CJCC55
3 year anniversary for VSG was yesterday.
Feb 23, 2013
Since I don't find much time to get on OH anymore, just posting a brief update.
I have been weighing about 123 consistently until about a month ago. Then I had a change in my lifestyle, (changed jobs) and have been eating more for some reason. Now I weigh 127 which is my goal weight, but would like to stay below goal, so will start journaling my food and keeping tabs on things so that I can drop a couple pounds.
Feeling good, and not having any health issues. No problems with my pre sleeve issues (sleep apnea, snoring, joint aches or hypertension.) Still doing lots of stair climbing, and loving it. Only one cup of coffee per day as I take it with sugar and creamer. That is the bulk of my sugar intake on most days. Don't care much for desserts or sweets in general any more.
Last lab work was in June, and everything was looking great, cholesterol even in good range. (miracle in itself)
So, so thankful for my sleeve, and my new life. I don't want to start taking it for granted. Of course the down side (and there has to be one) is that I cannot get health insurance since I have had a sleeve. The government site for pre existing condition policy is available to me for 400 plus dollars per month. Of course I cannot afford that, so it is a good thing I am so healthy now. My main objection to this type of policy though, is in the questionnaire, it asks, "do you have a pre existing medical condition?" I feel that the truthful answer to that question is: NO. thanks to my VSG I am now healthy without any medical conditions. It's a catch 22.
The best I can do is a serious illness policy, and an accident policy. That is all I have, aside from my home owners and car insurance, of course. Oh well, I wouldn't trade it.
Love and luck to all who travel this path; and to all who contemplate going this route, I must say that if you have a great surgeon like I did, and have medical issues like I used to, it is a miraculous, life changing, epic regeneration.
