[saramrose86]

Hello, New here so bear with me...
I have an appt scheduled for the 14th to approach my new PCM about WLS. Specifically, gastric bypass. We just PCS'd here a month ago and prior to this I'd been keeping documentation for 2 years with my old PCM about all weight loss attempts. He even referred me once to a surgeon but I chickened out after all the appts were made. I was 275 lbs Aug 2010 when I went to see him and decided to give it one more shot on my own. My husband deployed a month later and I walked into the GNC store for the very first time. I let the sales clerk talk me into a lot for the 4 months my husband was gone and as a result, was hospitalized twice, once for dehydration and the 2nd time (New Years Eve wknd) for Pancreatitis. I lost a total of 55 lbs and as soon as I stopped popping pills and working out 4 hours a day, I eventually gained 30 of those pounds back.
I gave it another attempt over this past summer, after miscarrying for the 4th time. Lost another 15 lbs - with the help of a new pill again from the GNC store. But as soon as I stopped taking the pills, started packing our house up for our cross country move, I gained the weight back and then some. Frustrating.
So, now that we are here and unpacked, I have decided, I am tired of popping pills. It's not good for my health. Eventually, I had to have my gall bladder out. The surgeon said it didn't even have a blood flow and that most likely it'd gone bad because I was trying so many extreme diets. A few weeks after that hospitalization in July I was back in for issues with my kidney's - I wasn't making any urine and I'd lost the sensation of my bladder. Hello catheter.
I have 2 kids and a husband here that is very concerned for me. Not only because the weight is coming back on but because I'm so desperate to lose this weight. I've been this size for almost 5 years now and my joints are tired, my body is tired, I can hardly sleep, etc.
I eat decently, I walk daily a few miles, when I go through these spurts of "needing to lose the weight now" I run several miles a day, lift weights, etc and do decently well - but I also cannot lose weight without taking any kind of supplement. I've tried - several times. Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers x 3 and Lean Cuisine never helped either.
So, I'm back at this point that its now or never. If the DR says, yep, let's do it then I am all for it. Before I left the last base, the DR there said I have tendonitis/arthritis in my right foot. I can't walk very long, let alone exercise on it very long unless I plan to be on my butt with my foot up all day long the next day. It hurts all the time it seems.
I am also having trouble with my back. Constant lower back pain. DR examined it before we left last base and said there was significant inflammation. He prescribed anti inflammatory and pain medication which I went through in a month. I am continuing to have trouble and at night it is the worst. Can't lay flat on my back or my side for that matter because then my hips hurt. I'm constantly tossing and turning (so my husband says).
Insomnia has gotten out of hand as well. It takes me hours to sleep and when I do sleep its very fitful. Is this grounds for a sleep condition that would qualify me for WLS?
What about my back or my feet? DR said could be tendonitis/arthritis in the back but would need to do MRI and we didn't have time for that at the last base before PCS'ing.
I am under the BMI 40 this time around, I think around a 36 this time. But joints are hurting and sleeping has become a constant problem. Is this grounds for surgery? I've been told Triwest is easy to work with here but I'm trying not to hold my breath. I don't want to keep gaining weight until insurance says OK but at this point, I can't work out without pain so eventually the weight will come back.
Should I pursue it or just wait and see?
Thanks... if you made it this far.