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Hi, I'm Tanja. I've been thinking about having surgery for almost a

year now. Finally convinced my husband (...he loves me the way I am)

that I really do want it, that it's just not for loosing weight, but

for me to be a healthier person.

On Monday I had an appointment with my new PCP to complaine about my

knees hurting, hoping to parlay that into talking about WLS. Before

I could even mention it, he did. He asked me several questions and

said that with my heartburn, bmi, aching knees and blood pressure

that as far as he was concerned I was the perfect canidate for

gastric bypass. He wrote the reccomendation right there in front of

me. He even had me go to the lab and have some blood drawn. Can't

remember exactly what they were for except one, thyroid test.

Tomorrow I call to set up an appointment to see the surgeon. It

seems to be going so fast.....especially since I thought and talked

about it for so long.

My husband is in the Army and right now alot of the surgeons are

deployed. Dr. McCarthy told me that if I wanted to have it done at

the hospital here on post there might me a long wait, but Tri-Care

(our insurance) will pay to have it done by a civilian doctor. Not

really sure what I want to do. I want to have it as soon as possible

which may mean going to a different hospital, but our hospital on

our post is one of the best in the military, and I've had nothing

but great care while there. The other main factor is my husband

deploys in 2 months and that would mean me having surgery while he's

gone. My sister has offered to come stay with me for a week~is that

long enough or would I need somebody to help out longer.....I have 3

kids, the youngest almost 2.

~Tanja