AmandaLee
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Oct 19, 2006
9/05/07 I took the first step. I went to the Informational session. Dragged my mom and friend with me. I'm lucky to have them support me. The next step from here is to call and make an appointment with the nurse practitioner. Unfortunatly I'm in the process of getting insurance. So I'll have to wait. I wish I could just get this moving along.
9/21/06 I officially have insurance with Tufts Navigator Ocotber 1st. YAY!!! It seems they only require you to be over 40bmi to be approved. Hopefully I don't have an issue with approval, but I'll cross that bridge when i get to it. Called and made an appointment with Lisa Dutton (NP) for October 12th at 1:00.
10/12/06 Had my meeting with Lisa today. My mom wanted to come, I wanted her to also. So I get there fill out some paper work, my stomach was in a knot and has been the last week. Then the lady came out and asked who i chose for a surgeon. Man did my heart drop. It's becoming real. So I get weighed, they take a picture (Hate taking pictures) and Ifinally meet Lisa. She was great! She went over the booklet I had to fill out, answered some questions, had a few laughs. She told me i have to lose 14lbs, (no big deal I'm no stranger to diets) and quit smoking. Quitting smoking is going to be the hard part. Then set up a bunch of appointments:
Nutritional Evaluation 10/18
Psychological Evalutation 10/18
Lab testing, Chest X-ray, Upper GI, Abdominal ultrasound 10/27
EKG, Cardio echo, Appointment with cardiologist 11/6
Appointment with Dr. Jiser 11/17
NO sleep test for me =D.
All those on top of school and work, the stress is unreal
10/18/06 So i went to the group nutrition class. Jenny was the nutritionist. She was very nice and supportive. She went through al the diet stages, vitamins and all the fun stuff. After the meeting she had us all sign a sheet and said we would hear from her within a week, to set up a one on one meeting. So as soon as I got out of there I had to run to make my appointment with Marybeth Sherrin for my Psych evaluation. Well turned out there was double booking to see her. They offered me to just have my meeting with jenny the nutritionist instead. Sweet.. I'm ahead of schedule now. So things went well with Jenny she gave me a checklist of "rules" I need to start following. Things like journaling everything I eat, losing 15 lbs, starting my vitamins, not drinking 15 mins. before i eat etc. I have another appointment with her on Nov. 15th she said after that meeting if i have followed the rules, she will recommend me for surgery. She told me she felt I was smart, well informed, and a good candidate. Lovely!!! So they rescheduled my psych appt for 10/25. We'll see how it goes! =)
