Moving Forward

Jan 25, 2009

Well I finally had the psych eval and that went well. I have my first appointment with Dr Hornbostel on Wed. I am hoping it also goes well. Margie called and said she wasnt sure if TriCare would approve it because I do not have any diagnoses of Apnea or high blood pressure, she named a few other things. I am anxious to visit the Dr though because I am pretty sure I make the 200% overweight mark. My last sleep study was done 7 yrs ago, and I weighed around 50 -75 lbs less than. My hubby says I snore badly and stop breathing. But I have no official diagnosis. The last Dr visit I had they told me my blood pressure was high, this last time they told me I had to go back every 5 days to have it tested. This was after they brought me to tears and gave me a bruise clear around my arm trying to take my blood pressure. I hate having that done. I always end up getting a bruise even when they do it by hand. This last time was the worst, as it was on the machine. It had to reset once, and I told the Dr it was too tight then and hurt. She didnt listen, told me I would be fine and it had to do it one more time. That time my fingers turned purple and I thought it was going to cut my arm off. I took it off myself. She wasnt happy about that but I wasnt happy that I could feel a huge bruise forming around my upper arm. I am so tired of being overweight and nothing fitting or working. I just want to look normal.

A friend of mine encouraged me to start walking with her at lunch and after work. Last week on day one we walked 1.5 miles. My hips are hurting so bad. But I am going to keep it up. I hope that it will be a stepping stone in my being able to have my surgery.

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