A June Update

Jun 29, 2010

Well, a month has gone by and in the interest of documenting my journey I thought I'd post a quick update. My lab work has been completed, I met with the psychiatrist and reviewed the results of my MMPI -- and am cleared for surgery on both of those fronts. I'm completing my last two required phone consults with my insurance provider and should have those done by mid-July. Around the same time, I will have a final meeting with the dietitian at the surgeon's clinic and will meet with the surgeon immediately afterwards. They'll submit for approval after that meeting. All of this is moving along swimmingly.

On the "other" front, the personal, emotional side, I think things are going well. Not perfectly, but well. I've pretty much given up diet coke. I quit buying it at my house and it is no longer the first thing I drink in the morning. I know people have said that they never stopped drinking it or started again after surgery, but I know that if I can give this up it will be better for me.

I'm trying to eat better, partly to develop the habits that I will need going forward and partly to lose the required 10 pounds before surgery. I had lost half of it by my last clinic appointment -- but I've had a number of "not so good" days and weekends since then. (I can't help it, there's something comforting about being curled up on a chair and eating a bowl of popcorn for dinner on a quiet weekend night.)

I'm trying to incorporate exercise, calisthenics, and conditioning into my life. I'm doing fair. I walked at lunch today with a colleague and came back hot and sweaty. And with a blister. I don't want to invest in a piece of equipment if I'd never use it, but the thought of watching 30 minutes of TV while I bike or use a treadmill seems "reasonable" to me.

So, I am going to continue what I'm doing, try my best, and complete the things I need to so that when the end of August arrives, I am as prepared as I can be. By this time next month, I could be approved...

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