Beginning my journey - hello everyone!

Dasha: Hey there!! I did see from one of your other posts that you used Dr Armstrong, you are not the first to tell me Jon is fantastic, the lady at work raved about him too.

My one concern at this point is the early release of my super. I've read a lot of documentation about it and I dont know if super morbid obesity is what they would officially/legally consider as life threatening? I'm really worried that they wont pass it.

Luissa: Hey hey, Yes I am intensely excited about the whole thing, had this been around 10 years ago i'd have jumped on it. I feel like my twenties were wasted!!

Letitbe: Hello! :) How did your doctor / specialist say that it was life threatening?

Hi KatieBear and welcome

Jon Armstrong was my surgeon also and he is absolutely brilliant. Even the nurses at Hollywood Private Hospital told me he is regarded as one of the best bariatric surgeons in the country...I felt very comfortable with him right from day one.

Hope all works out well for you

Dasha x

Hi Katie,


You sound similar to me.

Stick to finding a way to have the surgery it's worth it.

Life is different when your not carrying a lot of weight.

I was 155 kgs at my biggest when I was in my mid 20's. I had a weight problem from the age of 5. I had a gastric band put in when I was 32. I had it removed last year and had a sleeve done this year. My life and confidence since losing weight has changed in a positive way, I wish I knew about this a lot earlier in life as I feel I have missed out on a lot in life because of my weight.

This is the best thing I have every done and I feel like I am in control of my life now.

Good luck on your journey it is a exciting one.

Oh ye my weight is now about 84kgs which makes my total weight lose at 71kgs!

HI and welcome to the forum,

I have used super to pay for mine it was a fairly easy process you just have to follow all instructions to the letter and all should be good. I fyou need any help just let me know I am not an expert but I can tell you what I did.


Good luck with your journey.

Hello!

My name is Katie, and i am 30 years old, 148 kilos with a BMI of 50 and I am scared and excited.
I live in Perth in Western Australia with my baby girl Eva who is 19 months old now.
I have been overweight since i was 15 and morbidly obese since i was 18. I hit 30 a couple of weeks ago and am in a panic that nothing is working for me to shift this weight.
Every time I do shift it, it comes back but a little more till years of yo-yoing put me here. I am a type 2 diabetic and there is a history of cancer and strokes in my family on both sides. I have not worn 'normal' clothes since i was 15 and I have not lived a day feeling like a 'woman' in my life.

Two days ago i saw a lady at my work who i noticed looked different to the last time i'd seen her - turns out she'd lost 55+ kilos from having a gastric sleeve. I'd never heard of it and proceeded to talk her ear off and ask 399 questions. 2 Days later and i have an appointment with the same surgeon she had, Jon Armstrong, on the 19th of November.

I took a bit of a blow this morning when HIF told me i wasn't covered at the end of my waiting period on december 30, despite them telling me my policy did cover the op back when i joined - so my next step is to draw on my superannuation :) Has anyone else done this? Did you have trouble with getting approved?

So that's my intro - an apprehensive but INCREDIBLY EXCITED lady here - the thought of finally finding the means to the end of this body fills me with a hope I just don't want to lose!!