Hello! *cautiously waves*
I'm 46, married 25 years, father of four grown kids, and have worked as a truck driver for about 14 years. I've been overweight since I was a teenager and now have a BMI of 53 (368#, 5'9"), along with Sleep Apnea, prediabetes, and arthritis in my knees and hips. My company's health insurance does not cover Weight Loss Surgery so I am going to have to self pay, which probably means Mexico.
Have been trying to decide what procedure to have. My primary care physician recommended a Sleeve over a bypass because of less complications. Given my high BMI I think I'm going to have to have a malabsorbtion element in addition to restriction to get down to a good weight. The DS has good long term results I'm nervous about the adaptation period. Missing work for 6 weeks (fair bit of heavy lifting at work) or so is already going to be a hard sell. Needing to do lots of potty breaks for a few months afterwards isn't going to help me win friends and influence people. Also considering a mini-gastric bypass or a SIPS/SADI, but both have are a bit lacking on good long term data (plus I really don't want to deal with the blood sugar rollercoaster of a bypass).
I'm 46, married 25 years, father of four grown kids, and have worked as a truck driver for about 14 years. I've been overweight since I was a teenager and now have a BMI of 53 (368#, 5'9"), along with Sleep Apnea, prediabetes, and arthritis in my knees and hips. My company's health insurance does not cover Weight Loss Surgery so I am going to have to self pay, which probably means Mexico.
Have been trying to decide what procedure to have. My primary care physician recommended a Sleeve over a bypass because of less complications. Given my high BMI I think I'm going to have to have a malabsorbtion element in addition to restriction to get down to a good weight. The DS has good long term results I'm nervous about the adaptation period. Missing work for 6 weeks (fair bit of heavy lifting at work) or so is already going to be a hard sell. Needing to do lots of potty breaks for a few months afterwards isn't going to help me win friends and influence people. Also considering a mini-gastric bypass or a SIPS/SADI, but both have are a bit lacking on good long term data (plus I really don't want to deal with the blood sugar rollercoaster of a bypass).