Ellen Rowley

[Guest guest]

Dearest Ellen,

I am so sorry to hear about your dilema. Is it just the DS that was

denied or WLS in general. Because if it was just the DS, since this

is your life we're talking about here, I would have a RNY in a

heartbeat even though my surgery of choice is a DS hands down. I'm

fighting the battle of the insurance too, just since March though.

But I'll be 48 December 1st and I feel a sense of panic like I'm

waisting prescious time over all this. I'm not ready to roll over and

die, though I'm sure my insurance wouldn't care one way or another.

But if my pulse oxygen was low like yours, I would practice breathing

techniques to get myself ready for surgery and I would go for the

dreaded RNY. The RNY especially the distal has been perfected with

less side effects than just a couple of years ago. No surgery is a

piece of cake, but if my doctor told me I wouldn't live to see 50

years of age, I would put it in high gear and settle. Please I'm

notn implying that you haven't already faught, I've been reading your

posts. I know the hell they put you through, I've already been there.

But in light of your time element, reconsideration is in order.

Please only take this as " my unworthy opinion " . I wish you the best

of luck and the best of health. God Bless you.

Babs in Baltimore

Waiting for ins to approve a DS as well.