SO its only been 4 days since all my paper work was turned in and submitted to the insurance co. and... I am waiting not very patiently might i add.  I called the dr office yestersay just to see and spoke with the Nurse and she said, I should not worry I will ge approved and the insuranc co has 7-10 days to get back to her.  I'm thinking yes, I know I'll get approved, but damn it I wanna just have the surgery now.  So, Waiting.   I am not sure what my rush is other than my wife and I are trying to have a baby  (IVF) and well that should happen soon and I want the surgery  b4 thanksgiving because she will have to go in for test liek every other day.  I also feel like the more i wait the more I worry about compications and mortality and well - its kinda freaking me out. Need to find a support group here in NV.  Seems liek all the friends I have that have had the surgery dont wanna talk about it.  Hmm ODD!

I just finished my last pre-op test which was the Endoscopy.  It was a sinch, well I was super freaked out because I never had any test of this kind where your are a out-patient. I’ve never been a patient in a hospital as an adult so I was a little apprehensive.  

The staff at Huntington Memorial in Pasadena was phenomenal and super friendly.   The actual procedure was only 15 minutes its all the getting ready application, admitting and all that that takes a while.  So, the nurse at the Dr office called and said she will be submitting the paperwork to my insurance.  Now I just wait.

Just finished up almost all of my tests .  Tomorrow I have the Endoscopy. I am a lil worried just because I really have never had any major health issue or surgery or procedure.  

The psyc eval was a joke the Dr was a weirdo and i felt like i was shrinking him. Its true he was on the couch and I was on a chair ( how is that supposed to work )  and he went on about political crap and it was odd.  He passed me which I am thankful for.  I am not  compulsive eater or a binger or purger. I dont see dead people or  hear voices ( he did aske me all these questions)  as a matter of fact I jokes with him when he asked if I purge ..I said I wish cuz I would not have to bere here with you so obviously not.  

I did the cardio-pulmonary stress test - I was so so so so worried about this as it was on a treadmill and really i had no idea what the test was about.  Obvioudly i am not gungho about excersising ( otherwise i would run marathons or something) i am active and can walk  for long periods  but I just did not know what the test involved.  * min on a treadmill cool... I can do that ! I did do that and the test was not hard but let me say I dont normaly breathe out of my mouth while i am excesizing so that was hard cus they shove a bit peice in your mouth and pinch your noseoff  and while you are walking uphill ( its incline) they are taking your bloodpressure.  I did it and it was all fine ... but  its the not knowing that kills me.

tomorrow is the endoscopy and again slightly freaked out because i dont know whats going to happen.  I wish i could be under and see and hear what going on it would make me feel much better.  

The nutrition class was amazing but a truck load of info and I am reading through the book but  wow.. wish i can go back to the calss ask more questions and try to figure out what protein an such.