This is not good!

Nov 30, 2009

Well, I spoke with the secretary at the new DS Doctor's office.

She said that the list of waiters is growing fast.  They have stopped any new consults until further notice.  Since the Doctor is doing lap-bands and RNY, he is now helping the other Doctor in the province to catch up on his referrals.

He only has enough OR time to do 2 lap-bands per week so it's going very slowly.  He is trying to get more OR time but nothing has been approved yet.

Right now, there is not much hope of any DS surgeries being performed in the next year, and even that will be hopeful.

To top that off, we now have a large unexpected expense to add to our monthly bills so any thoughts I had of self-paying for the DS have gone out the window.

They say that it's easiest to do these surgeries when you don't have any co-morbidies (sp?) and under 40.  By the time I have it, if I'm ever able to, these options will have gone down the drain.

Some days, it's just easier to wish you wouldn't wake up.  I hate that my kids are getting to know a fat mom, that she can't play with them outside, on the floor or even go for a walk.  My family is getting on my back about my weight as if a diet is truly going to fix things.  My mother had a band but I don't think she truly "gets it"....

If I had the cash to get this done, I'd be on a flight tomorrow.  Right now, I feel like giving up, accepting my fate as being fat for the next 5 years since I'll probably be dead by then.  *sigh*

Hopefully I'll feel better in a few days!

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