Angela's Blog

Double Wow & Soft Foods - YAY!!

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:00 -0700

Wow #1: I was at Wal-Mart today and tried on a pair of size 20WP jeans, and they zipped and buttoned without any problem. Tried an 18/20 shirt and that was actually kind of loose! YAY ME!!

Wow #2: During my shower this morning and dry off afterwards, I realized ...

Surgery Related Costs, Ins. Reimb., & Patient Balances

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:17:00 -0700

I have just had my EOB's (Explanation of Benefits) posted to the online portal of BCBS and after crunching the numbers for ALL services from initial consult, to psych eval, to surgery, etc., the total costs don't come close to what I have seen posted by others on the board ...

2 week follow-up & OUCHIE!!!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:31:00 -0700

K...had my 2 week follow-up appt today and got the last 6 staples removed and everything is great...EXCEPT. For days now I have been having this completely awful stabbing pain that alternates between my lower left incision and my belly button incision, or the area between the two. Anything triggers it, ...

YOWZA!! No Longer Morbidly Obese!!!

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:58:00 -0700

I'm no longer morbidly obese people! I weighed in this morning at 218.2 so that puts my BMI at 39.9 - so I now qualify for "Severely Obese"...

Never thought that being Severely Obese would make me so happy

At surgery I weighed 228.8; I gained about ...

Shopping...Shopping....and more Shopping!!!!

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:58:00 -0800

Personally, I have been having a blast with it, and I'm still a week pre-op! Over the weekend and today, I hit several resale shops and was picking out nice career wear that is in styles and cuts that I have always gravitated towards, but in sizes 18, 16, 14, ...

Liquid Fast -4 days down, 10 days to go until Surgery!

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:35:00 -0800

I am now on Day 5 of my pre-op liquid fast. I have to admit that by evening on the first day (Monday), I was ready to chew my own arm off in order to get something "real" to eat....but it got better beginning on day 2....although DD made sloppy ...

Pre-Op Class & Consult

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Spent the day in Muskegon this past Thursday...had my 3 week pre-op class and appointment with Dr. Gluck. Signed surgery consents with the Dr. and also let him know that I would like him to perform a tubal ligation when he does the bypass. He didn't feel that it would ...

28 Days....and Counting!!

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:17:00 -0800

Okay....finally getting down to the wire. I have 28 days now until I undergo my RNY. Since my first consultation with Dr. Gluck I have lost about 15 pounds. I have 8 more to go in order to reach my personal goal of 225 by my surgery date. I think that ...

I HAVE A DATE!!!

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:38:00 -0800

I called the surgery scheduler today and got my surg date. I will be going in for my gastric bypass on March 10, 2008 at Mercy General in Muskegon. So I have 2 months to get myself in the proper mindset and get my post-op behaviors nailed down beforehand to ...

Spoke with Surgery Scheduler

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:58:00 -0800

I called the surgery scheduler earlier today with a question. My husband needs to have some rather extensive dental work done over the next couple of months, so I called the scheduler to check on how far out she is scheduling so I could tell the dentist what months are ...