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Well I got a call today from the surgeon's office, my appointment has been moved to this Wednesday at 10:45am...I could not be happier!!! I have been doing a count down to March 9th and now its only two more sleeps :) I hope he will give me my surgery date...Well im sure he will, that's what the appointment is for, I just hope it is soon. This waiting game has reeked havoc on my nerves lol...Its all coming to an end though!!! I am so beyond thrilled right now I just want to scream!!!! Ill tell you how it goes on Wednesday.

-J

Well today I was all excited to get my blood work done and call the surgeon, when I left the lab appointment and made that call...the "wonderful" receptionist at Dr. Roye's office informed me that Dr. Roye will be going out of town for a month and that I will be able to see him March 9th at 10:40am. I immediately started crying...This whole process had been beyond an emotional rollercoaster. Its like you move an inch and gain a mile. I have completed everything and I squeezed them all into 1 month so I would be able to get into see him before March...Now I have to wait another 32 days, like are you kidding me. This is an emotional surgery to start off with, they should at least make this process as painless as possible. Everyone told me that the longest I would have to wait is for the sleep apnea test...little did they know that getting an appointment with the surgeon would be like trying to meet with the president! I'm so pissed off yet again...I'm tired of feeling happy then having that feeling ripped away from me. I'm not usually an emotional person "mark would beg to differ" lol but this I have to admit has taken a toll on me, my family and friends. I will be sooo thrilled when this process is all over...My thought are, if the surgeon is impossible to see now, how hard is it going to be to get an appointment with him to get a fill after my surgery or if I have any other issues. Another thing I don't like is how impersonal this whole process has been...like I have never even met Dr. Roye, I don't even know what he looks like. That's something that really bugs me, I wish that I felt that the surgeon had been through the whole process with me. But whatever it is what it is, im just really sad. Ill take this month to get my house ready for the surgery and maybe drop a couple pounds to get a head start :). Sorry for the bad news Romeo :(

-J

PS: I dont think ill have many blog posts until March 9th, just a heads up. Only unless something happy happens lol :)

OK so im going to try to not be a negative nelly anymore in my previous post I was just very disappointed. Well I just spoke to the Sleep Apnea office...They said that they have had a lot of issues in the past with the surgeon's office not giving the patient enough notice regarding the Sleep Apnea testing procedure. On the paperwork it only looks as though you have 1 appointment. Here is the deal...first some of you such as myself will have to go in for a consult with the sleep apnea specialist, then you will go and do an overnight sleep study which works with your schedule unless you work 3rd shift. So im quite happy about that...Then if you are crowned with having sleep apnea you then have to go in for another overnight stay...If they daubed you sleep apnea free after the first overnight stay then you wont have to go back for the second over night stay...I pray to God I wont have to go and do the second...She then told me if you are sleep apnea free then usually you would have to go back and have a follow up appointment with the sleep specialist but she said in my case if I don't have sleep apnea I wont have to do the follow up appointment, they will just have the specialist fax a copy of their finding to Dr. Roye. Sooo all in all I am beyond praying that I don't have sleep apnea. On another note I haven't been going out lately with my friends to the bars A:because I need to refrain from smoking and B: I need to refrain from drinking...I only usually have 1 or 2 when im out but I want my liver to be in pristine condition when I have my surgery :) So this weekend I am going to stay home and clean the house catch up on some things watch some girly movies :) Then tomorrow its my boxing trainers baby shower lol she is due in 2 weeks and is still training me for a fight I have coming up lol how dedicated is she LOL. A lot of my friends have been telling me lately how excited they are for me to have this surgery cuz they know how absolutely happy it will make me, and they know how dedicated I am when it comes to things so they all have the utmost confidence in me! Which makes me beyond thrilled to know that I have my own cheerleading squad :) I know how much I am going to need their support after the surgery, they have all done research on the Lap Band to know what to expect from me after the surgery such as not being able to drink for a while and going out to eat is going to be tough for a little while! I also have a special guy in my life who is being absolutely soooo supportive, he is my best friend and I don't know what I would do without him. He see's me the way I am and I cant wait to show him who I am underneath all of this! So that also makes me very excited. I hope that one day I am comfortable enough with myself to tell him how I feel :) I think he already knows lol Well I know I was hoping to have the surgery next month and it doesn't look like that is going to happen but im looking at it as February is the shortest month in the year so I lucked out! lol My mum has been having me look online for the exact diet I am going to have after surgery so she can get in all the food aka liquids and vitamins I going to need prior to having the surgery...my mum likes to be extremely prepared lol I have yet to find a good source so if anyone knows of a post op lap band surgery diet guide I would really appreciate it. It would at least give my mum an idea of what's to come.

-J

Today I had my UpperGI test, My EKG and my Chest X-Ray. I have to admit the UpperGI test was disgusting. First they make you drink this pop rocks kind of thing and your not allowed to burp lol then you have to drink this cement tasting stuff(not that I know what cement tastes like) hehe. Well I got to see my stomach on the monitor I thought it looked pretty cool, she said she didn't see anything wrong so that's a good sign. All of my tests are moving along smoothly. I do have to say that Rhode Island Hospital is massive and I got lost about 12 times. I was going around in circles and I ended up in the nursery lol wrong place!! lol When I finally found all of the places I needed to go to the total time for all three tests combined plus the running around in circles was 1 hour which wasn't bad at all, I was expecting to be in their wayyy longer lol. I look at it as I got a good workout lol. Well I have my Pulmonary Function test on Tuesday at 2pm. Ill let you know how it goes :)