So excited for Monday!!

I received the call on Wednesday (which just happened to be my 40th Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME :-) with a date for the first info session!! I go this Monday afternoon from 1-4. 

My husband is driving me after working all night and I am so torn as to whether or not I want him to come in with me as I know he will be exhausted. I thought he could try to nap for the time I am in there, as I am sure the drive home isn't going to be good. Rush hour coming out of Toronto heading East bound :-/

He has said he will come and support me but I feel bad. I didn't want to turn down the appt when they called me. 

What's a girl to do?? I think he would benefit going so he knows what to expect if I am approved, but at the same time I don't want him dosing off.  LOL

Happy Belated Birthday and congratulations on getting things moving toward your better health,

I would suggest he comes or someone else. It's beneficial that someone know and understand the scope of the surgery and all the other things that go with it.

Good luck!

Jo

Good Morning Jo,

Thank you for the Birthday Wishes and for responding to my post. 

I think I will have him attend with me, now one other question. I haven't yet revealed my current weight to him....should I do so before Monday? Will he find out there?  I wish  it was easier to tell, but I am ashamed. He would never make me feel bad as he never has, he tells me on a daily basis how beautiful I am. Unfortunately my feelings aren't the same. 

Thank you once again,  I hope you have a great weekend! So nice and sunny out right now.  :-)

Kim

Hi Kim,  I am really new to this forum and this procedure.  I too will be going for the info session at HRRH on Monday but from 9-12.  I have a question if you can answer it or perhaps someone else can.  They sent me the info package by email and the paperwork is very long to fill out.  Also, I don't have my paperwork regarding an angiogram I have had in the past or stress test or halter monitor but they all came back normal.  Do you think I will need to get these things?  I also have sleep apnea and have been on a CPAP machine for over a year now.  I just want to get this going and start to feel better!!  Happy Belated Birthday to you!!! 

Jo-Anne

Hi Jo-Anne,

I am really sorry but I cannot answer your questions. To be quite honest with you I am wondering the same as I just had my blood work and ECG done on the 23 of October. I think my DR may have faxed them with the referral as he wanted to wait until they came back before he sent it off, but I am not sure so I am going to call them first thing Monday morning to see if they were faxed with it. I go for the Sleep Study on December 12th so I am sure those will also be faxed to HRRH, I am not sure I get the results or if they are sent off to my family doctor as I have never been before.

So many questions to ask, really looking forward to Monday and hoping to learn so much more!! I have already researched so much but I want to learn all I can as I am determined to be as successful as I can if I am lucky enough to be granted this tool/gift. I have already failed too many times in the past.....I want to be a LOSER on the LOSER'S BENCH....not a failure.

Thank you for the Birthday Wishes :-)

Good luck to you on Monday and on your journey to a Healthier new you!! Let's keep in touch.
Kim

Every center is different but at Guelph I was not weighed until my appointments with the dietitian, nurse and social worker... and I weighed every appointment after too.  Even then it was kept private, I wouldn't be ashamed, you are taking a big... no huge step into bettering your self.  Soon enough you will bragging to him how much you have lost.

Michelle

Happy Birthday!

Hi Michelle,

Thank you as well for the response. And for the Birthday Wishes.

Still unsure whether to tell...lol. All I can think is "what if I get turned down, then I have told the one and only secret that I would have rather kept to myself" I also think it is hard for me as my husband doesn't have a weight problem, he never has.

My weight really affects me mentally, emotionally and physically. It has caused problems in the past as I sometimes go through stages where it affects me more then usual and I guess I 'shut down'. I get in a very depressed state and I try to cover it up the best I can, but my husband knows me too well..... we have been together for 17 yrs/married 14 in May. I never speak up and say it's my weight and tell him how my knees ache, my lower back aches or how swollen my legs and feet are but I am sure he knows. Over the years I think I have gotten better with trying to pretend I am happy and I try to hide the physical pains......I am sick of living this way, it is not fair to me or my family.

It took me so long to write that small paragraph, it was really hard to actually put it into words and admit it. I have also just now realized just how important it is for him to attend the Info session with me. He needs to know everything that I will be going through and what to expect if I am accepted to receive this tool/gift. He can sleep when he gets home..LOL

Thank you so much again for responding, just this one message has made me do so much thinking.

Kim

 

hi I am going in to and I am looking for a ride I will help with gas as my husband has to be home for my son and he works midnight to

Sorry Val I just went this past Monday on the 18th. Where are you coming from? Perhaps someone else is going that you could drive in with?

We live in Cobourg and we were home just after 5:00, got our around 3:45 and the traffic was pretty good. Plus we stopped so my husband could caffeine up lol. 

Good luck! I hope you can find someone. 

oshawa