BIG DAY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 12, 2012

I've been researching wls for at least five years before i met with a surgeon.I remember when i was 17 my then PCP told me i should look into having RNY and i told him no that i would be able to do it on my own.Fast forward ten years later and 99 pounds later and now I'm having surgery and its surreal.I remember going to my surgeon's office in 2009 and talking to him and telling him that i wanted vsg and he told me that my INS didn't cover it at the time but he would fight and do whatever he could to ensure i would get the surgery that i wanted.I got the paper work started however i didn't think that i needed WLS and i still felt like i could do it on my own.So i started dieting and working out and manage to lose a few pounds,Wasn't too happy about the little bit of weight i was losing however the inches was melting away faster,So i kept at it with out much success.So i figured that something was wrong with me so i had my PCP do a bunch of blood work cause i figured that something had to be wrong i wasn't losing weight.Everything came back normal,There was no signs of anything wrong.At that point i had enough and i was ready for change,So i called my surgeons office after two years on and made an appointment.
August 1 2011,Started my journey all over and what a crazy seven months it has been.I made an appointment with my surgeon office again and when he saw me he said it was nice to see me again and asked me what happened and i was honest and told him that i wasn't ready.He said that it was ok and he understood,He told me that he see that all the time and that he was glad that i didn't do it until i felt ready.So he asked if i still wanted the vsg and i said yes...However now the issue was my INS covers vsg but he doesn't take my INS anymore....My my how things have changed in two years.So he told me don't worry about it that he would work with me and i said thank god because not many surgeons would do that.So off i went scheduling my appointment and i told him that i had been doing WW for the past six months,He told me to go ahead and do the rest of my appointment and i might be able to get a date.However things didn't work out like that.My PCP screwed me over and i ended up having to get another PCP and start my whole six month over,I was beyond.After i got over my initial anger i found another PCP and got the ball rolling.Thank god i had done everything else and it was still valid for a year so the only missing link was my 6 month supervised diet.In six months i manage to lose 3 pds because my body kept on doing the loss/gain game.By my 5Th month i had a tentative date for 3-13-2012 pending that my ins approved everything...I had my last consult on the 27Th of February and my paper was submitted on the 28Th of February and my March 1st i found out that i was officially approved.I started my full liquids on 3-4-12 and i was doing pretty good,Even manage to lose four pounds in three days.Now I'm on strictly clears until midnight and then its off to the hospital at 430am,I don't know much how more weight I've lost since the 7Th cause that was the last time that i weighted.I'm very shock at how calm Ive been all day today,I guess that's because Ive been praying every day and night asking gold to protected me and be with me and he sure enough did send a calmness over me,Now tomorrow morning idk how calm I'll be but I'm going to try my best to remain that way....Its so crazy how it feels like everything has come full circle after everything that i had to deal with on this journey.I

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