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Lose 100 lbs and become healtly and physically active!

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Buy clothes at a regular store...not a plus size store.

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become the more active mother that my daughter needs in her life.

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be able to jog again

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Cross my legs

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Matthew Brengmanm M.D., F.A.C.S.
I think Dr. B is a GREAT Doc. He takes his time with you, listens to you and doesn't rush you at your visits. He explained everything to me and my mother and is very upfront about things you should or shouldn't be doing. I had the(VSG)Sleeve done on 4-23-12 and I'm 2 weeks post-op. I'm doing well and he has me on the right path. I would recommend him to anyone that is thinking about having WLS. However the office has changed their phone system and that really sucks and most time going into his office you have to wait past your apt time but then again who doesn't wait at any other office!
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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I eat what ever I want, when I want. Its pretty sad when I think about it as I didn't use to be this way before I had my daughter 12.5 years ago:( I have just been unhappy with myself for so long that I kind of feel it will never change or be any different. I guess that's why I have never really got anywhere with dieting. I know I need to do this for me and I need to be Healthy for my daughter so I can watch her grow up. She is my Whole World and I have got do do this so Ill be here with her many, many, many more years!
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#1 Apt. with PCP
on September 29, 2011 11:58 am
 Well today was my first PCP Apt and it went well I guess.  My doc really didn't say much as he knows I need to lose weight and was very quick about the apt. My mom went with me and he really didn't do or say much.  I was just worried about how he was going to code/charge me as I soo need my ins. co to pay for my visits. The ins. co said they don't pay for "Weight loss" consultations WTF they will pay for the Sleeve but not the visits with your PCP to tell you what you already know!  Well he just said to continue WW, count calories and write down what I eat.  He also wants me to go get an X-Ray of my knees b/c I told him that they bother me sometimes a long with a Sleep Apnea  (sp?) test.  So well we see what the tests reveal and move forward.  My next apt with Dr. Morgan is Oct. 26, 2011 @ 9:30AM.... 1 down 5 to goooooo!! 
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Time Line So FAR!
on September 18, 2011 2:42 pm

August 10, 2011         ~~ Seminar got canceled and rescheduled.
September 14,  2011 ~~ Seminar with Dr. Schroder @ St. Mary's Hospital (On the Lap Band) 
September 15,  2011 ~~ Doctors Apt. With Dr. Schroder's office (Scheduled for the Sleeve)$35
September 19,  2011 ~~ Setting up my (1 of 6) FIRST apt. with my PCP
September 26,  2011 ~~ Apt. #1 with my PCP @ 3:10pm $25
October 26, 20112      ~~ Apt. #2 with my PCP @ 9:30am  $25
November 8, 2011      ~~ Apt. Consult with Sleep Doctor $35
November 14, 2011    ~~Apt with NUT Doc.$100
November 18, 2011    ~~ Sleep Study$35
November 21, 2011       ~~ Apt. #3 with my PCP @ 4:00pm$25
November 28, 2011   ~~ Doctors  Apt With Dr. Brengman's office (#2) I think $35
this is the Doc. I'm going with...
December 9, 2011 Apt. with Bladder Doc. (Blood in my Urine)$35
December 23, 2011 Apt. #4 with PCP @ 10:20am$25
January 16, 2012 Nutrit. Apt w/ Jenna Cooke (St. Mary's Hosp)$70
January 24, 2012 Apt. #5 with PCP @ 4:15pm$25
January 30, 2012 Apt. with Dr. Miller/Scope of the Bladder $35

February 16, 2012 #6 Apt with PCP. LAST APPOINTMENT wOOhOO...  $25
February 16, 2012 Dropped off all my paperwork to the Surgeons Office!  FREE! LOL (Waiting Game ? 2weeks ?)
February 24, 2012 Paper work was submitted by the Surgeons Office to Aetna HMO.
February 29, 2012 APPROVED Date APRIL 23, 2012 (ONLY TOOK 4 DAYS)
March 22, 2012 Pre-Op Class Rm 156 1pm-5pm 
April 4, 2012 Pre-Op Lab Work/Assessment 1pm-5pm (? OWE 35$) 

April 19, 2012 Pre- Support Group Rm 164 6pm-7pm  (My 33rd Birthday)
April 23, 2012 SURGERY!! 7:30am 
April 30, 2012 Week 1 Post-op (? OWE 35$)
May 8, 2012 Week 2 Post-op (? OWE 35$)
May 22, 2012 Week 4 Post-op (? OWE 35$)
June 5, 2012 Week 6 Post-op (? OWE 35$)  ( The Doc's Office Said 90 W/O Co-Pays! 
July 17, 2012 Week 12 Post-op (No Co-Pay)
October 16, 2012 *6 month Check-Up* LABS... DOWN -113.5 LBS$35-cO-pAY

January 23, 2013 (next check-up)


 

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Lap Band Seminar/Doc Apt Update
on September 18, 2011 2:17 pm
OK so  I was interested in the band and went to the seminar.  I then made an apt to see the surgeon the next day. Not wasting any time lol and some how I came out of there signed up for the sleeve.... How does that happen?  I'm still sooooo confused about the whole process I was so gun ho for the band and now I'm second guessing myself   for the sleeve.  I don't understand how this happened.  I'm doing so much research and looking up so many others that have had it seeing what good/bad things people have to say about the Lap Band and never even researched the Sleeve! I really thought that the band was going to be my answer but now I'm not so sure.  The coordinator at the surgeons office weight 500lbs and he now weighs 185 it was amazing to actually see someone that had it done in 14 or 16 months. I sat in his office and cried for 30 Min's not knowing what to do God bless my mother she really surprised me.  I asked her what she would do if it was her and she said "shit I'd let them take my stomach out" now if you knew my mom you sooooo would know that's not like her she would never ever say anything like that she doesn't even want me to drive on the Highway lol anyways I been thinking about what the doctor said that with my goal of 155+ lbs I want to lose.  The Sleeve would be my better option, I'm not going to lie and say I'm not scared shit less because I am.... But as one of my OH Friends said in a email she sent me "IF MY APPENDIX RUPTURED, I'D HAVE THAT SUCKER REMOVED!  IF I HAD CANCER THAT COULD BE EXCISED, I'D GET IT CUT THE HECK OUT!  IF MY BIG OLE STOMACH IS KILLING ME SLOWLY VIA MORBID OBESITY, THEN YES, PLEASE, CUT THAT THING DOWN!"  I do have Faith and I pray OK not all the time but I do pray...I do have 6mos to chance my mind due to ins. process so I really need to stop stressing myself out but its really hard I really want to be HEALTHY and live a much longer life but Its sooo hard to make as decision when it is a chance of something going wrong and having a complication.  I also know that if I do nothing It will in the end kill me early, so I've got to think hard and research some more and pray that I will have PEACE with my decision.
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