My story begins years ago 40 or so. You see I spent most of my life overweight. My parents always worked so my little sister and I mostly had to fend for ourselves. We learned early on to eat what ever we could whenever we could.
  I spent alot of time going through school as the fat kid that know one wanted to have on their team, or as their friend. I became very shy and withdrawn.
  The years passed and I married a boy that I went to school with. (funny thing is he used to make fun of me ha ha) We had a daughter and three sons together and spent several years in the US Navy. After coming home for good we grew apart and divorced about 7 yrs ago. I have always believed my weight to be a big part of the problem but oh well. This is the body that God gave me so I have to use it.
   I finally realized about 3 yrs ago that my health was suffering because of the weight. I had already had back surgery(disc removal)Degenerating Disc Desease,APNEA(which was the worst)arthritis,diabetis etc,,,,.
I began the long journey of getting WLS approved. I was already on disability so the insuran ce was tricky.After the year of paperwork, tests and several attempts of contacting the doctors office we finally have the approval.
I had to keep after the Dr's office and finally get the date October 31st.
  Trick or Treat smell my feet Dr Allen's gonna fix it so I can't ever eat! Ha Ha
I am going to document my whole process because I hope to help someone else out there. I know it is going to be worth it.
   Dear God Watch over my family and friends and help the surgeon and staff.Amen