BethR
Far too long in the making...
Aug 13, 2013
Well, here it is 2013. Still haven't had the surgery...however!!! I do have a surgery date! Oct 14 I will be having Duodenal switch surgery. I have since moved to Minnesota and after battling insurance companies that didn't want to cover it at my last job, I finally have support here in MN where it will only cost me a whopping $100 bucks!! I just can't wait to be finally healthier, more active and confident.
I started my WLS journey here in MN in the Fall of 2013 and was required to lose 25 lbs....no problem right? After I was doing so well with joining (and regularly going) to a gym, and a Weight-loss workout program with a personal trainer, Minnesota winter decided to welcome me to it's best friends...Bronchitis, pneumonia, and all it's sinus infection buddies. Prior to a sinus surgery, I was prescribed several doses of prednisone. Oh how I ballooned up - it took me FOREVER to finally drop some of that weight, I was so upset/pissed. My highest weight that I ever was was 416..416. I could not believe I had broken the 400 mark. I still teeter back and forth from high 390s to low 400s. It's a HORRIBLE feeling. But I am not giving up, or losing hope
I've been doing a modified liquid diet per my nutritionist out here and meeting with her on a monthly basis. I'm not leaving anything to chance to get screwed up on my insurance end for having any breaks in my visits and them complaining about it. So I met with her (and the surgeon) last week, just for a check up on how I have been doing, and to push for a date. The next day I scheduled it and was just relieved. Maybe my journey for WLS will finally come to an end and I can just have it done already and get on with living life! :-) I meet with her tomorrow as she's going to give me a more outlined nutrition guide for these next three months. So here we go! :)
