AngieC

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I am having my first consultation with Dr. Fernamdez on Feb 23rd at 3:15. I am so excited to think that my dream may be actually becoming a reality. I am so tired of being tired, so tired of my joints aching and my back hurting. I have been having a terrible time with my back for the past couple of days and to think that I may be able to have this surgery and lose some of this weight .....maybe it will help my back.....I sure hope so. Can wait till the 23rd....will update after my appointment.

I am having such a hard time trying to get my husband to understand why I want to have this surgery. He has never had to deal with a weight problem. He is 6"1' and weighs only 150 lbs. I am 5"4' and weigh 240, to him I am okay the way I am. When we were married I had to have a size 24 wedding dress, so I was big when he married me and he hasn't seen how I was when I was smaller. My children are the ones that are suffering from my obesity and he does to, he just doesn't realize it. I want to be able to run in the yard with my children, however due to medical problems, I am unable to run with them or play even the simplest things. I am always telling them to lay on the bed with me and watch a movie, or to grab a book and let me read to them. I really do not want them to be overweight, but I keep them indoors to play instead of letting them get out and run and play because I simply cannot keep up with them. 

I have a 17 year old that is learning disabled and I worry about him so. He isn't overweight, but because of his disability, no one will give him a chance. The boys will talk to him, but they never invite him to go places with them and the girls are the same and I hate to see the day that he would ask one of them to go out with him. He will have his little heart broken. I just cling to the hope that there is someone out there for everyone.....God will send someone to him in time. He likes this girl that we go to church with, but she doesn't like him and is only nice to him so as not to hurt his feelings. I am so afraid that he will get his heart broken when he realizes this. I know that I can't protect him forever, but I just wish that other people wouldn't treat disabled people any differently than they do other people. They have so much to offer someone and sometimes it is more than what a normal person would have to offer.

Sorry for ranting, but this has been on my mind for several days and I just had to get it off my chest.

I attended the PAVE class the my surgeon requires that you have before you have surgery. The PAVE class was very informative, they told us about the different  types of surgery that they perform and the benefits and the risks of the surgery. They are still reviewing my records, and I am still waiting on them to tell me what I need to do next. I so hope that I will get approved for this surgery. I am so tired of not feeling good, of not having any energy and of not being able to play with my children because of being tired and out of breath. I will be glad to have an answer. Well, until next time.

I can't believe it, but Susan with Dr. Butler's office just called me to tell me that they were having a PAVE class that I needed to come to on the 8th of January. I am really getting excited about all of this. However, she did tell me that it would be the middle of January before she knew anything about my having surgery. I am looking at this as being one step closer to being approved.......

I can't believe it, they called me today and told me that they have received my records and that they  will begin looking through them. They just called to let me know that they have received them. 

I have finally received the records from my PCP, the doctor who performed my gallbladder surgery and my last PCP. I still have not received the records from my OB GYN doctor, but I figure they can get started with those. So I guess I am just waiting again.

I have been trying to collect medical records from various doctors office. I will be picking up two of my records on Friday. One of the places that I sent a request for my records to called me and ask if I was wanting my records because I was wanting to have WLS. I told them yes and the receptionist told me that the doctor did not recommend this surgery. I started to tell her to tell the doctor that some doctors do not recommend chiropractors either, however, I was nice and told her if there were anything that she may have written down that I could use, I would appreciate it. I still have not received anything from her office. I'm not sure that this would even benefit my case anyway so I am not worry about those records. After I pick up the two that I have, I will be sending them to my surgeons office. Then I will be playing the waiting game again.