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                                                 ~My Reflection~  
I’m thirty four years old and I’ve been married for twelve years to my wonderful and supportive husband Rolando. Together we have three children. Our oldest’ name is Celina and she’s twelve, our son Fernando is 8 this month, and Adriana is 2. I’ve been truly blessed with a wonderful family. In September of last year I made a birthday wish. I wished that I could be a healthier, happier and better looking wife and mother. In that same moment it occurred to me for this to be possible I needed to put myself first for a change. I also needed to start loving and respecting myself, and lastly I have to get rid of my emotional crap. 
                  

 ~So my journey begins~

        
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3 days to go!!!
on December 27, 2009 6:23 pm

I I have three days left until my surgery. It’s all I’ve been thinking about this past week, but at least I had Christmas used for a distraction. It helped out a lot and now it’s just three days away. Christmas was still hard because my family members would be constantly asking me how I feel and Am I ready for surgery. I can tell you I’m trying to keep calm and not let my emotions get the best of me, but it’s hard. I keep going back and forth feeling nervous, anxious, and scared. Nervous because I don’t know how I’m going to feel after the surgery and what the outcome is going to be like for me and on the other hand anxious. And at last I feel anxious to improve my health and to see what I look like months down the road. I’ve read a lot of blogs here on obesity help.com and they said in the end that they don’t regret having the surgery and that they would do it again. Even my primary physician has said her patients that had the surgery have said the same thing. I want to see that for myself. I want to see if I feel the same way. I will let you now.  Scared about the possibilities of what could happen. But then I stop myself from thinking that way and think positive and remind myself that I will be in good hands and also I have God, and my father watching over me. Tomorrow my family and I are going to throw a surprise birthday party for my older sister. She’s turning the big 40.  Her birthday is on the 29th, but we’re going to have it tomorrow so I can attend the party. It was originally on the 29th, but I wouldn’t be able to go because I would be at home doing my pre-op stuff. So that was nice of my nephew to move the date. I will write back when I can.
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Got my Date for Surgery !!!
on December 4, 2009 5:48 pm

I finally got my surgery date. I'm so  so excited!!!!
My surgery is officially scheduled for December 30, 2009       

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Mariposa
on October 3, 2009 6:17 pm
  
At the end of September of last year I made my annual doctor’s appointment. I was so nervous to approach my doctor with the subject of Bariatric surgery. I thought that she would be against it; but to my surprise she thought I would be a good candidate for bariatric surgery. She suggested that I should have the Rouen Y. She then made and sent my referral to Dr. Kelly’s office.

October 16th; 2008~

 I went first to the Bariatric Information Meeting… The meeting was very informative. The nurse and the surgeon that was present were very warm and supportive. I was so nervous at first. I didn’t know what to expect; but as the meeting went on I realized I wasn’t the only one that thought about having it and possibly wanted to go through with the surgery.
They had mentioned that it could be a long process or a short process.  
It depended on everybody’s circumstances.
In my case it’s been a long journey.

In November 2008~

I saw the surgeon’s nurse after I completed all the paper work that I got from the Info meeting. She was also in agreement that I benefit from the surgery. She wanted me to go to the sleep clinic to get tested to see if I had sleep apnea.

December 2008~

December came and I went to my appoint for sleep apnea testing. That was a waste of my time and also expensive. My insurance didn’t cover all the cost and turned out I didn’t have sleep apnea.

  In my case; I didn’t have all the necessary documentation from all those weight loss attempts to turn into the insurance. So I needed to start all over again with the dietitian and also get the approval from the psychologist’ for me to have surgery.

January 2009 ~

January was here and I started my therapy. We had a lot to cover due to my depression. I was suffering from depression ever since I was a kid. I tried seeing therapist before, but I always made an excuse not to follow through to get better. I didn’t want to deal with the fact that my uncle had molested me when I was eight years old. I took all the responsibility for it happening. I also had issues with my mother and in the middle of all of this I was coping with the death of my father in 2004. I couldn’t do this anymore. I was done feeling like this. So with nine months of therapy I’m much better now. I’m not blaming myself anymore and I’ve actually forgiven myself and my uncle. I’ve dealt with my anger issues that I had with my mother. I want to get on with my life and move forward to be that healthy person I want to be. For my birthday this year my therapist gave me the best present. She approved me for surgery. Finally!! Yeah!!

