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So I get a call today from the doc's office saying that my blood work is back. They said that I am low in my B-12, D and D3. The doc is calling in a prescription for my Vitamin D. He said I am to take it once a week for 12 weeks. I am to go out and get B-12 and D3 vitamins and start taking them. They said they would call me in 2 months to schedule more blood work to see if my levels are back to normal. I hope that this doesnt hold me up from getting everything scheduled. **Fingers Crossed**

Then I get a call from the Sleep Study Lab saying they got a cancelation for tonight and that I can come in tonight if I wanted to move everything up....Well I do want to move it up but I have to have more notice than this. I have a child that I need to find a ride for from school if I go tonight. I had to decline but told them to please keep me in mind for any other cancelations.

I hope things go smoothly with the vitamin upgrade. I calculated the 12 weeks out and that would bring it out to the end of February. That would be my 5 TH month of supervised diets. I wish that I could move things along quicker but with the holidays coming up and me busy with preparing for the Holiday Basketball Tournament and making sure all the Plaques and trophies are done plus all the t-shirts....well this will be crazy till the new year.

Tomorrow night will be my 3 RD supervised diet. 3 down, 3 to go. I am hoping that by spring I will have the surgery and start using my new tool. Maybe riding on the back of the BF's motorcycle wont be so bad now. The tires wont go down quite as much and i also wont bend the back rest when we leave from stops signs anymore. YEA!!!!

Well I tried to post a blog from my home computer but the box to type in was all gray and i couldn't get my cursor in the box to type or see anything. Today I am doing this from my office and it is now working fine. There must be some settings on my home computer i need to change,,,UGH!

So yesterday I had 4 tests run. My arterial blood gas (ABG) test measures the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood to determine how well your lungs are working, my blood work, upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series, and my Spirometry which is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), measuring lung function, specifically the amount (volume) and/or speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled.

I spent most of the day there. I arrived at 8:30am. My appointment was for 9:00am. I went to the main desk sat there for 5 mins to be told to move to another out-patient scheduled testing desk. I sat there for another 15 mins. I was told to go back to the first area as I couldn't take my UGI before my blood work because it will counter act with each other...HUH? OK. So the nurse then says that I have to be down to get my UGI at 9am, and it was now 8:55. Needless to say I sat for another 20mins(9:15am) waiting for someone to start my blood work. I got that done and was taken back to get the UGI. I get there and wait til 10:05am. Now the fun begins.....first I was told I was late(no i wasn't late the nurses up front couldn't figure out where i was suppose to go), next I was told that I wasn't suppose to eat/drink after midnight(I was never told that by my doctors office who gave me the paperwork and there was no instructions included in the packet of papers, just to orders to do the testing and a check list for my self). UGH!!! So here I sit thinking I will have to take another day off work to do these tests again. Luckily I didn't eat much and I ate early enough that the person doing the testing said that it should be early enough that the bite of food I did have wouldn't matter. So that gets done. The barium isn't as nasty as I was expecting. Milk of Magnesia is worse in my opinion. Finally I got back to my starting point and get my spirometry test and my ABG testing done. The test that hurt the most is the ABG. They hit that soft spot on my wrist and it is still sore this morning.

So the lady doing my Spirometry test said that I did well so she doesn't think I will need to take a pulmonary test. Well there is a plus to the day.

So this month is the 3rd month of the required 6 months. When I met with my Doctor last month they took my height again. From the time I was in school until now i have shrunk. I have gone from 5'5" to 5'3". I dont know how that happened. But either way now I definitely fall into the higher BMI. I was going by my height of 5'5". Now I calculate it and it is now 42. Only 3 months to go. Slow and steady. Of course you get anxious cause you know with every test and every month that passes you are one step closer to starting a new life and getting a new tool to aid you in this new life. The only thing that can stop you would be you not getting approved for the test by your insurance company. I hope and pray that is not the case for me.

Well it is now time for lunch. Until next time America...LOL

Well I just got a call from the doctor's office. I now have my ABG, Bedside PFT, Blood work and UGI scheduled for Dec 4th @ 9am. I decided to take the day off because after drinking that nasty liquid and getting poked with all these needles, I don't think i will feel much like going back to work.  As I mentioned before, I have my Sleep study scheduled for Jan. 2nd @ 8:30pm til Jan. 3 @ 5am. The nurse said that she wont be able to schedule my Cardiology testing until after my sleep study. I have to call my Psychologist and ask him to fax to my doctor a letter of clearance. I would call him today but of all days for me NOT to bring my book of notes, it would be today, and I need the Doctors office fax number to send the letter to. I guess it can wait a day. It seems like things are moving forward nicely. I guess the test will come when they send in the papers to my insurance company to see if I have been approved. I guess everyone goes through this where everything is going smoothly and seems too good to be true and then a little kink happens to slow/stop the progress you worked so hard on. I just need to THINK POSITIVE!

Well...Let's see what has happened since the last update.  I had my first supervised diet at the end of October. I had my one-on-one the beginning of November. My Second supervised diet last week. Finally today i just had my meeting with my doctor. He wants me to have a whole list of things....Now i am just typing these off his list...LTR to PCP, Psych eval, Nutritional Eval, US GB, ABG's, Bedside PFT's, Lipid Profile..THose are just the standards that have to be done. He also requested Cardiac Eval, Pulmonary Eval, Thyroid Profile, UGI, Plus a Sleep Study. I just scheduled my sleep study for January 2, 2013. I already have a rough draft to my PCP, I just spoke with my Psychologist last week and he said that he believes that I am very well prepared and I know the risks and results and he would be happy to write a letter for me and just need to call and let the nurses know. My Nutritional Eval Is already completed. I am not sure what some of the other things that I will need to complete are with all these acronyms they have here. LOL. I have a heart murmur that he wants checked out. I have also been diagnosed with Exercise asthma. I have been exercising recently but it is limited as i do get winded. I was keeping a food diary but since my oldest son moved out of the house unexpectedly, I have been a bit stressed and forget to eat. Yes I know that would be a good thing but then my body gives me signs that it wasn't a good move to forget to eat. Of course i need to start to find other ways to deal with my stress, but this is a learning process. I am only on month 2 of the supervised diet plan. So I do have some time to learn new things.

I did ask my nutritionist about eating baby food instead of pureeing foods, she said that isn't a good idea. I did get the OK from the Doc that i can still take my Ibuprofen after the surgery as long as i take the antacid first. So big YEA! I have tried Tylenol for my carpal tunnel but that doesn't work at easing the pain. I have been researching this for so long that I have a lot of questions already answered from either my family who had WLS or from the forums here. Everyone has been such a big help in answering all the newbie questions.

Well I must go. I need to complete my day at work then start the "MOM's TAXI Service" for my youngest for his practice. I have some goals that i need to fix and be more diligent in working on. Till next time