My Journey To Not being Fat Anymore.

Hi, my name is Michael Schilling but everyone calls me TJ. I'm 34 years old and from festus MO. I'm currently in the middle of my life changing time and getting VSG(vertical sleeve gastrectomy). Yes I know this isn't a short cut, yes I know it takes work, this isn't something I'm doing without understanding the consequences. At the end of last year I hit a number with my weight that I thought wasn't possible for someone to hit that's as active as I think I am. I hit 501lbs yep. 501lbs or the size of two overweight grown men combined. So my wife and I started going to the gym and doing the normal "gonna get in shape" thing and lost 20lbs on my own. But it's not cutting it so went to see Dr schoerer at ssm DePaul and talked about weight loss options and came to the decision that the best solution was for me to get vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Here's where it becomes a financial issue and the root cause of me making this go fund me. My insurance won't cover the surgery. Yep you think that they would want be healthy? Naw why would that make any sense? Being morbidly obese isn't a good enough reason to need weight lost surgery, no they want my body to start failing first with things like diabetes and high blood pressure. But even then I have a 5k deductible and they only cover the rest upto 80% and I wold have to go 800 miles to their "wellness center" for every visit even the consultation. So I've decided to go with the self pay option and to have it done at SSM DePaul. This surgery will cost around 20k by the time it's all said and done and that's without the extra skin removal surgery. So I am reaching out for help, but here's where it can be fun for you, I'm asking for donations but with each one I want you to leave your best fat joke, or if you've already made fun of me or any other fat person you can just donate. And don't worry no one here is allowed to shame you. I won't allow it. The internet is to full of people being offend and I doubt you can offend me.