Cousin has WLS today....

If you dont remember from a previous post she is a self pay. I got her interested in WLS and she went and got a 2nd mortgage and got it done. She had surgery today at about 1PM. I called her room at about 6PM and she hadnt been awake from surgery more than 45 minutes... I called to make sure she felt good enough to have a visit before I showed up. When I got there she was snoring but woke up as soon as the door opened so I guess she wasnt sleeping too deeply. She looked pretty tired but pretty much what I expected. She said she was in a pretty fair amount of pain, and was keeping her morphine pump button close by... Her O2 saturation had fallen after surgery and she was on oxygen. She said the pain was mostly in her back and upper abdomen. She was able to get up fairly easily and without any help to go to the bathroom which I hadnt expected. I noticed she had one of those anti nausea patches behind her ear. Anybody know what those are? I told her several times I was proud of her and that I wished it was me in that bed instead of her. Im doing ok but I really felt like crying my eyes out on the way home. Im proud that she was able to have this done but its more than a little ironic that Ive been working for this for coming up on a year with really no end in sight. I wasnt able to get ahold of my surgeons patient rep today but I left a message. If everyone (nutritionist, etc) did as they promised then they should have been able to turn everything in today. I keep holding out hope that this will happen and someday soon Ill be having WLS but Im having some serious doubts. I started seeing a specialist about stress eating a few months ago. Mostly I did this to prove that I am serious about succeding after surgery as Ive pretty much stopped binge eating. Last week he told me I needed to prepare for the possibility that I wont get approved. My last living uncle went and had something amputated last week. I dont talk to him much so I actually dont know what he lost but I cant help but wonder how long it will be before I start losing toes to diabetes. Im trying to stay positive and upbeat but in the back of my mind I am just going through the motions; I dont think it will ever happen.

Hey RM, I'm new to this, I work in Charlotte NC, and live in Clover SC. I found out that my insurance does cover the surgery, and I'm know waiting on my final lab work to get to my surgeon so they can send all the requested paper work to my insurance to approve. I hope its gets approval, I have done all the requirements but you never know with the insurance industry. I want it really bad, but there is a part of me thats so scared I have to remember to breath, I'm going through so many emotions that I can't stand it. I wish you well and hope you hear the news you are waiting for (Approved!)