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My surgery was Tuesday morning and everything went normal, or as to be expected.  I didn't have a leak, I've been tolerating my liquids fine.  So far, so good.  I'm so sore, but otherwise, good.  This is a strange feeling.  My stomach still grumbles, I don't know why.  I'm drinking 1 ounce every fifteen minutes and doing what I'm suppose to be doing.  Anyway, I just plan to improve from here, getting better every day and loosing weight. 

Today is my first day of clear liquids for my surgery prep.  I'm hungry.  lol    I will live though.  I'm having some chicken broth now, and it is actually nice, its almost like I'm eating something.  For dinner, I'm making chicken soup for the family, so I will have broth and they will have a nice meal.  Tuesday is my surgery date, and I'm getting nervous...

Yay!  Finally!  June 23rd at 0730!  I'm so happy, this is finally happening.

Finally, the surgeon completes my package and they are submitting to insurance.  Hopefully I will get approved..

It has been 3 weeks, I haven't heard from the surgeon's office.  I have called them, about four or five times.  I told her today, I will be calling her every couple of days, until he get my stuff together, to submit to the insurance company.  This is rediculous in my opinion, I don't see why it should take 3 weeks or longer to review my records.

My surgeon's appointment was last Thursday and I am still waiting on the doctor's office to submit my information to the insurance company...  I called them on Tuesday to see if everything was going OK, and I was told the doctor is still reviewing my chart.  I am starting to get nervous, like something is wrong with my paper work, that somehow I missed something I was suppose to do.  I don't want to continue to bother the office, but equally, I want to get this going.  I have been waiting six months, just to get to this point.  It has just been so disheartening, I want to get this scheduled.

I had my initial surgeon consult yesterday.  It went well, he was really nice and he spoke to me and my husband for almost 40 minutes, answering all of the questions and concerns we had.  He said that now he has to dictate something for the insurance company and go through all of my records, to make sure we have everything together, and hopefully they can get insurance submission early next week. So, my fingers are crossed.

I went today and met with the 'utilization revue' person for my insurance.  My PCP told me to meet with her before my next appointment, to make sure I have met all of my requirements (for lab work, food logs, etc).  I have.  Anyway, she told me to go ahead and make my appointment with the surgeon's office, since it could take up to 3 weeks to get seen.  (I get my referral on this Thursday from my primary care physican.)  Well, they had an opening next Thursday, so I took it!  I'm so excited.  Hopefully everything will work out well, and I can get a date set soon.
 

I am 27 years old.  My son turned 7, my daughter will be 2 in April.  And I just feel bad.  I get so short of breath by just walking, I have trouble keeping pace with my family, and sometimes I have trouble just getting off the couch.  I caught my reflection today as I walked past a large window.  I look bad.  I could easily pass as being about 6 months pregnant.  I hate it.  I am ready to change my life, I just can't stand looking and feeling this way any more.   

So today I had another monthly appointment with my primary care physician. I gained one pound.  I turned in my diet logs and she said I eat to many carbs, but I already know that.  I'm not really sure why I'm gaining weight, maybe I'm more hydrated, I don't know.  This past month, I have made alot of changes to my diet.  I stopped drinking all sodas, diet and regular.  I haven't had any carbonated drinks in 2 weeks, which is major for me, because I was drinking at least a case a week (of diet soda).  I now drink my 64 ounces of water a day.  I also have been obsessed with finding a protein drink of my liking, so I have had a ton of those, all different brands and textures and flavors.  So far, the best have been from the Vitamin Shoppe and they are called Worldwide Pure Protein Shake with 35 gm of protein, 4 gm of carbs, 170 calories.  These aren't the best tasting, comparatively to the ones with more carbs, but they are as good as Slim Fast, if not a bit better.  And my second runner up is from www.bariatricadvantage.com.  They have their own brand of protein shakes/meal replacements.  The vanilla isn't very tasty in my opinion, but the others are fine.  They have 15gm of protein and 7 gm of carbs, if I recall correctly.  Anyway though, so another general appointment next month, then in April I will do my lab work and chest xray, and in May I get my referral to the surgeon.  Its been three months, and I have three more to go.