Nancy Archer I have a question for you

Hi Nancy, I have been reading the posts from earlier to learn more about DS and I have discovered that you are going to go to Dr. S. Have you gotten your appointment yet. Mine is July 2? Thanks. Jo

I'm sorry, I thought I had replied --- my appointment is this Monday, May 14. I'm biting my nails here! I'll let you know what happens, if you don't hear from me, drop me a line, hugs, Nancy

Nancy thank you for replying. I will keep my fingers crossed. Please let me know how it goes. Good luck. Jo

I meant to do this yesterday -- I mostly post on the DS board so I forgot to post here for you -- ok, had my appt yesterday with the good doctor S. I was told I would have to wait and it would take a while so I brought a big novel for company. Didn't even get to crack it! I've never had such a fast and efficient doc appt!! Of course there was a question I forgot to ask, but I'll email him later. First I was weighed, BP'd, etc by the nurse practioner, Pat. Then Dr. S came right in a did his speil on the RNY and the DS. He suggested to me the RNY since I'm considered a "lightweight" but had no problem with doing the DS on me when I asked him about it. He said he would like to do longer cc (150 instead of 100) since I am said lightweight. I was concerned about this until I looked at the DS lab rat data and saw cc lengths all over the place, some well over 150 and everyone is a loser, so I think I will concede to his experience and judgement on that. I was given the name of the nut (you have to use thiers) and a psych (you can use anyone, I chose thiers since I didn't have anyone) and have my appts set up for May 21 (nut) and June 6. So now I just wait for insurance approval, which I know I will get and that I don't have to do anything else for that. Then I'll get my surgery date! Let me know if you have any more q's, I'm usually on the DS board like I said, but I try to check in here on my MD buddies. Hugs, Nancy

Hi Nancy, I am thrilled to hear this. I have been thinking about you all day. It sounds so positive. I can not wait for my appointment. Thank you for the information about the nut. I talked to Alice yesterday to see if there was anything I could do to smooth the process up prior to my appointment. She said that I could do the psych eval. I am glad you told me about the Nut cause I would have made an appointment out here. I think I am having my psych eval this week. Hugs to you too. Jo