and I feel much better...
