alaskasusan

Send Message

Block

Add Friend

12 hour countdown to my surgery! - It is just hard to grasp that it is really going to happen tomorrow morning.  Check in at 5:30 and surgery for RNY at 7:30 am Alaska time.  I started this long journey 'official...

Rescheduled AGAIN! RNY on Monday 2/11!!! - Yikes!  This is the 5th or 6th time I've been rescheduled but it's the first time we've been moving the date sooner!  i'm in the last phase of a big software regrade at work, an...

Robotics Anyone? - My surgeon is just now getting into robotics it is new to Alaska.  I will get to talk to him this coming Wednesday to see if my surgery on 2/15 can be done that way.  Anyone her...

Pouch Anatomy question for vets - Got a question as I'm re-reading my surgeon's info about his procedure.  I'm scheduled for lap RNY on 2/15 and at a recent support meeting learned he does a "long" pouch.  His o...

Waiting...and waiting....and waiting.... - As you might expect there are not a lot of options for WLS up here.  And I really should not be complaining about this wait...at least I'm not like folks who have to drive or fl...

Minutae and Pre-Surgery fixation - Okay, the wait is over, I'm scheduled for Jan 7, 2013 and I'm about to start my two-week pre-op diet....which has put me into the swing of getting everything ready ahead of time...

Hooray, I'm scheduled, now a question about how mu - I lucked out and today I got scheduled for surgery as soon as the Dr is back from vacation...and BEFORE I start a 2-month house sitting/baby sitting stint (otherwise I'd have to...