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  • Username: aka_theempress
  • Location: GA, USA
  • Member Since: 12/1/2006
  • BMI: 59.0
  • Post Op - Planning a revision
  • Surgery Type: RNY (09/24/07)
  • Surgeon: Larry Hobson
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get healthier and have more energy

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Get below 400 lbs

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Larry Hobson
Dr. Hobson is The Man! He was somewhat quiet, but a quick talker. He was kind of laid-back too. Confident and caring. My liver was big but he completed my surgery with no complications. I appreciate his bedside manner.rnrnrnrnrnrn
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  • Comment by bell427 on 4/28/07 7:56 am
    Carol: Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. I'm sending positive vibes and well wishes always. From Bell in Los Angeles
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Another hurdle 1/24/07
on January 24, 2007 8:05 pm
Whew!! I'm feeling like Flo-Jo, Gail Devers and Jackie Joyner-Kersee all in one.  Yeah, I know I could be all three of those teeny little heifers (I say that with the utmost respect) LOL  Anyway, about 2 weeks ago, I get a call from the Atl Med Ctr/WLC.  I have to attend a WLS support group prior to having my paperwork submitted to my ins. co.  This is a new way of doing it.  Normally, the patient would go after having WLS.

Apparently, other patients haven't fulfilled the obligation to attend, so now all others must attend in advance.  Thanks y'all! (read heavy sarcasm here)  Yes, I was discouraged, but it's their show; so, I complied.

Getting the documentation that I attended was another thing.  *sigh*  I went to the meeting the week following notification that I must attend...no facilitator was at that meeting.  BUT, I did get to meet some WLS veterans who were very open and willing to share some of their experiences.  

To make this story a shorter one, I touched bases with one of the group facilitators.  She faxed proof of my attendance to the Center.  So, now I wait.  Friends please pray for me.  I really would like to have my surgery next month, before I convince myself to do otherwise.

Peace!
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1/8/07 Finally!
on January 8, 2007 7:01 pm

Some good news...

My PCP's office faxed the last test to the Atlanta Medical Weight Loss Center.  Had a brief scare when Lolita asked me if I had a recent thyroid panel.  I was like WTH? didn't I have that done in December.  She checked my file and confirmed that I had...whew!  I was about to shed a tear or two...feeling a little emotional.  LOL

Where to from here?  Well, according to Lolita, she will call me within a couple of days to let me know my package has been sent to my insurance company.  So, please pray for me, that there are no setbacks or problems.  Until then...peace

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1/04/07
on January 4, 2007 5:29 pm
Yeah me!

I found out the lab stays open late, so I had my blood drawn for the H-pylori test on the 2nd.  Now, I just wait and see.  I'll call my PCP to see if he has the results tomorrow.  I'm anxious and excited.  Hoping everything goes well.
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1/01/07
on January 1, 2007 12:50 pm
Well, it's the New Year and I didn't have my surgery as hoped for, even though I expected not to...

I'm frustrated with the process somewhat.  I went on 12/8/06 to get blood work done for my PCP visit (routine-diabetic care).  He'd forgotten to add the H-pylori test, which checks for bacteria in the stomach.  This meant that I'd have to go back to the hospital for another blood test!  

Being the smart person I am (hahahaha), I call the lab to see if they still have my blood.  They did.  All I needed to do was get my doctor's office to call in the request for that particular test.  I call and the asst. tells me she faxed in the request.  Okay, so the next day I call lab to ensure the request's there...it isn't.  I call my doctor's office again.  The asst. insists she sent request, that the lab at the hospital has a "habit" of losing their requests, much to their frustration.

Needless to say, my doctor's office had to fax the request again.  However, now I have to go back and submit blood again...I'm not happy about that and that's REALLY putting it as mild as I can.  It's a new year and I have a new attitude (even as I grit my teeth writing this....)

Until next time...hopefully with better news
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