blanca G.

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upper GI completed!
my initial attempts to schedule an appt was a bit disheartening because i found out the soonest appt was for Dec. 1st BUT today I decided to try my luck and check for cancellations and sure enough there was one for this morning!!!
I'm feeling very blessed at the moment, blessed to have this surgery available to me, to have this site as a source of support and reassurance,and blessed to have this whole process moving along so smoothly!


p.s.
the UGI was a total workout!! haha

had my consult with Dr. Krahn today, wow he was as nice as he seemed to be at the seminar i attended back in july. He ordered a UGI and gallbladder Ultrasound (expected) and of course the dreaded psych eval lol
So we put in the referrals today and now i just wait for approval, should be by end of the week. According to Dr. Krahn and his staff surgery will take place about 4 weeks after all the necessary tests are completed!
I'm getting closer, yay! Its honestly hard to believe that I started this process in July, its gone by pretty quickly and i hope the next leg of the journey is just as speedy!!
oh yea...i decided (with the help of my surgeon) that i will be having the RNY, i was on the fence for quite a while about going with rny or lapband. the surgeon told me that with my pcos he expected me to reach goal with the band w/in 2-3 years...and with rny it would take no more than a yr.
The choice was pretty clear to me. The boyfriend and his fam are worried and would rather i do the lapband BUT it has to be my decision and i know they will support me! my fam is behind my decision 100%.

P.S.
totally off topic but can someone tell me how to change the "hoping to have surgery" title on my profile, its located under my BMI and above my surgeons name....i've searched high and low for a way to change that LOL
thanks in advance!!!

-blanca

consult is scheduled for 10/28!
It's no surgery date, but hey....its a start!!!

I am as close as I've ever been to actually meeting with the surgeon I've selected! I completed my last required visit witht he nutritionist last week and the VERY next day i received a letter from my medical group congratulating me on completing the visits...it listed two surgeons to choose from and a number to call to officially make my selection, I left a message and today got a call back from "Managed Care" and they asked me to attend a seminar given by the surgeon I'd selected (told them i already did attend one with him) and she said "OK, Blanca give me 30 minutes to send all your info to the surgeons office then go ahead and give them a call to set up your consult"
I was like, THEN what!?!....lol she was so nice she said well im going to be the one who makes sure all of the surgeon ordered tests get approved but she was also sure he was able to perform most of them there...so she really only anticipated my having to go back to my PCP for the abdominal ultrasound the surgeon was sure to ask for. She said you are almost there hun!!
best news I've had all day,  (scary) but great news!

well i called the surgeons office, the lady who does scheduling was out of the office for the day but they took down my info and said she'd call me tomorrow....its good cause it will give me time to go in to work today and try to figure out my schedule.!!!!!!

ahhh@my nerves

i cant believe 2 months have passed since i officially "started" the journey towards WLS. Tomorrow is the last of my required nutiritionist/doctors visits before i will meet with the surgeon...im getting very anxious and a bit nervous because i know all that is really left to do is meet with the surgeon and do all the testing...im really worried about going broke during the time that ill be off from work to recover. And i honestly STILL have not decided which surgery to go with aghhhh!

oh man i also gained back 2 of the 7 lbs i'd lost since 8/1
oh well....ive been doing pretty well with my 1300 calorie diet and havent had caffeine since 8/1. Giving up coca-cola was HUGE for me....have had a DROP!!

so as per my pcp i was required to meet with a nutritionist twice before i could be referred to bariatrics...today was my first visit and it went VERY well...i honestly thought i was headed for a 6 month diet and thank GOD the nutritionist was not against my having the surgery at all, IN FACT she said that i would only have to do a 4 week diet YAY and that they were positive that my particular insurance did NOT require 6 months either YAY! She sat with me for about an hour and was very nice, she said that the next time i see her (sept 12th) will be to go over the after surgery diet and then off to bariatrics i go, she expects the whole process to take less than 3 months, i asked what she meant by "whole process" and she said she expects me to have had surgery in less than 3 months!! wow....i super excited!

