A Surgery Date!

Apr 19, 2010

I saw Dr. Nelson yesterday in Moore.  My friend Connie went with me.  With her to talk to along the way, the two hour drive seemed to fly by.  When we got to Moore, ahead of schedule I might add, I had a few butterflies in my stomach.  More excitement than nervousness though.  Then my GPS took me to a residential area and said "arriving at destination at a small gray house!  I was thinking, "Okie dokey, if Dr. Nelson works out of her home, I may need to revisit my decision to use her!" lol
So I programmed my GPS again.  I start driving, and several minutes later, I end up at the same house!  Long story short, my GPS was just wiggin' out or something, because I called the office and they guided me in. I arrived 15 minutes after my appointment time, and was mortified to do so, but they were great about it.

Dr. Nelson's office was beautiful, her staff was great, and I really liked her.  She listened attentively to all my questions and answered everyone of them.  After my appointment with her, I was taken to see my case worker, who made me my three dietician appointments, one appointment with the psych doc, one with a physical therapist, one for my surgical consult, and my pre=op appointment.  Then I got my surgery date of July 6th.

Medicare requires a 20 lb weight loss before surgery, so I have three months to do that, which should be plenty of time.  I"m starting to feel like its beoming very real now.  The thought that I have a chance to finally get this weight off and keep it off is joyous, yet a little overwhelming too.  I'm about to get a "do over" in a way.  I've wanted to lose weight for so long, yet always became so discouraged at how slow it came off and my inability to keep it off.  What a gift I'm going to receive!  Three months seems like its so far away, and yet I know time will fly by.  It always does!

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