It's starting to come together!

Mar 21, 2012

I'm starting to get that butterfly feeling in my stomach, because things are coming together.  After talking to Dr. Stegemann's secretary, it look's like within the next 2 months, I might be in surgery.  Yikes!  or Yay! depending on how you look at it!

Talked with insurance (Humana Gold Plus), and have my very own assigned person to talk with if I need info or have questions.  She sent me a list of all their criteria, and I don't think there will be any problem meeting it (them?).  See doc Thursday to schedule scopes, first nutrition class Thursday night; then my pcp on Monday for physical and to schedule stress test/nuclear medicine.  I want to see how those go, and then I'll schedule psych eval.  Or maybe I'd better go ahead and schedule psych eval, in case their report takes awhile to get completed?  Need to think on that a bit.  Didn't want to spend the money until I knew whether or not things were okay physically to go ahead with surgery.  Maybe I'll call Humana and see if they can refer me to a in-network provider, and I won't have to pay for psych eval!

Found out surgery will be in San Antonio.  Not crazy about that idea, but after looking at the hospital online, I feel pretty reassured about the quality of services I'll be getting.  It's a certified COE, and it looks like everything is pretty much state-of-the-art (as best I can tell, anyway.  What in the world do I know, LOL?)

Had a reality check while I was pre-planning the out-of-town surgery.  As I've read of others, I thought that I might have to stay in S.A. a day or two after hospital discharge, and so was looking for hotels near the hospital.  Found a nice one nearby, and was looking at their breakfast area, thinking, "Oh, that looks nice; we'll be able to have coffee, a little bite to eat, and it will be like being on vacation!"  HA!  I don't think so!  I won't be eating much of anything; hopefully, I'll be sipping water and protein or whatever doc prescribes for post-op.  May not feel like I'm vacation, either, LOL!  I laughed at myself, but it was also kind of sobering, because it was a good reminder that pre-RNY and post-RNY are two whole other worlds.  Need to really wrap my head around that.

Talked to my lifelong, all-time best friend yesterday, and she was very encouraging about me having the surgery.  Says several people she knows have had it, and done well.  That makes me feel good, especially to know that she is supportive.  I guess if I'm really going ahead with this, it would be a good idea to start gathering the wagons, finding my support people, and getting them prepared along with myself.

I really am getting excited, and feeling so much hope, that I will finally be able to get control of my body again after having this surgery.  I'm so motivated, and determined that I will do everything I need to do to use it to have a better quality of life.  This is kind of like my last stand against my obesity being the absolute end of me.  Since I've never given up on life and what's around the corner, I don't think I want to now, so here goes!

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