TvanV
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone!
I'm so pleased to have been referred to this site by Larra on OH. It's comforting knowing that there ar veterans out there willing to share their experience and expertise with us newbies. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate those who have shared their journeys via forums and YouTube, it's been so helpful in helping prepare me for how to best utilize the after-effects of my surgery and start my new way of living.
My journey to DS has gone at a tremendous speed, my head hasn't quite caught up yet, I don't think! I was diagnosed with diabetes on Sept 27,2016 and immediately began researching the disease and it's treatments. Very quickly I came upon DS as being the only "cure" for it, and started doing a bit of research with the thought of maybe having surgery some unspecified long time down the road.
Then, while on vacation in January, I met a woman who had had RNY thirteen years ago. She convinced me that there was no time like the present, and I shouldn't wait to reclaim my health. I contacted my doctor the first week of February and she agreed to the treatment and out in the request to the insurance company. They promptly rejected me by Feb 13, so I went began researching self-pay, applied with a surgeon, and am now scheduled for surgery March 9!
I'm excited and nervous all at once. It seems to have come about so fast, I'm hoping that means it was meant to be, and not that I'm being rash. I don't think I am, but there's always that niggling voice in the back of my head that tells me that maybe I just didn't try dieting hard enough. I know it's lying, and I keep telling it to shut up and quit bugging me!
I'm so pleased to have been referred to this site by Larra on OH. It's comforting knowing that there ar veterans out there willing to share their experience and expertise with us newbies. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate those who have shared their journeys via forums and YouTube, it's been so helpful in helping prepare me for how to best utilize the after-effects of my surgery and start my new way of living.
My journey to DS has gone at a tremendous speed, my head hasn't quite caught up yet, I don't think! I was diagnosed with diabetes on Sept 27,2016 and immediately began researching the disease and it's treatments. Very quickly I came upon DS as being the only "cure" for it, and started doing a bit of research with the thought of maybe having surgery some unspecified long time down the road.
Then, while on vacation in January, I met a woman who had had RNY thirteen years ago. She convinced me that there was no time like the present, and I shouldn't wait to reclaim my health. I contacted my doctor the first week of February and she agreed to the treatment and out in the request to the insurance company. They promptly rejected me by Feb 13, so I went began researching self-pay, applied with a surgeon, and am now scheduled for surgery March 9!
I'm excited and nervous all at once. It seems to have come about so fast, I'm hoping that means it was meant to be, and not that I'm being rash. I don't think I am, but there's always that niggling voice in the back of my head that tells me that maybe I just didn't try dieting hard enough. I know it's lying, and I keep telling it to shut up and quit bugging me!