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I want to thank you for coming by to visit my page! My name is Laura Jean and I am still pre-op (only for a few more months)!!! I can't waitto meet all of you and finally have my seat on the LOSERS BENCH!!!!!on November 2, 2007 8:58 am
So I know I should update this more often but with everything that is going on I have really been too busy to sit and get some things down. BUT.....Today I have a little bit of time. SO>>>>>>>>>>ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!!! I am so EXCITED!! OMG.....I can't believe this is actually getting ready to happen. I have always been the one with the bad luck so it is CRAZY that my luck and faith have helped me get this far. It also doesn't hurt that I have the GREATEST support system not only at home but here on OH. I've gotten pretty much everything that I need to get thru the hosp stay and the first week, after that we will see howmy taste buds change and then I will buy some more things. I was really surprised how fast Liberty Medical sends your orders. I ordered my calcium on Tues 10/30 and it came YESTERDAY!!!!!AMAZING! But I just wanted to get a quick update n here. I hope everyone is doing well and treckin along. GET READY FOLKS.........MOVE ON DOWN>........I'M WALKING TOWARDS THE LOSERS BENCH!!!!!!
That is what I wanted to do. Well not 2 minutes later my office number rang and I was told I had a phone call from Dr. Spencers office. I picked up the line and it was Diana (surgery scheduler) and She said those 3 magic words....No not "I love you" but.....YOU ARE APPROVED!!!!! I instantaniously started crying!!!!! I guess I am the type of person who ALWAYS has the bad luck running around me. Well not this time folks!!!!! I am having all my WLS friends take a scoot down on the bench to make room for me!!!!! I am SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY TODAY!!!!!!!
So I am down to 46 days and a wake up from today for my surgery! My pre-ops are on Monday and then it it just a hurry up and wait for my approval. I can't begin to tell ya'll how nervous this is making me. Nervous that it may or may not be approved, Nervous about having surgery (never had it before), Nervous about not being fat for the rest of my life, NERVOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!!!! I know that all these emotions are normal but GEEZ LOUISE!!!!!!! GIMME A BREAK! I just wanted to vent a little! I will update after my pre-ops on Monday. My computer is down at home so I have to use the one at work to update. 
I know this time is great for me to learn even more about the surgery and what life will be like afterwards but it is SO EXTREMELY HARD TO BE PATIENT!!!!!!! I think I just need to go home and take a nice long 
. Not that I can sit comfortably in the tub...It was a nice thought. or I can just go home and 
. Now that would make my day. I better try to get some work done. I will update more frustration later...LOL
. I have done my research. For at least 4 years I have looked up information on the internet, but never had insurance that had the benefit. Then one day as I was on the phone with the Surgical Weight Loss Center in Suffolk, I decided to ask the lady if our insurance has the benefit (I work for Bon Secours Hospital). And to my GREATEST surprise she said we did. I immediately booked an appointment to go to the Seminar provided at no charge at a local library put on by Tidewater Surgical (Dr David Spencer/Dr Glen Moore). I had scheduled myself to go months ago but because I was 
scared I never went. Well after that appointment that is when I decided that I really needed some 
. I could not do this on my own and after going to the seminar I felt that this was the best tool I could get to help me. So at the end of the seminar I scheduled an appt with Dr David Spencer for July 31st. That was still 4 weeks away. Well being the impatient person I am I continued to call the office to see if there were any cancellations. And another surprise came about 2 weeks later when the surgery scheduler called and said I woud be able to get in the on the 17th of July. I was there! I met with Dr Spencer and he was great. Kinda speaks a little fast and low tone but still I wouldn't trade him for the world. So after the consult I spoke with Diana and she scheduled me for a visit with the Weight Loss office and set my surgery date for Nov 7th! That was 4 months from my original appt! Oh well. At least it is before the end of the year when my insurance actually changes coverage from BCBS to UHC. So I went to my appt with Melody and she scheduled all my pre-op appts. They are all scheduled for the 24th of Sept. By the time they are done then I will only have 5 weeks till surgery day! I actually just got off the phone with Diana just to make sure that I was leaving enough time from my last appt till surgery date for the approval. She said that it might only take a day or two for the approval because its BCBS of NC. Well we will see!