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received my new information packet from Dr. Ulrich office , boy that was fast!!!!!!!!well now to fill them out and send in and continue the waiting process. Information included Dr. Ulich background- Dr. Ulich is certified by the American Board of Surgery and holds a membership in American college of Surgeons, the American Society of General Surgeons, and the Virginia Surgical Society. His special intest is laparoscopy and advanced surgical procedures. He received his M.D. degree for Cornell Univesity Medical College and served his residency at Eastern Virginia Gradute School of Medicene in Norfolk. He has been with Winchester Surgical Center since 1989. Now the wait continues.................

saw dr. chekan not impressed with him at all, he wanted only patients to have surgery that was high risk of dying, very angery with his approch to patients and thier health , wouldn't recommend him to anyone, set up new consult with Dr. Paul J. Ulrich closer to home and i hope his attitude is a lot different towards his patients, new consult Jan 10 2002-i have to play waiting game all over again.

Well 1 week to go till i get to have my consult! many emotions at this time , scared, worried and happy all at the same time. counting the days!!!!!
10-18-2001 received my medical nec letter,today from my pcp,well his office, I am so angry every thing i listed that the surgergon required was left out, yes i know there are a lot of new people who just started in the pcp ofc and i know how doc's work, they type and he signs i been there, i used to work for doctors, but they have me listed as my ideal weight as 110LBS!!!! no way !!!!should of been 125-130 that makes me 4'10 tall? no way met life table says 121-135 for my height. some people really!! well i called them and told them about it very quickly, i drove 1 1/2 hours to pick it up and get home. i called my surgeons ofc they said his letter will not really matter they do the height, weight and take all medical history and family history themselves!!! well a little ray of sunshine just peek through in my life! need all the prayers i can get !at least i will now know to check and double check all further information i need from my pcp ofc. well another battle over, i hope!

Been away from this site for the last 20 days , I sure missed reading everyones profiles and comments, my father had to have triple by-pass in another state, I was his moral support though all the surgery, now I'm back to working on me.
I called the doctors office and guess what??? I got an eariler appt. now my consult is on Oct 25th !!! Sometimes it can pay to bug them I guess. After my consult I'll bugg the insurance company maybe I'll get a surgery date before the end of the year? It would be nice to start the new year off as a budding new person. My husband is still on the support side and exceited for me, I hope he is still supportive and exceited when the taking care of the wife after surgery happens. I think i lost some weight while stay in in a motel helping my father, hard way to lose weight cost a fortune to stay there for that time.

i receied my phyc eval in the mail today , boy a lot of dumb questions, 20 of them, in the last 7 days do you feel like you want to kill yourself? come on people... those questions how do they relate to the fact i am over weight and want to so something about it to IMPROVE my health? i quess there is a method to thier madness. well i will send them off tomarrow and that part is done , now i will call the doctors office and see if i can attend a local support group and take two meetings local and all that will be left is the consult ,tests and the insurance, keeping my fingers crossed,lord knows it getting harder to cross my legs, but that will soon change.
Still my feelings are wavering about the surgery, SCARED, normal reaction, but if you don't take a chance at life you will never live it to the fullest. with that said i will trudge forward into this obesity battle and with wls sisters and brothers on this site , i will win.
i was hopeing to get ins. approval before going to consult, not sure if i should try or not. i guess i want this so bad that i am trying to get everything done to fast or maybe i like to be organized in every thing i can. still reading all i can to learn as much as i can so i am ready for this and the postop. when i feel my worst i love to read the profiles of others and see their losses and see thier pictures this keeps me motivated and encouraged for my goals.

I have just faxed all my medical records to the doctors office and all the forms they sent, I have 20 days and counting, exceited but still fearful, not of the surgery,but not getting an approval for it. each day the struggle with the knee and joint pain becoming more difficult, i have tried to keep my spirts up reading the message board and looking at the before and after photos, i have even gone as far as ordered some catalouges that have smaller size clothes to help keep my motivation up.
I was hoping to speak with Lenita, but she was off today, she is a god send to that office, she cares enough to answer all my questions and seems to really care! I am looking forward to meeting with her on my visit. She told me last time i called that they do lap on any one that is in my bmi range. Whoo Hooo maybe i can recover faster, so i can get to the exercising and walking i really love to be more active. well i shall count the days till the 28th! i will need all the support and prayers i can get. i am so thankful for this website and all the loving members here!!!!