Thank you. My wife is great. We've been together for almost 36 years, married for over 34. I'm going to as much stuff done as I can this year also.

Dr. Jonathan Hall in Stoneham is amazing. I would recommend him highly.

Yeah, really! It almost makes me want to get sick or something so I can get my money's worth. I have been blessed with very good health, beyond being extremely fat. Before surgery I had no real comorbidities beyond being at the low end of diabetic. I had lymphadema in my legs, but they didn't consider that a problem. I don't take any pills on a regular basis but one. And other illnesses have not shown up like they did when I was fat. I used to get bronchitis once a year. Nothing since surgery. Colds are rare, and I avoid doing stupid things so injuries in my shop are exceedingly rare.

I am glad to see things are improving for you. I hope it continues even more rapidly. I've been lurking here reading, not really knowing if I would go this route or not. My wife has been very supportive and encouraging. We'll see how she is once I'm a big baby post op. Haha, she was a huge help post op for my sleeve. She has an idea of what's in store.

Thank you. I have gotten over my ire and reposted my OP, although it is significantly different now. I am excited about surgery. I am less so about the "approval" from my alleged insurance.

Okay, I am putting this back. I don't mean to be a drama queen. I was really angry and I should have waited just a teensy bit longer to post anything. But I was excited. I am going to have surgery. I am approved by my insurance company. It happened it record time. The lady who does this stuff at the doctor's office was amazed. She told me to expect six to eight weeks of waiting before I even heard. It took them four days to approve me. They didn't ask for any supporting evidence, blah blah blah.

So yeah, I was excited. But then we started digging. By the time I pay my deductible and out of pocket expenses, it would be cheaper to tell the insurance company to eff off and put my monthly premiums toward surgery as well. I would literally have money left over. This is what Obamacare has done for us. Huge premiums, small coverage. I would have to get really really sick or have a catastrophic injury to break even on what I am paying for the privilege of keeping the government off my back.

Aside from that, I am looking forward to surgery. I can see from reading here it is no picnic. But I am determined to push through with it. I was prepared to pay cash anyway just because. I made the mistake of getting excited thinking my insurance was actually going to be a factor.