Thinking Positive and Not Taking "No" for an Answer

Hello again everyone!  I thought that I would keep things along the informational route and talk about some things that I went through while  preparing for my surgery.  A few people had questions regarding whether or not the surgery was covered by insurance.  My story is an interesting one! 

While you are going through all of the pre-surgery testing and doctors appointments, you feel as if you are working towards a goal.  In my eyes once I got everything done and my surgery was over my life was going to be different...and it definitely was!  However my road to getting the Lap-Band was a rocky one.  I was all set to have my surgery done with one doctor, I had all the pre-surgical appointments done.  Now anyone who has had the surgery will tell you there is a lot of pre-surgical things that you must do before your doctor will book a surgery date.  My list of doctors included: a psychologist/psychiatrist appointment, pulmonologist (and a sleep study...not my favorite part!), nutritionist for 6 months prior to surgery, cardiologist and finally my primary care physician had to approve me as well.  It is a long and daunting process to go through but the end result is worth it!  In my case however I was all set with everything when my prospective surgeon's office called me to tell me that I was not covered for the surgery.  You can imagine the pain and disappointment I felt.  I actually cried and felt as if I would be stuck forever at the weight that I was.  I was about to give up and forget about the surgery all together until my grandmother found a new doctor and pushed me to go to Dr. Geiss my surgeon that I have now.  My surgeon is truly amazing.  I walked in to his office for a consultation and I will never forget his words when I told him my previous surgeon said that I was not covered "We don't take no for an answer"  and they didn't.  Within 2 months I had my surgery. 

Thinking positively and surrounding yourself with positive people is the best thing you can do for yourself.  My family and friends were my own personal cheerleading team and their positive attitudes helped me through.  There are going to be people that say "Why are you taking the easy way out?" and "Why don't you just diet?" and you have to be prepared for that.  Truth be told it is not the easy way out. As with anything if you work it then it will work for you.  The most important thing is that you stay positive for yourself.  I now see that had I just given up I would not have gotten my surgery at all.  I am glad that I did and glad that I had my group of cheerleaders to help me through.