Time to stop lurking and say HI!!!!

Hello everyone This is my first post but I must admit I have been lurking between this board and the arkansas board for more than a year now, feel as if I already know many of you wonderful people!! I have done TONS of research and found sooooo many useful tips here.  I was placed on disability for a hodgepodge of medical issues last year, thx to my doctors tireless encouragement, it was something I TRUELY did not want to do. However God is good and knew best as always, they back dated my disability 2 years so I had medicare right away. Having weightloss surgery was my main goal for relenting and going thru this process. I just wanna get healthy!!!  Over the last several months I have tried to gather all the peices I would need to submit for medicare to accept me and pick a doctor as well. I think I may be getting close, have done sleep study (have my trusty machine LOL), have my doctors records all on disk, a letter form my doctor recomending surgery and this Monday I will conclude my 3 part psyc evaluation whew seemed like more when I was getting it all done haha. I plan to attend Dr. Hornbostel's seminar  the sunday following my last leg of psyc eval.  I am hoping with luck and God's grace I can submit all my info, get approved quickly and soon have a date to join you all on the loosers bench!! I look forward to getting to know you all better, I hope there will be a chance for me to repay all you have done for me so far without even knowing it your support has been amazing!!! You all are always in my thoughts, I hope we will all reach our goals together, not sure how you could go wrong with a group like this!!! P.S. I even come with my own angel, A friend from this board who I have been following along with on her weight loss journey this last year!! (she had RNY just over a year ago) she offered to be my angel a couple weeks ago, the poor sweet girl LOL!! HUGS!!! Thank you, Britt W./rydias Jeanine S/Pugluver

You probably already know this, but Dr. Hornbostel does his seminar's the first Sunday of the month, so he is actually having one this Sunday. You could go and get the paperwork and be working on it while you are waiting for your last psych eval, then you would have that done and can send it in as soon as the psych part is done rather than waiting another month. Anyway, good luck on your journey! Liz

Welcome and keep coming back there are alot of people on here to help....vesta

Hi Jeanine!  Welcome to the MO board.  We are glad to have you.   (((HUGS))) Angy

welcome Jeanine....we are always looking and welcoming new people. You are already so close to having surgery. Dr. Hornbostel is a great surgeon and a wonderful person. You will love him and his wife/nurse Margie.  Dont be a lurker come out and play with us. feel free to post on my daily Whats Happening post anytime you want. Will be looking for you more on here.

Hello Jeanine, WELCOME! HI! GREETINGS! It is so great when someone comes out of the dark and quits lurking...We are always eager to greet one more friend. What part of Arkansas are you in? I was raised in Mtn Home. Cant wait to get better aquainted....

HUGS!!! Thank you all for the warm welcome!! I could not imagine this board being any better but this last week it did just that!! Thank you all soooo very much for the what to expect for the newbies posts, the are so helpful and INSPIRING!!!  Sugar I am orginally from Albany, Ga. close to the Florida state line deep, south yall LOL ! My hubby drug me here, he is from Kansas City Mo., his sister and mom moved to Compton,Ar, that's just above Harrison Ar. some years ago and we joined them 8 years ago. He comes from a very small family VERY unlike mine we are a HUGE bunch, being away from all of them has been hard but hubby was more than worth it!!  He may be the most laid back, not to mention  kindest man I have ever known. Overall I am a VERY blessed woman!! I have always been the one in my family who took care of everyone else, this has been getting harder to do at 400 pounds, so I have decided to do something I RARELY if ever do and that is take care of me!! This way maybe I'll be around to take care of all of them agin, when Im healthy!! I look forward to meeting more of you guys and getting to know you all bettter. Wish me luck I'm off to my last physc eval step, I hope anyway unless he has discovered how crazy I REALLY am LOL!!! Talk to you all soon. Jeanine S.