Fritzo followers over the last decade probably know that my wife has been disabled for a long time. She received a severe back injury while working as a police officer, had to have spinal fusion surgery which caused nerve damage, which in turn made it painful for her to move, which in turn meant she had to take an ENORMOUS amount of drugs and pain killers, which in turn lead to a lot of weight gain, which in turn led to more inflammation and more drugs...you see where this is going.
After a two year process, she finally got doctor recommended weightloss surgery approved from our insurance and it's scheduled this Monday. The doctors theorize that the surgery should shrink her liver and lower her body inflammation, which in turn should get rid of her constant pain and remove the need for her zillions of medications.
I've only had about 20% of the lady I married for the last 10 years. Hopefully in the weeks after this surgery, I'll get my full wife back
UPDATE It's been two months since the surgery, and I have to say it's been a fantastic success! She's off of 4 medications, they're weening her off of two pain medications, she's able to move around normally, and she's down nearly 50 lbs. The problems with swelling and fibromyalgia have nearly disappeared, and she's actually doing 5 miles a day on a cross trainer now!
We spent two years jumping through hoops to get this surgery done, and now it's probably going to save the insurance company $50K a year in medical costs, and the effects were nearly immediate. It literally reminded me of this Family Guy clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRtlkcQ6brE
I'll post some after pics in a couple of months when she's got the full sexay thing going back on. Thanks for all of your support!