Sept 16/11 - meeting with surgeon today

Sep 16, 2011

 After sitting in traffic for 2 hours, waiting in the waiting room for 30 minutes, getting weighed in (UGHHHHH), filling in some paper work and waiting another 2 hours, I finally got to meet with Dr. Jackson today.  

We reviewed my medical background and he noted that I was a good candidate for WLS.  My chart indicated that I was "morbidity obese" - those words stung like a bee sting ....and I obsessed on those 2 words for several minutes as I digested the true state of my body and the damage I have caused to my body through overeating and lack of exercises.   

*Morbid obesity = 100 pounds overweight
According to the BMI and my height, my ideal weight should be below 127.5 (or a bmi of 24.9). 
Currently my BMI is 44.4
WOW .......
So once all the paper work was completed, the surgery procedure was reviewed, the surgery date was scheduled for October 14/11 @ noon.  As other's have noted on this forum - this will be my new birthday.  I start the optifast on Sept 30/11 and will be on this for 2 weeks.  I will miss the dinner at the family wedding on October 1st, I will miss the thanksgiving dinner on October 9, I will miss the second thanksgiving dinner on October 10th - but I will NOT miss being MORBIDITY OBESE in a year from now. 

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