"I would hope that just seeing that my diabetes has gone away, that I'm not on my CPAP machine anymore, that I'm able to walk and not be stuck in a bed, that they would see that the surgery did help me and they would in turn pay their 80 percent."
But there will be no insurance coverage. Even so, in the span of one month her life has completely changed. She's can move around again and sees the possibility of a normal life for the first time in years.
The heavy burden of paying her parents back, painful as it is, just doesn't seem that bad compared to where she was before surgery.
"I will take care of it," she said. "Whatever I have to do. Sell my house. I'll do whatever it takes, get a job as soon as I get home. I'm ready."
She says her goal is to lose an additional 100 pounds, and with that take back her life. But at this rate, she may be thin long before she's out of debt.
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