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441 pound woman needs weight loss surgery...

441 pound woman needs weight loss surgery...

  • By: Anne S
  • Amount: $400
  • Views: 934
  • Wish Points: 300.96

Ticket to surgery = $400. Travel expenses (including plane ticket) = $1200.

I am currently 441 pounds. I am in line to get weight loss surgery, but I'm having a hard time finding the funds to get to my surgeon. He's in Marietta, GA, and I live in a city very close to Seattle, WA.

The surgery I'm getting is called the Duodenal Switch. It's a very effective gastric bypass weight loss surgery, specifically given to people with over 50 BMI, I'm at 73. That's why I'm going to this specialist. This surgery provides both restriction and malabsorption.

My doctor and surgeon say this surgery is life-saving for me.

I know there is nobody else to blame for my getting this big - except for myself. Probably a combination of genes and poor eating and exercise habits. However, I've been on over 40 different diets over the years. I lost weight on most of them, but gained it all back and then some.

Currently, my body condition is "disabled." Yet, I'm trying hard, working out at the local gym three times a week doing water aerobics. I refuse to give up.

I have severe sleep apnea, borderline diabetes, depression (though in remission), stage two osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, and I've had a close call with heart pain last year (but that's resolved with diuretics and Ace inhibitor).

My surgery will be scheduled, hopefully this August, when my Medicare insurance is finally available to me.

However, I am asking for $400-$1200 for a plane ticket and/or travel expenses to get me there and back.

This is a link to my surgeon, and the special weight loss surgery I'm going to have: [ link ] .

Flight and hotel fee for two weeks comes to about $1200. Plane fare is $400 of that.

Hoping and praying that you vote for me.

Thank you for your time and consideration,
Anne

P.S. I used to work in the high-tech world, web content coordinator, also volunteered as autistic children's tutor. Unfortunatly, I'm now disabled, but look forward to being able to work again after surgery.

441 pound H2O aerobics instructor nds $400 for plane ticket

441 pound H2O aerobics instructor nds $400 for plane ticket

  • By: Anne S
  • Amount: $400
  • Views: 377
  • Wish Points: 309.48

Ticket to surgery = $400. Travel expenses (including plane ticket) = $1200. (second try)

Up until December 11, 2004, I designed and taught a water aerobics program for people-of-size at the local public pool. It was a successful program, but my own physical problems came to a head, and I ended up on the disabled list as of January 29, 2005.

I am currently 441 pounds. I am in line to get weight loss surgery, but I'm having a hard time finding the funds to get to my surgeon. He's in Marietta, GA, and I live in a city very close to Seattle, WA.

The surgery I'm getting is called the Duodenal Switch. It's a very effective gastric bypass weight loss surgery, specifically given to people with over 50 BMI, I'm at 73. That's why I'm going to this specialist. This surgery provides both restriction and malabsorption.

My doctor and surgeon say this surgery is life-saving for me.

Just fyi, I've been on over 40 different diets over the years. I lost weight on all of them, but gained it all back and then some.

Yet, I'm trying hard. I work out in the pool still, doing water aerobics three times a week. Even though it is embarassing to be seen in a bathing suit at my size, I refuse to give up.

My medical conditions currently include: neuropathy, severe sleep apnea, borderline diabetes, depression, debilitating osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, and I had a close call with heart pain last year (I now take a diuretic and Ace inhibitor).

My surgery will be scheduled, hopefully in JULY, when my Medicare insurance is available to me.

I am asking for $400-$1200 for a plane ticket and/or travel expenses to get me to my weight loss surgery, with or without hotel expenses.

Flight and hotel fee for two weeks comes to about $1200. Plane fare is $400 of that.

Hoping and praying that you vote for me.

Thank you for your time and consideration,
Anne

P.S. I used to work on contracts in the high-tech world. I also had a wonderful experience one summer as an autistic childrens tutor through a program called the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes program. Best time of my life (career wise). Unfortunatly, I'm now disabled, but look forward to being able to work again after surgery.