I had a gastric Bypass 10 months ago & I absorb iron just fine

I am having the gastric bypass over the lap band because 11 years ago I had hiatal hernia surgery and the lap band will not work on me. We all have a point of no return. For the past three years my life has been in limbo and I want it back. For example, the past three days were very good considering everything. I got a lot of stuff done around my house that I have been putting off. I was feeling really good. I am was still very tired, but feeling very happy about what I had accomplished.

ANYway, today is another story. My blood pressure dropped to 100/58 and I had a massive headache from hell. I could not keep my eyese open and all I wanted to do was sleep. This has been normal for me and the doctors cannot explain it, but they feel it is part of my sleep apnea.

The Mayo Clinic believes this will be part of, if not, the solution to return my life to something more like normal. I am willing to give it a shot.

Thanks for asking...Cigna (one of the most evil companies out there) requires that you be seen by a Bariatrics Specialist and a Registered Nutritionist once a month for six months before they will approve the surgery. July will be my 5th visit. So, sometime in August we should be scheduling the surgery. Note: you miss just one of those visits; you have to start the whole 6th months over again.

I have lost about 10 lbs since I have started the process, but my sleep apnea is getting worse. It’s getting harder to stay awake throughout the day. Fortunately, I also see their sleep specialist in July and my wife and I have prepared a list of questions for him.

As for Cigna, well they be bastards and a whole assortment of other words I won’t post here. They yet again they denied my claim for renewing long term disability and it only took them almost a full year from my termination date. So, it looks like we will be going to court. Every one of my doctors, including those at the Mayo Clinic, have provided a written statement that I am incapable of returning to work.

Last week, my wife and I watched a story on Good Morning America about just this very thing. It was about a whole list of people that Cigna has denied their benefit; including a woman with stage 4 breast cancer. They said she should be able to return to work. She died three months later. Cigna is the scum of the earth: putting profit before human decency. I really want to know what is happening to this country where we allow this sort of thing to continue.

ANYway, I am going to stop now, my blood pressure is starting to boiling and I want to have a good day .

Happy 4th everyone!!!!!!!

We're with you, Lee. More power to you!
MC

Lee - As you are in the hospital, I doubt you will get this today. But just know that all of us here at Sleep Apnea Circle send our best to you and yours today and for your recovery. Peace!
MC