{"id":3371,"date":"2013-11-11T04:30:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:27:42","slug":"medicare-paid-gastric-bypass-surgery-brendas-weight-loss-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/medicare-paid-gastric-bypass-surgery-brendas-weight-loss-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Paid Gastric Bypass Surgery – Brenda’s Weight Loss Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tFirst I want to thank JoAnne (Program Director at BeLiteWeight) for asking me to write this and allowing me to share the story of my weight loss journey.<\/p>\n

\tA little more than a year ago (Aug. 2012), my family doctor had informed me that my health was on a downward spiral and on top of having depression, high blood pressure, IBS, arthritis<\/span> and sleep apnea, I was now also borderline diabetic. Hearing this really scared me and got my attention, <\/span>I knew I had to do something, and soon. I started my search for a way to loose weight that didn't include pills that wouldn't work, diet fads or unsustainable exercise programs. I logged online one afternoon and stumbled upon a link for BeLiteWeight. After reading all the information, I decided to give it a shot and<\/font> fill out the information they asked for. I was shocked at how quickly Sharon, a BeLiteWeight Patient Facilitator, got back in touch with me. I was once again shocked and happy to learn that there was help for me out there. I was a candidate for the gastric bypass surgery<\/span>, and my Medicare insurance did indeed cover it.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>This was the beginning of a journey that has brought me to where I am today. I was 225 pounds, with a BMI of 35 when I went into visit Dr. Umbach. Lisa, a wonderful and amazing BeLiteWeight patient coordinator had taken me to and from his office. After a thorough visit with this amazing doctor, my Gastric Bypass surgery was set up for Sept. 21, 2012.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>My surgery went well, and I was only in the hospital for less than 48 hrs. I am not going to say that it was the easiest surgery, but it wasn't as bad as what I had been afraid of. Dr. Umbach and his staff took really good care of me, and made sure I was as comfortable as I could be. He also made sure I was in good shape before leaving the hospital, and drive back home. (I lived about 3 hours away at the time).<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>Once home, I really started my weight loss endeavor and slowly as I healed, my outlook on things and life was starting to change. My depression was fading as well as my energy was increasing. Within the next few months, I no longer<\/u> was considered borderline diabetic, had HBP, had sleep apnea and was on half of the medications I was taking before my surgery.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>I also started to notice that my clothes no longer fit me. They were way too big and I was having to either give them away or donate them. They simply hung on me. By the sixth month after my surgery, I was down almost 45 pounds and everyone started to really see the weight just rolling off my medium sized frame. My BMI had come down from 35+ to a low 29.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>Today, a year and 1 month later, I am down to my goal weight which fluctuates between 135-140. My BMI is 22.6 and I am so much healthier than I have been in many, many years. I look and feel fantastic, and have to thank everyone, from the folks at BeLiteWeight to Dr. Umbach's office for helping me to achieve this goal.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>My journey, well it is a forever one, always changing and getting better.<\/p>\n

\t<\/font>Thank you Again JoAnne. It meant a lot for me to have shared this with you and everyone else. I hope it helps others to form their own goals around it.<\/p>\n

\tProcedure: Gastric Bypass Surgery
\n\tSurgeon: Dr. Thomas Umbach<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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First I want to thank JoAnne (Program Director at BeLiteWeight) for asking me to write this and allowing me to share the story of my weight loss journey. A little more than a year ago (Aug. 2012), my family doctor had informed me that my health was on a downward spiral and on top of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[16,20,207,19,52,919],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss-success-stories","tag-gastric-bypass-surgery","tag-lose-weight","tag-medicare","tag-weight-loss-2","tag-weight-loss-story","tag-weight-loss-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3371"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3983,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions\/3983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}