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surgery done on 9/10 and it is not 9/14 - feeling OK

It's happening!  Sept 10th is the day.  On liquid diet now until surgery.  Nervous, excited and etc... 

I'm approved!  Surgery will be for mid September sometime.  I'm nervous and excited and just wow... 

today I get labs done, ekg, puminary function test, xray and therapist eval.  its going to be a long boring day and ugh too many peoples

the countdown until I can have the surgery is happening now. Each step is so hard to wait for!  Next is a boatload of testing and I have to meet with a physical therapist per my surgeon.  

This next month is going to fly by with testing this and testing that.  I hope it all turns out ok.  

Next month I move - so it's good that I'm getting the testing done early - then I can concentrate on the moving, settle in and hopefully be ready to get surgery in August.  

So - it looks like its a go!

I have to get a boatload of tests done, see a nutritionist, go to a couple of classes and etc.  

It doesn't seem as if my insurance needs a 6 month diet, but the bariatric clinic has you do some months of diet changes to "practice".  So downloading my fitness pal - again - but this time for an entirely different reason!

Well maybe not entirely but for a very specific reason. 

Today I meet with Dr. Engstrand.  I was up so early thinking about it - what if I don't qualify for some weird reason - like a health reason I don't know about or what if my insurance says no or?  I would be so disappointed.  I've gotten my hopes up for this life changing event.  

I guess I will just have to push forward and see.  Sigh - patience is not my strong point.

I got the seminar done.  Not much new in it as I have done a lot of research prior.  I'm excited!  A little nervous, but excited.

I have to try to figure out what my ins company wants prior.  Not really informative the first time I talked to them, but I can't imagine that I don't have to qualify in some way!

Today the Dr. office called me and I have my intial appointment on April 1st.  wow... this is happening!!!  

Tonight I go for the seminar with bf and "officially" learn about the program.  I've read a lot of info from this site, books and the internet so far, but it seems each program is a little different.

I have so many questions - what do I have to do to get this done?  What does my insurance require?  (I called them and all they said is that I need to pay my co payment and deductible - so that was uninformative.)  Will I qualify.  And of course all the daydreaming of a new life.

I want to not be in pain everyday.  At 47, I just hurt.  My hips hurt, my knees hurt, my back hurts and my peroneal tendinitus is out of control and I'm limping everywhere lately.  I just imagine that weighing less will help these things so much!

Along with the pain I just want to do things - like walk places, stand places and keep up with my 6'7" proportioned boyfriend so we can travel and etc.  (Well I can keep up with him eating wise currently haha)  

I worry about my skin, my hair and all the invasive testing.  But I guess not enough to stop me from trying this process and hopefully (HOPEFULLY) become a normal sized person for the first time since I was a teenager (and even then - I was always slightly larger than most).