http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/Lslaven's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,202890/Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:50:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,202890/6 months ago today, I was barely able to walk.  I had high blood pressure, diabetes, an autoimmune disorder which made me have 5 times the normal inflammation in my body, GERDs, asthma, arthritis and pain in every joint in my body at all times.  I was a ticking time bomb just ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,159546/Fri, 16 May 2008 05:25:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,159546/I had my two week checkup yesterday.  I am amazed at how wonderful I feel.  I was down 14 pounds since surgery and 31 pounds since the start of my liquid diet.  Dr. Boe asked if I had any problems with pain, gas, constipation, nausea, vomiting, or depression and the ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,157299/Wed, 07 May 2008 08:33:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,157299/Well, I finally had surgery on April 29th as scheduled.  I was to be at Barix at 9:30 am for an 11:00 am surgery.  One of the assistant pastors from my church came at 9:30 to pray for me.  It was amazing.  After his prayers, all fear and anxiety left ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,151930/Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:17:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,151930/Well I have experienced another snag in my road to weight loss surgery.  This time, 6 days into my liquid diet, and 5 days until surgery, I received a call from Eileen from Barix stating that they needed to postpone my surgery for one week.  Apparently surgeries at Barix were ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,148201/Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:36:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,148201/I had my PAT yesterday and thank God, I was cleared for surgery.  Barix is a well oiled machine and the process went very smoothly.  The appointment went as follows: 1.  Blood work was done; 2.  Chest x-ray was done; 3.  Ultrasound of liver, gallbladder and pancreas was done; 4.  Met with the PAT nurse ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,141782/Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:42:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,141782/I read a post last night which noted that Dr. Boe may have had emergency surgery this weekend himself.  Needless to say, I was quite upset since he is my surgeon.  I thought.....oh no......I am never going to have this surgery now.   This afternoon, I received a message from my angel, ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,141097/Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:37:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,141097/Last Tuesday, March 4th, I received a call from Toni, Dr. Boe's assistant, telling me that Keystone had approved me for surgery in the computer.  She said we needed the official letter so my file could go to the scheduler.  I called Keystone on Friday to see if they could ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,138634/Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:54:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,138634/I got an e-mail yesterday letting me know that my file was out in Michigan and assigned to an insurance representative to submit it to Keystone for approval. The e-mail said she will keep calling until she gets a response but it could take 4-6 weeks for that.  I hope ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,137354/Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:09:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,137354/I went today for my consultation with Dr. Boe.  He is a super man with a great personality.  He is humorous, kind, sincere and talented.  What more could you ask for in a surgeon.  His assistant Toni is also wonderful.  She was so kind and caring.  She took all of ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,137113/Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:14:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lslaven/uzone,blog/blog_id,107989/action,comments/blog_post_id,137113/After waiting for three weeks for my psych evaluation report to come in, on February 15th, I phoned in to see what was going on (this was my weekly activity) and was informed that the psych evaluation report was in fact in my file and it was being given to ...