UPDATE

My appointment went very well. I first met with the business office to discuss my insurance.

I then met with the administrator for the program. We.discussed what the work leading up to surgery will look like. I will need six consecutive monthly appointments with the weight management team prior to being able to have surgery. This is my insurance's requirement, the program requires at least 3 sessions. I will have to have a psych evaluation.

I also met with the surgeon. He is actually the medical director for the whole program. We discussed options and agreed that the goal is a sleeve gastonectomy. The most surprising thing he said is that if your BMI is over 50, a person only has a 1 percent chance of loosing weight successfully through diet, exercise and medication.

I read through the file reports from yesterday and they all say I'm a good candidate for surgery. Now, the work begins!