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But I did have an MRI of my lower back and found out that I do have arthritis in my lower back and narrowing in one of the nerves in the cervical spine.  Oh joy, I don't have arthritis in my hips - but I think the back sould count as a major weight baring joint for insurance purposes. 

I still have some time before the 60 day insurance deadline so I will hurry up and wait.

Well, I faxed off my strongly worded appeal to TriCare, they now have 60 days to get back to me.  Hurry up and wait I guess.   This means I can have pumpkin pie on Thursday. 

4 days before surgery...the doctors office called to say that my insurance denied my surgery.  I wish they would have checked with my isnurance before I got my hopes up, only to have them dashed.

Woo who!!!! I got the final clearance today at my pre-op appointment!!!   As of 11-18-08 I am  officially on the Loser bus.  I even thought ahead enough to order a turkey dinner form Safeway so I don't have to cook right after surgery, all ya do is warm it up.  I know it's not traditional but it is fitting for my transformation. 

Well I'm in Seattle for the weekend because I have my pre op appointment on Monday.  My husband and I brought the kids (13, 10 & 7, my 19 yr old is in the Army) to the Big City to see the sights because it will be only the two of us comming back for surgery next week.  Grandma is watching the kids during surgery week.  I wanted them to know where I will be and they wanted to see the Spaceneedle. 

You know your kids are hicks when they freak out over seeing a taxi and tall buildings.   Anyway, we all went to the top of the Spaceneedle and they had a blast.  Tomorrow we go to the Zoo, aquariam and Science museum.  Moms weight loss quest is fun for all and my kids have really gotten into helping me, mom, you  can't eat that, mom, your doning really good,  etc.  Gotta love my little angels. 

It's times like theses that I know that I am truely blessed, with a super supportive husband, great kids and God giving me the oppertunity to help myself get healthy.  Looking back I think that my prior denials and let downs have lead me to the best surgeon, the best proceedure and the best time for me to do this.  I know to non believers or non fanatics, I sound crazy but I have such a great testimony of Christ's love for me that I know I was put on this path for a reason.  I know that I will not only help myself but try to help others to grow and gain from my experiences. 

One of my girlfriends asked me if I was going to tell people about my WLS.  She does not tell people and I think that is the right choice for her.  But if I can help anyone who has felt the dispare and emotional and physical pain of obesity than it is a good thing.  If people don't agree with me than so be it.  I know that it is hard for some people to wrap their brain around hacking off part of your stomach and re routing your intestine but I am using this proceedure to help me succeed and get healthy and it is right for me.  I ask people, if you had cancer, would you go thru chemo or radiation??  They are tools to help you beat cancer and many people jump at the live saving proceedure.  What is different about WLS?  If we could be thin without surgery wouldn't we all be? 

Ok , off my soap box and off to bed.
Thank you Lord!
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I made it thru the upper endoscopy with not problems.  Yah!  The only bad part was when they spray the numbing stuff in the back of your throat.  It tastes beyond nasty. 

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready!

I just go my tasteless whey, Whey Gormet - pina colada, chewable calcium, chewable multivit  and B complex capsules.  I think I will look into the liquid B complex because I heard that the chewable tastes bad and I'm not sure how it tastes if you split open the capsules and put it in food.

I also went shopping.....sugar free jello, pudding, applesauce, skim milk, fat free cottage cheese, sugar free yogurt.  Some times sugar free is hard to find.  Like light yogurt....not sugar free. 

Woo Whoo! I go to my pre-op on Monday.

I am having fears that I will never be able to eat another Cinnabon again.  I keep telling myself that, that kind of stuff has gotten me where I am today.  Maybe I can come up with a sugar free mini version, if I get desperate, a year after surgery.  The horror stories of bread products will keep me away that long at least. 

I am sooooooo blessed!    Not only do I get to have surgery next month, my son, who is in the Army, gets to come home for Christmas before he ships out to Germany.  I haven't seen him in 6 long months. 

I am so jazzed I can't even stand it. 

I can't believe it!!!  Woo -whoo!!!  All I have to do is loose 5 pound, I've already lost 7, and have an upper endoscopy and my EKG. Those two things are scheduled for 11-11 so I'm almost there.

 

Soooooo, I had my blood tests, arterial blood gas draw (lovely test, this - espessically when the cute brawny nurse does it), pee test  - not as easy as it used to be, chest Xray - piece of cake and my upper GI -fun!   Now all I have to do is the psych eval, EKG and dietician....ohhhhhh...and loose 6 more pounds..  Wooo  Whooo!!!!  With any luck, I should be eating puree foods by Christmas.  

I am so happy that Dr Chebli's office went the extra inch to look at my secondary insurance.  At the first two weight loss centers I tried I was screening out before I could get my foot in the door.  Kudos, Dr Chebli!!!!