   September 24th,2009~

I met with the dietitian and everything went great. The last time I saw her; my weight went up and she wanted me to lose five pounds by the next visit. I was shocked when she weighed me. I lost eight pounds.  I couldn’t believe it. I hope I can keep it up or stay at the same weight. I still have to wait to see if I get approved from insurance. 
She is sending in her report to Dr. Kelly’s office today.  

September 30th, 2009 ~
 
I learned that my Psych. Report wasn’t sent into Dr. Kelly’s office yet. I thought it was already done. The therapist called and she wanted to ask me a couple of more questions for my report. She wanted to be thorough as possible. I know it takes about three to four week to hear back from your insurance once the surgeon’s office sends in the combined report.
I just hope that I can get an approval and have my surgery before the end of the year.  I've come this far. I can be patient.

October 7th, 2009~

 I had to go back to see my dietitian. Everything is still good my weight stayed the same as last time, but I did lose 1/2 inch off my waist. I thought September 24th was supposed to be my last visit, but there was a discrepancy in how many times I saw the dietitian. Due to a scheduling error I missed my June visit. I'm supposed to see the dietitian for at least six months according to my insurance.
I've been actually going since February.
I talked to the insurance lady at Dr. Kelly's office and she said that it should be fine as long I have an October visit.  She said that she seen the insurance approve people. I hope so.

October 27th, 2009~

Today I had my visit with Dr.Kelly's dietitian. It went very well. She told me that I should have about five more steps to take before my surgery which is step five.
1. Meet with Dr. Kelly
2. Send all the documents to insurance. 
3. Preop physical 
4.  Pre surgery meeting.
5. Ta da Surgery Day!
I'm starting to get excited.
It's starting to be reality. I'm so close.

November 17th, 2009~

Today was one of the days I was waiting for. I was going to meet with Dr.Kelly.
I was so nervous because he had not the only final say, but he was going to let me know if thought I was a good candidate and he did. He thinks that it would be good for me because I've tried so many alternatives to weight loss and they didn't work. He thinks that in the end that I will like the results. So now I'm going to continue to be patient and wait for the insurance. He also thinks that I should know something from the insurance by the 1st week in December. And if all goes well I could still get my surgery before the end of the year. The other thing that is on my mind is that my younger sister is having her c-section on the 17th, so I hope that it is scheduled afterwards.  
I'm praying and crossing my fingers.

November 26th, 2009~
My new nephew was born. 5lbs 10oz and 191/4inches long.
He's a cute little guy.

December 03, 2009~  

Ok, I’ve calmed down a little bit.
Yesterday I was officially approved at 2:37pm from Blue Cross Blue Shield.  Yeah!!!!
I had called Dr.Kelly’s office the day before to see if they heard anything from the insurance; but to my disappointment she called back and said that they were still reviewing the report. Now the next step is to waite for surgery scheduling to call me to schedule my surgery!!! 

 December 04, 2009~

I finally got my date. December 30, 2009

The surgery scheduler called today at 2:51pm from Dr.Kelly's office.

She's going to send me all the paperwork documenting the time of my surgery.
But she did tell me that I need to be at the hospital at 9:30am.
She also scheduled my postop appointment set in January. 
I have a lot to do before my surgery.
I have to attend my mandatory preop meeting and go to my preop physical with my primary doctor.
I can't believe I finally have my date. I've worked so hard to get here. When I started my journey a year ago I thought it was going to be so easy and maybe it is for some people, but in my case it wasn't.
I had to go through so many obstacles and when I would hit an obstacle my surgery day seemed so far away.
With the help of God and with the support of my family I'm finally here.
I can finally be the person I want to be.


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I’ve been overweight pretty much all of my life. When I was two years old I had Leukemia and with all the treatments they gave me swelled me up like a balloon and the radiation stunted my growth.  That took a while to accept. I could have been 5ft 5inch.tall. After seven years past I was put into remission at nine. When I turned fifteen I was pronounced 99% cured. I was going to live. My weight went up and down when I was in grade school. I started to really noticing my weight increasing when I was in Jr. High and High School. I remember when my sister got married I was sixteen and I was 180#’. I was her matron of honor and it was hard for me to find a dress in my size and also for it to be affordable. Before each of my children was born I was able to not gain a lot of weight; except for the recommended amount.  After they were born the weight wouldn’t come off easily. I tried all kinds of weight loss programs like Richard Simmons, Slim fast, Dexatrim, Phentermine (twice), Denise Austin work out tapes, yoga, Weight watchers (multiple times), and Gym memberships and trainers.