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can someone please tell me how to edit my signature on here?  i want to add one of those little tracker bars, but can't for the life of me, remember how to get in there to edit it.  

thanks!

well, surgery has come and gone, and I'm now on the losing side! 
took forever to get to this point, and it's been an emotional roller coaster for me every day since surgery.  Surgery was actually done on 3/13/08...  only 4 days ago...  "only"...  ha!  already, i can't believe 4 days has passed.  each day has been a learning process, and i need to find a way to "slow" myself down, and let things happen in the natural order of things...  am i making sense here?  my thoughts are still sort of all over the place.  i wouldn't be surprised if i fall asleep at my keyboard as i'm entering this...  i've noticed my typing has improved, that's for sure!  HAHA!  anyway, for those of you who have families, i'd love to know how you cope.  each day is difficult, because dh is cooking regular meals that smell so good, and i know i can't have anything even remotely close to what their eating, so i have dh grab me my little serving of broth...  it helps, but i can't help but think... man, i can't wait to get through this first week to start the FULL liquids... then i'll be facing 2 weeks of that before moving on to soft foods.  *sighs*.  i knew it wouldn't be easy, and it isn't.  i actually started thinking, the day after i came home "did i make a mistake?"  i'm sure it's just part of the emotions, etc, going on in my head at this time, and i know i'll be happy with the long term results, but i have to force myself to slow down and just take ONE DAY AT A TIME...  every day, i move a little easier, need a little less pain meds, etc, but i'm very tired...  i don't know if it's because of what my body has been through, in general, of if i'm doing something wrong...  i really don't know.  i have my post op appt with my dr next week, as well as the post op nutrition class, and i'm actually looking forward to both, and hopefully, i'll see some of the familiar faces from previous visits.  i'm constantly wondering where certain people are, how they are progressing, etc, and would love to just chat with them.  

honestly, surgery wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be, i'm glad it's done, and i'm looking forward to my journey, no matter what it brings.  i think my journaling here, may help me cope better too.

hope all are doing well!  oh, and by the way, if you have any tips on how to get the protein drinks in... please send 'em this way!  

thanks,
lisa

I've been approved!  First time around.  Surgery is next week, and I can't WAIT!

I finally got a date!!  I got it back in the end of January.  My surgery is coming very quickly!  FINALLY!  lol.  I have surgery scheduled on March 13th.  He wanted to do it in February, but I'm going away from March 7-9th, and didn't want to have to worry about anything, so I'm doing it right after I get back.  I started having second thoughts, then when I went to the dr's last week for my pre-op class, I knew I was doing the right thing.

I've been SOOOOOOOOO busy, between my side business, working my full time day job, my kids, girl scouts, and everything else I'm involved in, I haven't had much time to write.  That's all about to change.  Once I have the surgery, everything and every ONE is going to have to take a back seat to me and my needs.  Once the surgery happens I'm hoping to have more time to post.  Until I get my approval... 

This was actually my 3rd visit/class with the nutritionist.  I forgot to update after the last one.  The last appt, she basically went over the changes to be expected after each of the surgeries, and how they differ.  Last night, she went over the food menus for the first 3 weeks.  I must say, I'm a bit confused about some of the things and the way they are written on the papers...  Is it going to take up to 2 hours to drink certain things when you go to full liquids?  I need to try to remember to write down any questions I have for the next visit.

Today I'm scheduled to see the pysch.  Can't wait to get that out of the way.  I'm hoping I won't have to wait as long as some of the other people have.  One girl said she was WAITING for 2 hours before she was even seen, then didn't get home until almost 10pm.  *sighs*

My goals for the next class are to increase my steps to 5,000 per day, which shouldn't be too much of an issue, considering they range anywhere from 2200 - 7800, which I didn't think was too good.  My steps range so much, depending on what I have to do for the day.  Soooo... time to uncover the treadmill that's burried by bags of kids clothes that I need to get rid of! 

All in all...  I get discouraged at times, and think it's never going to happen, and other times I feel great about what I'm planning on doing, and that it WILL happen.  After last night's meeting, I started thinking, what happens if I put out all this money for the program and I get denied??  Then what??  *sighs*  I can't think that way!  

With that being said... BRING ON THE NEXT APPT!

I was actually waiting on a call from manigat's office about seeing the nutritionist, which was supposed to happen last week, and they never called me... finally they called back the day after I called them, and set me up for today...  so we'll see what happens from here.

I called the ins. co. and I don't need a referral, just pre-cert, which is great, (but I'd asked for a referral anyway, to be safe).  I had them answer all questions that manigat's office requires to be answered, and I'm covered 90% which is more than I thought!  

I was losing a little bit of "faith" in this dr, and kept putting off calling the ins. co., but i forced myself to make that call today.  At home things have been insane!  I had to get a new car, and so many other things have been happening, it's been really difficult to stay focused on myself, but I'm pushing myself to get back on track!

Went for my first "class" yesterday.  There were only 5 of us there this time (last time there were 18).  None of the people there last night, were with me for the orientation part.  Phedy told us how to count and track everything we're eating, and explained about possible insurance issues.  I need to call the Ins. co. to ask them specific questions to make sure I'm covered for the surgery.  They said that someone was scheduled for surgery yesterday, and the insurance company she had, denied her just 3 days before.  She was told that the insurance plan she had covered the surgery, and when it came down to it, it didn't.  I hope to GOD, this doesn't happen to me.  I want this surgery more than anything I think I've ever wanted.  Sooo... this is our homework for the next appt.

Just like so many people here, I've tried every diet "under the sun".  After attempting Weight Watchers for the ump-teenth time, I finally decided after doing that for 2 years, that it wasn't going to work for me, and I would not do another "fad" diet or anything on my own.  I needed something that was going to work...  so here I am.  

I'd actually researched gastric bypass for about 4 years before finally making the decision to have it, about a year ago.  I worked hard to do everything my insurance required (according to Barix) and found out after almost a year of dr's appts etc, that Barix didn't exactly tell me everything.  Then just as I was about to submit info, I was told that the dr I'd chosen was no longer there, and they didn't find it necessary to tell me this.  At that point I decided to find another sugeon.  I did some research on OH and found Dr. Manigat, called his office, and explained the situation.  Because of everything I'd already completed, they agreed to take me even sooner.  

I met with his staff and Dr. Manigat on 8/27/07 and was very impressed.  I like Dr. Manigat, and I'm confident I'm making the right decision.