Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 , I know exactly how you feel... I'm 26 and weigh 280 at 5'10 " and no one, and I mean NO one ever believes that I weigh that much (In high school and college I weighed about 130!). But I am a big girl. I had no problems until last year when I was finally diagnosed with hypothyroid. I'm finding now that things are getting harder and harder. If I don't have great shoes I can't walk for more than 2 hours or so and be comfortable. Plus just in the last month or so I've started to have problems with my ankles swelling and staying that way for a while. I was approved for wls in early April by my insurance company. I had an appointment for the beginning of June on a Monday, but on the Friday before, the doc's office called me and told me they were going to have to reschedule........for August. I was pretty bummed. I tried other docs my ins. would let me see, but they were booked even farther in advance--this is definitely a popular thing! I've just been reading all the posts on about 13 different groups and I also attend two support meetings locally. It'll happen eventually... in FL Possible Stupid Question > > > > > > > > > > Okay, this may be a dumb question, but I'm just curious.... > > > > > > > > As anybody had this surgery that isn't suffering from problems > due to > > > being > > > > overweight?? What I mean is that I know that BCBS is going to > deny me > > > and > > > > I'm not sure that I really have anything to fight back with. I > don't > > > really > > > > have any other health issues other than being overweight. I > have normal > > > > blood pressure, I'm not diabetic, I don't have any heart > problems, > > > nothing > > > > really. If you look at me on paper....I'm perfectly normal > except for > > > the > > > > weight thing. I was just kind of hoping to nip this in the bud > BEFORE > > > > having any of these other issues come up, but I'm not sure that > they'll > > > go > > > > for that. Not to mention that my current doctor doesn't > believe that > > > I'm > > > at > > > > a point in my life where the risks are worth it since I have no > other > > > > problems. Does anybody have any insight?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 , I know exactly how you feel... I'm 26 and weigh 280 at 5'10 " and no one, and I mean NO one ever believes that I weigh that much (In high school and college I weighed about 130!). But I am a big girl. I had no problems until last year when I was finally diagnosed with hypothyroid. I'm finding now that things are getting harder and harder. If I don't have great shoes I can't walk for more than 2 hours or so and be comfortable. Plus just in the last month or so I've started to have problems with my ankles swelling and staying that way for a while. I was approved for wls in early April by my insurance company. I had an appointment for the beginning of June on a Monday, but on the Friday before, the doc's office called me and told me they were going to have to reschedule........for August. I was pretty bummed. I tried other docs my ins. would let me see, but they were booked even farther in advance--this is definitely a popular thing! I've just been reading all the posts on about 13 different groups and I also attend two support meetings locally. It'll happen eventually... in FL Possible Stupid Question > > > > > > > > > > Okay, this may be a dumb question, but I'm just curious.... > > > > > > > > As anybody had this surgery that isn't suffering from problems > due to > > > being > > > > overweight?? What I mean is that I know that BCBS is going to > deny me > > > and > > > > I'm not sure that I really have anything to fight back with. I > don't > > > really > > > > have any other health issues other than being overweight. I > have normal > > > > blood pressure, I'm not diabetic, I don't have any heart > problems, > > > nothing > > > > really. If you look at me on paper....I'm perfectly normal > except for > > > the > > > > weight thing. I was just kind of hoping to nip this in the bud > BEFORE > > > > having any of these other issues come up, but I'm not sure that > they'll > > > go > > > > for that. Not to mention that my current doctor doesn't > believe that > > > I'm > > > at > > > > a point in my life where the risks are worth it since I have no > other > > > > problems. Does anybody have any insight?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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