I have a date!!!!!!!!!! on November 20, 2007 4:09 pm
11-20-07
Drum roll please.....December 26 the day after Christmas!!! PAT's are on Nov 30.
I'm happy Merry Christmas to me!!!!
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String of bad luck on October 20, 2007 7:58 pm
Oct. 20
I haven't posted in a long time. Things just seem to be going in a downward motion in my life right now. First of all I finished all my paper work and jumped through all the insurance hoops to include the dreaded six month supervised diet.... right about the first part of Sept. Was getting together with my PCP one last time for the final paper work. Then my husband who is bipolar, went on a manic bing and went off his mood stabilizing med. He was in downtown Cleveland on Sept. 14 doing something that no one knew he was doing. To make a long story short he was in a crosswalk walking across the street and was hit by a car. His left leg was broke in four places and his ankle bone was totally crushed. He had emergency surgery that night was in the hospital for 3 weeks. Before he came home he had another surgery. He will be off work at least until the end of the year if not till mid Jan. Meantime I found out my surgery if approved will be good for one year. So I went ahead with the paper work being sent in after my husband came home. Well then my PCP could not find the progress notes from March and April of 07 from my nutritionist. She blames him and his office for loosing them and they blame her for not sending them. 
Talk about being mad. Well the best I could get was a letter from the Nut. saying that she did see me on those months and I was making good progress. I have Medical Mutual and they are very picky on how things are documented.
Like I need this crap with all the other stuff I have to cope with. I never missed a visit and this should have never happened.
Please everyone keep your fingers crossed for me and if you pray send a few prayers my way.
Blessings
Tina
May 11, 2007 on May 11, 2007 12:41 pm
I know it's been a long time since I updated. And what a long strange road it has been. My psych eval came back and I go to therapy at least once a month. I really do like my Ph.D.that I am seeing for counseling. Seeing my Nut. and loosing very small amounts of weight. My pcp said he is glad I'm maintaining and not gaining, however the Nut. wants more weight loss. Not sure what the insurance wants. I have to be tested for sleep ap. on May 29th the day after Memorial day. Go to a vascular doc to see if I am at risk for blood clots on June 27th. I think that completes the whole list. Time should fly by with all these appointments and such. I am glad that Dr.Ben-Meir is so cautious. At first I was pissed off to have to have all this stuff done but now after all the support and words of wisdom from the boards I am glad. Halfway there!!!!!!
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Psyche Eval And Other Stuff.... on March 25, 2007 12:12 pm
3-25-07
It's been a while since the last post. Here is a brief summary. Went to the first follow with my Nut. lost a big whopping pound and quarter and had my food lists all complete. She needless to say was over joyed with me. It's funny I have been reading all these blogs since January and one thing I have noticed is everyone's journey is certainly different. Looks like after my five hour technically correct psyche eval,my journey will include therapy. My anxiety and stress level are in the 92nd percentile. Meaning that out of 100 people I have more anxiety and stress than 92 of them. OOOHHH yes I do have a high stress life and I knew it going in. Then there is the frustration level. This test tells how much frustration you have on a daily basis. Well I scored with flying colors on this one too. I'm in the 95 percentile. Now finally I get good high scores on a test that beat most other people and it turns out to be bad. Oh well so it goes like it grows, like a river that flows, and time keeps rollin right on. Maybe whats good gets a little bit better and maybe whats bad gets gone.....
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Met my nutritionist... on February 22, 2007 9:57 am
2/22/07
Met my nutritionist yesterday and she is really boring and no fun. Couldn't get her to laugh or just relax at all. She is very realistic and does not expect miracles from me, thank God. If she did expect me to loose a lot of weight then we would be in big trouble. She wants me to work on eating 3 meals and 3 snacks and drinking diet drinks and water. So thats not bad. Have to keep a food journal and do all the fun stuff like the food pyramid. But it's really not that bad. Later mater.
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Medically Supervised Diet Begins... on February 17, 2007 11:00 am
2/17/07
Yay....I so can't wait for this part of the journey to be over. Yesterday went to my pcp and had the complete physical so he could tell my insurance that I am so unhealthy I have to go to a nutritionist. I go and meet her on Wednesday the 21st for the six months of pure hell. Well...I call it hell because I have been on so many diets that I know what she will tell me to work on. Good choices and portion control. UGH!! But I am trying to keep my eye on the prize like everyone around here tells me to. Then to add some fun to my month I am seeing a shrink on the 27th for my psych eval. YIIIPPEEEEE!!!!!!
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly on February 13, 2007 2:36 am
2/13/07
The good news is I got my call from St. Vincent Charity Hospital. I will be having LAP/RYN with Dr. Aviv Ben-Meir.
The bad new is that my consultation is not until May. I am very great full to be having it don't get me wrong. But like so many of the stories I have read on this web sight of those who have went before me...I wanted it to be sooner.
The ugly news is the reason I have to wait till May is because I have to go on a 6 month medically supervised program via my Medical Mutual of Ohio insurance. They estimate if all goes well I will be having surgery in early fall.
I have to admit I am really scared of this diet because my insurance wants some sort of weight loss. I am so bad at diets of any kind that I am terrified. But being me I am trying to find all the upsides I can. And this is certainly going to make me face my fears.
I going to used this blog as my journal to come to when I need to get it out of me.
OOOHHH man what a tangled web we weave.
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First Educational Seminar on February 5, 2007 8:47 pm
2/5/07
Well I've decided to go with St. Vincent Charity Hospital. I went to the free educational presentation and was extremely impressed. I gave them my insurance info tonight and they are going to get the ball rolling. Yay!!!!
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Changing my Mind on February 2, 2007 1:02 am
2/2/07
Ugh now I am torn between going to the Cleveland Clinic and St. Vincents Charity. I am going to a free seminar in Westlake that is being put on by St. Vincent. I do like the over all program there. And it is closer for me to go there. Not by much but I do like the after care follow up program there alot better. I have also watched two surgeries on a Medline Plus videos web sight. Yikes this is no small thing. Then I found out they paralyze you and you stop breathing and they breath for you with a machine. Crap. I am so mad that I let myself get to this point. Well we have to do what we have to do.
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1-25-07 Got the Ball Rolling on January 25, 2007 9:30 am
Called the surgeon's office today and the forms are being mailed out to see if I am a candidate for surgery. Had a pretty long wait on the phone to get to talk to the surgeon's secretary. I have decided to go to Dr. Philip Schauer at the Cleveland Clinic. Heard so many good things about him and my pcp did recommend I go to him. To be continued...
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