On March 12, 2007, I will be heading to Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ and having gastric bypass surgery.

 

This is something that I have been contemplating for a number of years, and have finally decided is the right step for me.  I took a "fatalistic" approach and decided that if this was the right decision for me, God would make the approval process easy.  Well... guess what?  It WAS easy, and on Monday, February 5th I got word from my insurance company (Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) that I was approved!

 

I have about 3 1/2 weeks until the surgery.  I'm not too nervous yet, but that will change as time passes, I would suppose.