Back from the doctors....

Well first was the pulmonaey test.  I did my test, no sweat.  I see the doctor on April 7th.  Then I went to the cardiologist.  Man my appointment was at 345 pm and he did not see me till 520pm.  He pretty much said that based on my last echo I had back in 09-06, the reason I had cardiomyopathy (pregnancy), having no symptoms, and being young, he has no problem giving me the approval right now.  So I have my approval letter.  I asked for my ekg they gave me today and a copy of my echo report just in case.  Whew that is done.  I had my PCP appointment at 550pm.  She increased my metformin by 500mg a day.  So still under the normal dosage.  And you want to know the best part, I lost 4bs in the past month!!  I am down 28 lbs since July/  WOOHOO!!  The healthy choices I am making in food and cutting out soda period from my diet is really showing.  I was holding at 24 pounds for a few months.  So this is great.  I am trying to get myself prepared for post op and chosing only healthy foods.

You're full of good news!  HOORAY!  I commend you for continuing to work hard on the supervised diet part in preparation for surgery.  Another 4lbs is great.  :)

Wow!  28 pounds down, and 4 in one month, is great - Congratulations!

Congratulations on passing your tests! That is yet another thing out of the way! And well done on the weight loss! Wohooo! You are doing great! Jackie

That's great news!!!!  And you are doing this the smart way....going into it prepared!

Good news all around!!!  Congrats on the weight loss ... more to come, I am sure!  :)

Good am, Glad things went smoothly with your appointments. Its great to get all the "fun" stuff out of the way so that you are can fly through things and sit on down on the loser's bench! Great that you are looking towards things in a healthy manner as well. Keep us posted! You're doing wonderfully!

Thank you everyone!!  I have been really trying.  My job does a birthday celebration every month and we welcome any new employees at that time as well.  Well they always have the best cake and have ice cream.  They had one on Wednesday.  I went for the meeting part, but did not have any cake or ice cream.  I was so proud of myself.  It is so hard to resist and refuse the foods you normally love.  But it is wonderful feeling when you are able to do so.

Great news.  You are making progress.  It is great that you are changing your eating habits now & working on it.  That will be such a big help for your journey.