Nicole M.

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Today was my pre-admission unit appointments. It went by pretty quickly actually. I started by filling out my admission papers, signed the consent and agreed to a semi private room. Why go private for such a short stay. I then was directed tot the actual pre-admission unit. I then met with the pharmacist to go over the medication I use and what not to take the day of the surgery. On to the ECG which took about five minutes. The nurse followed with the instructions for the day of the surgery. Urine test and blood test we done right there is the room and then on to the anestiologist was right after with a few questions. After everything was complete, a gentleman come in to see if I was interested in participating in a blind study for pain which I agreed.  All of this in about two hours. Woohoo..... Time is a ticking now.... Only 10 more sleeps until the big day :)

Well today is the start of the dreaded OPTIFAST ta daaaa!  It's actually worse than everyone says lol. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do three weeks of this :) .... Maybe I should say... I don't know if I'll keep it down for the next three weeks. This morning wasn't pretty trust me. I puked and pukes but hey, I need to do this! 

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! I just got a call from the OWMC to book my surgery. The big date will be December 10th, 2014. What a wonderful surprise. I wasn't expecting to have it until February od next year!!!! Woot Woot!!!

So today was my appointment with the surgeon. The appointment started off being later by half an hour but no big deal. Just before my appointment I saw a friend of mine that is also going throught the surgery come out of the surgeon's office. She proceeded to tell me that everything went went but there was a 5 to 6 month wait yet for surgery. Oh boy! Seriously???

So I go in to meet the surgeon (which was not the original surgeon I was told).  Almost immediately I sensed that the doctor is not having a good day. His patience is short and I feel very nervous and forget all of my questions that I wanted to ask. Thank god for my husband. He immediately started asking questions and make a few light hearted comments. The doctor's demeanour changed right away and became more personable. At the end of the appointment, I am told that it will be a 4-5 month wait. Oh well, it is what it is. I've come so far.... What's a few more months :)

Lo and behold......after waiting three months for a review of my PET Scan, my doctor at the WMC in Ottawa finally cleared me for the surgery.  Pet Scan determined that there was nothing wrong with my heart or arteries.  What a relief to finally know this!  My anxiety level is now under control and I`m doing so much better mentally.  I finally see a chance to get my life back in control.  It`s gives me hope.

Chest pains are unbearable and I honestly feel overwhelmed with everything that's going on.  So much so that I cannot function.  I'm just so scared of what's ahead.  I painfully decided to go see my family physician today.  Some of you who know me, know that I am certainly not the type who like the attention of doctors.  I have to be almost dying in order to see a doctor.  I'm scared silly about going to see doctors.  So this was certainly not an easy decision for me.  After explaining my situation and my symptoms to my doctor, he asked a few questions and told me he'd be right back.  After about 5-10 minutes, he comes back and tells me that there is nothing wrong with my heart.  My PET scan shows absolutely no sign of anything being wrong.  Heath records faxed him the results while I was there.  So with that being ruled out, what was going on with me then?  Well, it didn't take him long to tell me that I had anxiety disorder and major depression.  The chest pains were a result of my anxiety.  I had literally worried myself sick.  Also, the whole situation of not being able to have WLS had taken a big toll on my mental well being. I'm desperately trying to get better and with the help of a few meds, hopefully this won't last very long.

My chest pains are getting worse and worse.  I decided to call WMC in Ottawa to see if I could get my results in case I needed to go to emergency.  After talking to three different people, it turns out that they had never gotten the results.  I was told to call the Heart Institute to inquire about the test and results.  Well, after talking to three other people, I was told that even though I had taken the test, my physician had to request the results.  Called the WMC again, and was told that I would have to talk to Health Records at the Civic Hospital to get the results.  So now I call the Heath Records with all the information needed to make the inquiry and am being told that this has be to a written request, signed, dated, and witnessed and from there they will be sending the results to the physician to ordered the PET Scan.  Wow, really?  It's my body but yet I can't know anything that going on???  Without having a chance, I write the letter, get it signed and witnessed and sent to the Health Records Department.  In the letter, I had asked to be notified once the results were delivered to the physician.  Never heard a thing back from anyone.  Great systems huh!  No wonder we get stressed.

I'm still waiting for the results of my PET Scan.  I started to have minor chest pains while on a trip to Boston.  It made for a pretty boring trip that was cut short.  We didn't want to take the chance at being sick in the USA so we decided to leave three days ahead of schedule.  This pain surely means that there is something wrong with my heart or a blockage somewhere.  All these thoughts racing through my head!!!  What happens now?  Is my heart damaged? Will this affect my work? My life?......Weight Lost Surgery is probably ruled out at this point.  I'm so down.  How will I ever overcome all of these obstacles? 

Who would have thunk!!  My trip to Home Outfitters turned out to be quite the show.  Because of the Nuclear Pet Scan I had a few weeks ago, the alarms go off everywhere I go.  As soon as I enter somewhere or try to go out, the alarms go off.  This is sooooo embarrassing.  Can't even cross the border.  I need a letter signed by a doctor stating how much nuclear stuff they had injected in my body, date, time, reason, etc.  I'm to present this letter wherever I set off alarms.  I guess I'll be staying at home for awhile lol......Although, it does state in the letter that this might happen for a year yet.  Wow, and this is suppose not to harm us??? :)

Had the dreaded PET Scan today.  I was so nervous, I think I didn't sleep the whole week leading to this appointment.  To my surprise, I was very calm this morning and turns out that everything went smoothly.  The technicians were absolutely awesome.  They made me feel so at ease and comfortable that I almost forgot why I was there in the first place.  Hopefully the results will be positive.  They told me the results will be available in less than a week.