Shaundrea T.
Still Waiting...
Jul 04, 2010
Well, as of last week I am still waiting for my letter from the psychiatrist to show up at my surgeon's office. I am also still waiting for my 6 months of supervised diet records to also be faxed over. I am going to call again Tuesday (seeing as how they aren't open Monday) to see if they have received anything from either office yet. If not, I will see what I can do to get the things I need, because I need to get this process going!!! Ugh!!! I have been doing lots of research about the RNY procedure, and I have even been checking out different prices on proteins that I need to sample to see if I can find one I can suck down. I understand that they are pretty nasty and the one I like pre-surgery may not be the one I like post-surgery. Hopefully I can get things moving soon. On a good note, I have lost 12 pounds on the phentermine. It's not much for almost two months out, but at least it is something!!! Anyway, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!! Will post Tuesday when I find out more information about what the freakin' hold up is.
~Shaundrea
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~Shaundrea
Yay!!!
Jun 22, 2010
Cleared by the psychiatrist to have the surgery done!!! Yippie!!! Now I just have to wait until my surgeon gets the letter to see what I do next!!!! 
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Psych Eval Finally Here!!!!
Jun 22, 2010
Woot woot!!! Today is my psych evaluation and I can't wait. I just want to get things MOVING!!! I really need this for my life. If I did better on my own, I wouldn't be here, right? I hope they give me the green light, because I read about a few others who had to work on some things first??? I hope I am not one of them. Anyway, I am about ready to go do my morning exercises, so I will post after my appointment today!!! I want to get a surgery date so bad so I can join the loser's bench. 
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A Few Tears...
Jun 16, 2010
Well, now I remember why I hate dieting. My PCP has me on phentermine, a 1500 cal diet, and at least 30 minutes of activity daily. No problem. Thing is, I have been following this since day 1, most days not even coming close to 1500 calories and I have been doing anywhere between 30-90 mins of activity. I still am not losing anything, and am back up to 296lbs. 
I burst into tears this morning. I can't wait until I get my psych evaluation so I can move forward to the next step of this process. Come on June 22nd!!! 6 more days...LOL. At least my husband is very supportive of everything. My kids are too little to understand, but when they see a skinnier, healthier mommy to play with them I am sure they will be excited and supportive too.
I do have one question, however. How did you guys tell other family members about your decision to have WLS? Did you wait until you got approved or did you tell them when you were starting to research? I need to tell my mom about my decision, but am thinking about waiting until I find out for sure if I am approved or not. I don't want to get everybody all suped up and then find out it is not going to happen. I just hope she supports me as much as my husband does!!! I am sure she will, though.
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I burst into tears this morning. I can't wait until I get my psych evaluation so I can move forward to the next step of this process. Come on June 22nd!!! 6 more days...LOL. At least my husband is very supportive of everything. My kids are too little to understand, but when they see a skinnier, healthier mommy to play with them I am sure they will be excited and supportive too. I do have one question, however. How did you guys tell other family members about your decision to have WLS? Did you wait until you got approved or did you tell them when you were starting to research? I need to tell my mom about my decision, but am thinking about waiting until I find out for sure if I am approved or not. I don't want to get everybody all suped up and then find out it is not going to happen. I just hope she supports me as much as my husband does!!! I am sure she will, though.
Super Excited
Jun 10, 2010
So just for the heck of it I decided to weigh myself this morning. I stepped on and it said 292.4!!!!! I know this isn't much change, but it makes me excited. It suped me up so much that I spent one hour on the Wii Fit this morning!! I burned 522 calories. The phentermine seems to be working but the problem is I always gain the lost pounds back. I always feel hungry. I can't wait until June 22nd so I can have my insurance required psychiatric evaluation so I can get things moving. Ugh...12 days still. I wish it would hurry up...lol.
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Blogs
Jun 09, 2010
Hmmm...my blogs don't seem to be showing up, and I have them active. Oh well. I guess I am not meant to use this feature.
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On My Way...
Jun 08, 2010
Well, I can officially say that I am on my way to becoming a healthier person. I took the first step of going to a WLS seminar, turned in a questionnaire, and I already had a consultation with the surgeon. Since my current BMI is 53, he deemed me qualified for the surgery. When I first started researching WLS I contacted my insurance company to make sure it was covered, and they assured me that they do cover since it would be a medical necessity for me. Now I just have to gather all my paperwork and "evidence" and get it turned in. I already made an appointment for my psychiatric evaluation that I am required to have, and I am looking forward to seeing how the rest of this "journey" goes. I hope that everything goes as smoothly as possible and I get approved the first time. I have two small children that I need to live for, and I feel like they are missing out on their mother with the way things are right now. Well, I will let you guys know how things are going when I have more information. Thanks for listening.
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About Me
Mason City, IA
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40.2
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Surgery
02/17/2011
Surgery Date
Jun 06, 2010
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