Pre op appointments

Jul 29, 2015

Today I had three doctors appointments. I had a good weigh-in, losing about 6 pounds in three weeks. The first appointment was with the registered dietitian. This was a very good visit and I feel a lot better about the postoperative nutrition plan. She said I start the 12 weeks of classes on Tuesday. I'm very excited about this! They also did some metabolic testing and that tested how many calories I burn per day. It was pretty neat to see how they did the testing.  

I had about 40 minutes until my next appointment with the surgeon, so I went out and got some lunch. When I came back the surgeon weighed me in again and I had gained 3 pounds over lunch! Yikes! The appointment with the surgeon went fine, about as you would expect. I feel very confident in his abilities and I know that this team is going to help me a lot.

The final appointment of the day was my psychological evaluation. I was rather underwhelmed with this. We didn't talk for very long and then he had me take this very long personality test. It took about an hour and had about 300 questions. That was all he had me do. I don't think that this was a very good evaluation of my preparation for the surgery. But at least it's another appointment out-of-the-way. Having three doctors appointments on one day may have been a bit much, but it's the best way to avoid missing so much work. Overall it was a pretty good day. 

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