Andria A.
Blah...Happy but really sad :) :(
Apr 14, 2010
Ok so after I contacted Kaiser and requested a different surgeon, my original surgeon's nurse called me and was asking why I hadn't followed up and what was wrong, and all this crap... I told her that I was frustrated and tired of jumping through all these damn extra hoops on top of what my insurance company wants.... long story short she set me up with an appointment to see the actual surgeon for surgery clearance, NOT the damn NUT that had been constantly telling me that I had to lose the 13lbs that I gained PLUS 10-15lbs more. I told her that I had already lost the first 9 of the 13 and she said that is fine and scheduled me in for an appointment with the doc. So I went in to see the surgeon on 4/7 and got clearance from the him for my sleeve. The papers were submitted that day for the auth for surgery time and a date... so now all I am doing is waiting for a date.
Normally this would be super exciting, but its bittersweet because my godmother, Mrs.Ann, who has been sick for a while took a drastic turn for the worst and while she was having a procedure done to correct a racing heart rate, she apparently picked up an infection and became septic within a few hours.
She slipped into a coma and they placed her on a feeding tube and ventilator, they also tried to put her on dialysis to clean her blood of the infection and reduce the workload on her kidneys. Dialysis failed numerous times and she passed away on Monday, April 12,2010 at 11:20am.
She was the most important and influential person in my life besides my children and I am torn to pieces about her death. I just cant believe I lost her, as she was like a mother to me, helped raise me my entire life, since birth. I have talked to her everyday of my life for 8 years, and now she is gone. I am happy that she is no longer sick and is in heaven with my grandmother, but I love her so much and the selfish human part of me wants her back so bad. I need her!
I am hurting so bad right now, but I will find the strength to pay it forward with everything she taught me. She was always the voice of reason and intense encouragement through the absolute hardest times in my life, all while battling her own illness. She was an angel on earth to me and I feel so lost without her. I will be sad for a while, but I have no choice but to press on and live in a way that would've made her and my grandma proud. Please pray for me OH fam. Pray for my comfort and strength to keep moving forward. She lives within me and I will do everything in my power to make sure it shows. Thanks for lending a quick ear fam.
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Baltimore, MD
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26.1
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Surgery
06/15/2010
Surgery Date
Sep 23, 2009
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