I am in shock

 Aww, thanks so much and I hope you all will remind me when I need it about how hard I worked to get here if I go through the "buyer's remorse" stage.

Hi Molly! Congrats and thanks for persevering! I hope to be in shock pretty soon, too! For me, it's been a six year journey of denials and disappointments. But I pray that Dr. Keith's office wll be the stopping place for me, too.

 I hope so for you too. Crossing my fingers.

Congrats Molly -  I too hope to hear something soon from the Insurance Company after going through everything to meet their requirements.  I have Faith in Dr. Keith's office and know that we have both decided to go w/ a great surgeon.  I had an Umbilical Hernia repaired by him in March in preperation for all of this and he was just so great as was the hospital staff.  They put me on the bariatric floor since he was always up there so I got to have a sneak peek at who worked there and they were all wonderful and Leah was great and stopped by to give me the encouragement to keep going w/ this journey when I started getting a little down and scared about it all.  Please keep us posted :)

Wendy

 That's great to hear you already had a good  "practice run" with the surgeon and staff. I just can't believe I am actually on a count down to the day. Hope you hear good news soon too.

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. I WENT THRU 3 DIFFERENT INSURANCE CO'S TRYING TO HAVE IT AND FINALLY MY MOM HELPED ME GET A LOAN AND I WAS SELF-PAY. HAVE NOT HAD 1 REGRET SINCE THEN!! CONGRATS ON GETTING APPROVED!!

wow. You look great. 

THANK YOU! THE FIRST THING I SAY TO PEOPLE IS I FEEL GREAT!! I HAVE LOTS OF ENERGY AND NOW THAT I GET RESULTS FROM EXERCISING I LOVE IT!

 Hi Molly, I noticed you are from Broken Arrow!  So am I and I am having surgery on Monday the 14th!
Just thought I would introduce myself since we are "neighbors"!  My name is Judy and I'm 56 years old and scared to pieces!!  LOL  My email address is [email protected] if you want to email me!
I don't spend a lot of time on this board because I am really involved on another one.  Tonight I was just fishing around to see if there were any other support groups in the area.  
Who is doing your surgery and where at?  Mine is at St Francis being done by Dr Fisher.
 Congratulations on persevering in your quest for insurance that would cover your surgery.  That must have been hard, watching your friend and knowing you should have been next.  Oh well, you are almost there!  Hope all is smooth sailing from now on!!!

Congrats Molly, I am here in BA also.  I am not on the board a lot, but here if you need to ask questions.  You can email me @ [email protected]

Best wishes.  It will be great.

Phyllis