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I see my surgeon on Thusday and I will get my surgery date.
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.?
Maria RobinsonChar
But surgery is June 4th. I was hoping for it to be in May, but June is close! I have decided to look into getting help from Weigh****chers as I buckle down and prepare for surgery. I have a 15 pound recommended weight loss prior to surgery, and I want to make this as successful as possible. I have 6 weeks to get ready, and these 6 weeks include my birthday, my finals, my parents anniversary party, memorial day, and a bunch of stress! But with the help of my loved ones, I can do this!!!
I will keep you all updated!
AnnKate
Stacey
Preop: 323......Goal: 199......Current: 161
I had my surgery with Dr. Wallace 11/08 and my wife had her surgery on 12/08 by Dr. Wallace as well.
I saw Dr. Wallace only once after surgery which was my fisrt post-op visit and he looked at my incisions and answered any questions that I had. He also spent time telling me that he has fix my body and the rest is up to me. He is certainly all business and has a dry sense of humor.
I will say that the stay in the hospital was fine. Could it have been better, sure. But I was also there during the Thanksgiving holiday and I am sure that people were pulling double duty over the holiday. The leak test is the worse of it because the drink is nasty tasting and you have to down a half a cup which is hard to do with a stomach pouch the size of an egg.
His nursing and support staff in the baractric group are fine. It is rather boring seeing them one a month for 6 months, but that is necessary for them to get any feedback from you are answer any questions you may have. My 6 month visit is next month and then I can finally move out next visit for 3 more months.
I have had zero complications from the surgery. My wife developed a blodd clot in her leg about 20 days after surgery, but it may or may not be related to the surgery she had.
Both of us are down 50+ pounds and feeling much better. I am no longer a Type 2 diabetic, I am off of my cholestrol meds as well. After my 6 month visit, I will get a sleep study done and I hope to get off of my CPAP machine as well.
My biggest problem now is spending money on clothes as I lose weight. I have received several comments about my weight loss, many wondering if there is something wrong with me but when I tell them that I am fine and just trying to lose weight, I get many compliments.
I also travel for my job and I can not even begin to tell you how my travel experience has improved. The seat belts on the airlines have alot of slack in them now!
I hope everything goes well for you. If there are any questions you may have, let me know.
I saw him a few times in the hospital, but have only seen the PA since then, which is fine. I think he is an awesome surgeon--I had very little post-op pain and have had no complications.
I did not have a great experience in the hospital, but I heard they were under-staffed when I was there. It wasn't horrible, just not good.
My life is so much better, and I believe the surgery saved my life.
Good luck to you. It was a good thing for me; I hope it will be for you, too.
I saw a neurologist yesterday for my severe daily headaches, and again, the cure is mostly all about lifestyle changes. Plus, the great kicker is that the medicine I was taking for my headaches is actually now contributing and making it worse. So I have to stop that medicine, and start anti-epileptic meds. The lovely news is that my headaches will get worse before they getter. All while I am trying to get this surgery done! But, hopefully, the surgery will help with headaches too. If I could just get it done..................
AnnKate
AnnKate
Great - so you are pretty familiar with the hospital :) I'd take advantage of that seminar in a heartbeat if I was in your shoes. What an awesome opportunity.
Anyway, I saw him in October and could have gone in Jan but decided on Feb myself. I'm MCW so I didn't have any insurance hoops to jump. My husband could have stayed, but he had to go take care of the dogs. The nurses on days and evenings were great. My biggest issue was getting breakfast delivered on Saturday. Major hiccup with food service. Oh yeah, and those compression units on the legs... I felt bad having to call for someone to unhook me when it was time for the IV fluids to come out!
I had major GI sensitivity to the morphine so I couldn't move without feeling like I was going to get sick which delayed me walking or even standing/sitting. Going for the leak test the next morning was hell, Fortunately I figured it out by 4:00 a.m. that it was the morphine and I refused it. It finally made it out of my system. But I guess that tells you that the pain was NOT that bad, as I stopped taking the morphine well before they would have d/c'd it.
So if he doesn't think you have type I diabetes, what would be his alternative dx? Just curious :)
Thanks for your reply.I'm worried they wont cover me, my BMI is 37 and have gerd,arthritis,but not much else.At the meeting people said the state is very picky.Wish me luck
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