EGSuzie
Pre-op class
Jan 26, 2007
Well, I attended my pre-op class yesterday. It really seems to have made this all so much more real for me. I think that the nervousness is beginning to set in, as well. Anyway, we got a little canvas bag full of stuff: a 32 ounce mug to fill twice a day, an exercise band, a pedometer that does all kinds of things-it even talks to you and plays music to keep you on pace, our spirometer, and cutest part-a silly putty egg. The instuctor said that we were probably wondering what in the heck that had to do with the surgery...she told us that it was in there to remind us how small our stomach would now be! And then she said "well, soon you can use it for your lunch box or to hold your new bikini!" I though it was quite clever. We also got a folder full of post-op information and a pillow (with of all things-a diagram of the roux-en-y printed on it in case we forget what we had done ~lol) for bracing the belly when coughing and a pen to have everyone on the bariatric floor sign it. I came out of that two hour class with enough crap that you would have thought I had just checked out! I am glad to have the last task completed...I am even pre-registered as of this morning. Tuesday will be here before I know it!
Why is this bugging me????
Jan 22, 2007
The last week I have had two different people come to me with " oh, you don't need this surgery. You aren't even that heavy!" and " what are you thinking...have you had any testing done?" and the winning quote..." have you tried dieting?" What?? Why is it that people feel that they somehow have more insight into or information about my life than I do? Do people really think that I am so ignorant of what I am choosing to do that I would go under the knife to change my entire way of living and yet never have looked into what it really meant? Crap!! If I hear this kind of judgement one more time before surgery I think that I just might explode! I am having such a difficult time getting some of the things that people have said to me out of my mind. I can't seem to figure out why comments made to me by people that I am not even close to would drive me crazy like this. It is as though people are trying to talk me out of having surgery, and I am not sure why because not one of them has even said the standard line " you could die from this surgery!". What is their motive? Do they want me to be miserable for the rest of my life? Are they jealous, as a friend who has had WLS said they are? Am I supposed to be second-guessing myself or questioning whether this is the right choice for me now? NO! I think that I will hold steadfast in my decision because I think that it is the correct choice for me, and if I have regrets later, at least they will be mine to own!! I refuse to be swayed by the opinions of others who don't know what it is to live in this body and feel what I feel everyday. So, why is this still bugging me??
Not much to say today...
Jan 17, 2007
...except that I started back to school yesterday, and that I am beginning to get nervous about the surgery. YIKES!!
High BP~ggrrrr!!
Jan 13, 2007
Well, I went to see my PCP yesterday to have my BP checked. It was really high @ 147/114 the day that I had my visit with the surgeon. He really wanted me to see my PCP to have him check it and decided if he thought it should be treated until my surgery on 1/30. So, of course it was marginally high again yesterday @140/94. That was enough for Dr. Hisatomi to decide to put me on meds for it. But, he did reassure me that he was reasonably sure that by the next time I saw him, in a month, I would be off of them again.
It seems so silly that I am on meds now, after I have already been approved and am 2 weeks from surgery! What would have happened, I wonder, if I had needed a co-morb to be approved? I guess that just being fat was enough for HealthNet! LOL In any case, I guess better safe than sorry. I have been able to keep the BP in check up until now. Maybe it's a sign that it really is time for me to do this.
It seems so silly that I am on meds now, after I have already been approved and am 2 weeks from surgery! What would have happened, I wonder, if I had needed a co-morb to be approved? I guess that just being fat was enough for HealthNet! LOL In any case, I guess better safe than sorry. I have been able to keep the BP in check up until now. Maybe it's a sign that it really is time for me to do this.
Approved!!!!
Jan 10, 2007
What else do I need to say?!?!? I can't believe that it has finally happened, and really without too much, if any, trouble. And, I have only been waiting 6 days to hear something about approval, though it feels like an eternity! To say that I am excited and scared to death would be an understatement. However, I think deep down, past the raw emotions that I am feeling, I am ready to have this change take over my life. My husband and kids may not be so ready to agree LOL...I think that they are already being driven crazy by my endless talking about and researching this tool. My date is January 30 @ 7:45am. My new life starts then....
