stephp77

Send Message

Block

Add Friend

Monday morning is my first consult.  I am really excited.  I really don't have very many questions - 2 I think.  I am hoping that my surgeon feels that the lap-band is right for me.  I also hope that it doesn't take long to get my insurance approved.  I know in my mind that insurance should be approved because of some emails that my insurance company and I have exchanged but I will just feel so much better about it once I get the formal approval.  I haven't had any of my tests yet either.  I want to wait until after the consult just to make sure that I am doing all that I need to do.  I just can't wait until Monday though.  I almost feel like a kid in a cookie jar.  hahaha

One thing that I have been thinking about is that this whole process will be the beginning of a new life - one where I am healthy, one where I am not worried about the genetics of my family catching up with me, one where I learn the proper kinds of food that are good for me.  I am looking at my first consult as my new birthday.  This consult is a baby step.  I start there and go foward.  If I weren't "born again" I wouldn't be healthy and have my life back.  I know that I am not entirely sure how to explain this.  Maybe I am weird.  I don't know.  The totally weird part is that this technically isn't a new birthday.  Monday is also my 30th birthday!  Ok maybe I should be saying this is a re-birth.  Oh well, whatever I decide to call it doesn't really matter.  What matters is that I do go forward with what's best for me.

I guess I'll check back in after the consult.

Earlier this summer a co-worker of mine had lap-band surgery.  We have talked about weight and weight loss problems we have both had.  She went to the educational meeting and decided to have lap-band surgery.  She had her surgery in July.  We have talked about what she has been through so far.  I decided to check into weight loss surgery for me.  I wondered “Is this something that is right for me?”  I decided to go to the educational meeting last Wednesday (09/05/07) in hopes of learning and answering questions that I had.  I learned a lot and had many of my questions answered.  I decided to schedule a consultation with the surgeon (09/17/07 – ahhhh my 30^th birthday) to see if he feels this is right for me and to discuss a few other things.  Assuming that all my questions are answered and the surgeon feels that lap-band surgery is right for me as well, I hope to get insurance approval and get all my testing done in the next couple weeks.  I guess we’ll see what happens with the consultation and go from there.