Pre-op has arrived!

May 06, 2013

I'm so excited to announce that I was approved for surgery and it's been scheduled for May 20, 2013 at 9:30 in the morning!  I'm excited and nervous all at the same time.  Butterfly city is in my stomach right now.  haha  

I finished up all of my nutritionist appointments (total of 4) in March.  Luckily I never had to get anything but a psych evaluation done so that helped things a bit.  Overall, my nutrition classes were a joke.  I went through a dietician that my surgeons office recommended @  Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas.   It was $25 dollars a visit.  Paying, weighing everyone in, and scheduling our next visits usually took up the first 20-25 minutes.  Then we would fly through some handouts in 10 minutes or so and be out of there.  I would've liked the full hour and more of an effort to be exciting or interested by the dietician but I've done a lot of research on my own so it's not a big deal.  I just hope those that haven't put in effort at home know what they are doing.  I ended up only losing 2 lbs.  Honestly, I didn't put in much effort to work out and counting calories but she told me they didn't really want or expect me to do that.  I did try to work on small things like not drinking while eating, eating more high protein and high carb, chewing my food to mush, and eliminating some bad things and other habits.  I had big plans and expectations for my 4 months of nutrition classes but I'm just happy I didn't gain.  

My surgeon, Dr. James Davidson, at BSC Dallas seems to be amazing.  I have not seen one bad review about him.  He's old but he's a pro!  I'm VERY comfortable with him doing my surgery.  However, his office staff, are not as professional or attentive as they should be.  Oddly enough, I found out 3 weeks ago, from my insurance case manager that I was approved.  I NEVER heard from the doctors office. I thought I would be hounding insurance and not the other way around.  I called several times and couldn't get ahold of the lady that schedules the surgeries and pre-op appointment.  It's been such a hassle.  Last week I almost just called and asked what I needed to do to transfer my files to another surgeon.  Luckily for her on my last attempt to call before I started pitching a fit the lady answered.  SO frustrating.  I'm really surprised there haven't been any bad reviews because of this.  They aren't very nice either...very rushed and frazzled.  The receptionist hung up on me 3 times at one point.  I guess she thought I was done talking and when I went to ask my next question she had already hung up.  3 times....really?!?!  Then she was rude to me like I was the one hanging up on her.  Ugh!  

My pre-op appointment is scheduled for 5/15/13 and my surgery is scheduled for 5/20/13.  I didn't realize that it's only 5 days apart though so when I called back to ask about the 2 week liquid pre-op diet she, of course, didn't answer or call back.  SO, before I get screwed because that lady is an idiot, I'm just going to start a liquid diet on my own.  I don't know how true it is that the pre-op diet shrinks the liver but I want my surgery to go well and I want to do everything I possibly can to eliminate any potential complications.  

Here's to a new me!  Cheers!  :)

 

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