Michael Nizzi, D.O. I instantly felt at ease when as soon as I entered Grand Traverse Surgery. Everyone is so pleasant, the nurses were friendly.... Mary Kay (bariatric coordinator) is a sweetie and was very informative. Angie that made all my appts for pre-op testing, who was also the first one to have bariatric surgery there in TC, was more then willing to discuss her personal story with me and that meant alot. Dr. Nizzi is great ! I had been wishy washy about which surgery to have, LapBand or RNY and by the time he got done going through the surgery processes for both, I knew without a doubt RNY would be the best. He isn't afraid to put it out there and is out to strive for 100% excess weight loss for his patients. From my experience with Dr. Nizzi and GT Surgery thus far, it has been a very pleasant one and I would recommend them !
Monday is your day!
Just remember you
are on the journey
of a lifetime. Try
to enjoy every
minute. It may sound
weird now, but know
that you are cared
for and prayed for
here, and all too
soon this will be
but a memory and you
will be an
inspiration to
someone else. I am
waiting for you on
the losers' bench! ~
JudyAnne
I'm so upset at myself ! My next step was to meet with the Sleep Dr and that was to be done at the beginning of January, well things were crazy and I missed my appt. I rescheduled my appt for begining of Feb, but this time I completely forgot about it ! So Angie called from Dr Nizzi's office and said that the sleep Dr. wouldn't take me as a patient anymore since I missed 2 appts. I completely understand it was my stupidity but it was an accident. So I immediately felt stupid and embarassed. Now I had to see a new Dr, made sure I didn't forget it and he scheduled me to have the sleep study done last night (2/28). I get there and wait 45 min and noone showed up! I was so upset but deep down I am thinking I deserve this because of missing those other appts. When I finally reached someone they told me they rescheduled my appt for 3/18 but forgot to inform me. I was ticked but again, I deserve it. But I started feeling selfish because now I have to wait another 3 weeks to have the test and then it'll be even longer to have my surgery. So I ended up switching where I would have the test done, it'll be in Grayling (30 min from here) on this sunday ! So I guess it'll all worked out. Still could kick myself tho, if I would have done the first sleep Dr. appts, I would probably be having my surgery right now ! So now the waiting continues. I haven't posted in awhile, been just kinda lazy and I wish I could snap out of it ! It's just so depressing and I hate it. But since my last post I did have my endoscopy done and was so scared but holy moly it was a breeze ! I don't remember a thing and being knocked out was kinda weird (well loupy but ended up falling asleep). My mom and her friend Barb took me and we ate at Olive Garden after (my favorite place). Thats about it..... I will update after Sunday !