I have an 'almost' date!...

Sep 18, 2012

They say patience is virtue, and I'll be the first to admit it's not one I posess. Where to start. Well technically all my pre op stuff is done. Technically but not quite. I went to the psych last week. I was a little nervous for that but it went awesome. The psychologist was fabulous and I felt so comfortable talking to him. I actually opened up to him, what I was afraid was too much but he was great about it. We talked about me continuing therapy after surgery which is something I think would be benificial to me although unfortunatly it wouldn't be with him but someone else in his team. So I do plan to continue with that. This is such a huge, scary life change and I figure any and all support I have would only help me. So that went great! Then we go to the pulmonary appointment, which I wasn't expecting anything eventful from. It was my LAST pre op appointment and I was so excited. Oh yea...of course theres a catch here lol. I was diagnosed with mild sleep apea a while ago, given a CPAP. Well the pulmonologist didn't think I had been using the CPAP for long enough to have surgery so she wouldn't clear me. She gave me an appointment to come back on October 12th before she cleared me. SERIOUSLY? I wanted to cry with frustration. 

So yesterday- the 18th was to be my final appointment with the surgeons office. When I thought I would get my surgery date. I was discouraged after the pulmonary issue so I wasn't expecting much out of this appointment. Well it actually turned out my vitimin D had been extremly low and they gave me a prescription for Vit D pills...but the PA was so awesome she actually scheduled my pre op appointment even though I didn't have pulmonary clearance yet. So My pre op- where they do all final pre op tests, go over things one more time- that's when I'll get my date- pending on Pulmonary clearance. So my pre op appointment is October 9th and Pulmonary is the same week- October 12th! I was SO happy it worked out this way!! She also told me I would DEFINITLY have surgery before October 24th, because for some reason they made me do my medical clearance appointment on July 24th and it experies in 3 months so she was like 'We HAVE to get you in surgery before the 24th because I don't want you to have to go and do that appointment over again!' She was AWESOME!

So....while I don't have an actual date YET I know it will be sometime between October 9th and October 24th lol. A bit of a window there I know. Most likley will be the week of October 15th. I'm super excited and greatful things worked out like this! Just praying pulmonary clears me this time! Fingers crossed!! So I SHOULD be having surgery exactly one month from now! I'm anxious to get my date and get GOING!

Oh and I have lost 12lbs since my initial visit with the surgeon in June. So I'm 367 down from 379. I doubt 379 was even my biggest- I'm sure it was in the 380's I was just in SO much denial. But fresh start now! I know I could have done more but I've slacked. I enjoyed some of my favorite meals that I won't be able to have again for a long time. I don't feel I over indulged because I still lost 12lbs- with out even being too strict. But I want to loose 10 more or so before surgery. Since a pre op diet isn't required, I'm going to do one of my own the week before. I figure protein shakes and lean protein for a week and maybe just shakes the last 3 days. Hopefully I can loose 10 more pounds with that- maybe more. I want to make sure my liver is nice and small lol I'm aiming to be inthe 350's the say of surgery so we'll see!

That's all for now. Can't wait for my date!!!

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