divataunia's Blog

TOO MANY BLOGS - CONSOLIDATING ADDRESSES HERE! :)

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:46:00 -0800

I'm finding that I'm not able to keep up with all the places I'm trying to post, so I've consolidated my WLS updates into two places:

ONLINE BLOG:

http://divatauniablog.com

This is my online journal/blog. Not WLS focused, but a little bit of everything including all my WLS stuff.

VIDEO BLOG:

http://www.youtube.com/divataunia

My videos about my ...

IS IT WRONG TO HAVE A CRUSH ON YOUR SURGEON?

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:46:00 -0800

On 11/19/07, I met my surgeon for my first consult appointment. I'd read about Dr. Hess here on oh.com, and had heard about him through folks in my support group. I already knew that he was handsome (picture here) and that he was a sweetheart from all the other patients. ...

THE MENTAL SWITCH FROM WEIGHT WATCHERS TO SURGERY

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:35:00 -0700

Ok, I've been continuing to go to Weight Watchers so I can lose the 15-20 lbs needed before surgery. (For those of you who are wondering WHY I need to lose that weight: it's to shrink the liver and make it easier for the surgeon to get in and out. Less ...

LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:17:00 -0700

I have my 20th high school reunion in 2.5 years. I keep joking that we need to get this show on the road! The interesting thing was that I was so terrified about the surgery before, and now I CAN. NOT. WAIT. And there's just so much WAITING. And lots of ...

PRE-OP: The very first appointment! 9/26/07

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:55:00 -0700

I had my first appointment with Dr. Khaodiar. She was a great gal - very upbeat and smiley and chatty. They weighed me (302! up a little -yikes) and took my height (5'7") and talked about my current diet with me. She did a once over looking in my mouth, ...