Oh and she recommended i sign up for OH, she seemed happy and impressed when i told her i already was!

yesterday i was feeling extremely down about all the negetivity surrounding my life lately....especially in regards to my health...i caught myself throwing a little pitty party and doing the whole "why me" thing...thinking that nothing every goes right for too long and that i just cant seem to catch a break...the whole "if it isnt one thing, its another thing" deal!! im sure im not the only one who has or is feeling that way.
Well i sent a lil text over to my boyfriend saying simply, "im scared"
(i was speaking mostly of the colcoscopy and biopsy im going to be having next month)
he wrote back, "everything is going to be ok...remember the devotional we read yesterday that said..dont worry about tomorrow, focus on today...its in God's hands now" lovely words huh! funny thing is that i had completely forgotten the devotional we read just the day before!
I bought a daily devotional sometime around mothers day (a WHILE ago) and had stuck it under my coffee table and never even opened it...wednesday i was sitting on the floor near the coffee table going through some bills and i saw the book, opened it to july 23rd and began to read the devotional for that day...which was titled calm down and lighten up! lol the scripture read "do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. sufficient for each day is its own trouble" -matthew 6:34

SO ANYWAY.....because my boyfriend reminded me of that devotional from the day before...i got the book back out and read July 24ths devotional.  oh my goodness was God EVER speaking to me!!!
the title of that devotional was: He Cares; the scripture given was: "I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of his temple , and my cry came before Him, into his very ears." -psalm 18:6
as if that didnt bring a smile to my face already, the devotional itself had me in utter disbelief, they say God will speak directly to you if you allow him to be heard...well guys, the proof is in the pudding!
here is the devotional, word for word as written by joyce meyer!
God loves you very much and wants to help you, but you need to ask Him to. A man told me recently that when he feels overwhelmed, he lifts up one hand toward heaven and says, "come get me, jesus!" God hears the faintest cry of your heart, so stop trying to do everything on your own and ask him for help. You may not think that God cares about something as simple as you health, but he does. He cares about everything that concerns you- the big as well as the small.
He wants you healthy and whole, and He is willing to help, if you'll just let Him. Pray to Him to help yo find the spiritual strength you need to make any necessary changes in your life. God's grace is always available. As we choose to do what is right and lean on Him to give us strength, His power enables us to follow through and experience VICTORY!

i absolutely feel as though that was written just for me! I hope someone else will find comfort in the words as i did.

OK i know this was a HUGE post....gotta go now!
God bless

I got a call this morning from my pcp's office, i was told that i had an abnormal pap and needed to schedule a colcoscopy and biopsy of my cervix asap WTF!!! im freaking out here....im hoping its nothing serious.
as if that wasnt bad enough i got a letter in the mail from my medical group stating that i must complete two multi risk intervention classes AND two nutrition counceling sessions before they will refer me to a bariatric surgeon for consultation. Im just hoping thats really all i have to do and that it doesnt lead to the dreaded "6 month" diet!! ugh.....
i cant freakin recall the last time i wasnt on a diet damnit!

im really frustrated/worried right now.

lol i know i only had my pcp put a referral in on thursday, but i just want to know already. I have this really bad feeling about it, but ive decided that if its in God's plan, it will all fall into place!
Going to a WLS seminar tomorrow night, the boyfriend is coming along!

the dr. reluctantly put a referral in for me, said he didnt like the idea of me going under knife and that i was too young for this...i explained to him that i hadnt made up my mind yet but would like to be referred to someone who specializes in bariatrics to better understand the whole process...and mentioned that i was considering lap band and he quickly changed his tone...he said he would prefer that i did lap band if i did go forth with this because im in my child bearing years and it would be safer for a child and ofcourse because it is reversible. So he was really cool...i was his last patient of the day so he spent a lot of time just sitting and talking with me....we actually got along really well...maybe thats cause he was only 28!! can u believe it...and cute as a freakin button!! it was horrible having him do the pap haha but he made me feel very comfy, joking with me the whole time.
ANYWAY, now its a wait and see game...i hope they atleast accept the referral, ive decided i wont fight it if it doesnt go through...ill just take it as a sign. They gave me a number to call if i havent been contacted with the status w/in 5 days.

till then....

peace