Back from Henry Ford Hospital

Nov 05, 2009

  November 4 at 10:05pm

   My trip went very good except the time mix-up. I had mistakenly told Bill that the first consultation with the Nurse coordinator was at 9:45am but was really at 3:45pm... So we tried to nap in the Escape while parked in the Athletic Center's parking lot. Major oops considering we had to get up at 4am to be there on "time" ..lol Anyway, after the surgery consultation with the Nurse coordinator, Wanda Symanski we had a Nutritional consultation for an 1.5 hrs. So we got out of there at 9:45 pm and then went over to the Henry Ford Apartments and ordered some supper and went to bed.
   Then early today we had to get up at 7:30 after a very fitful sleep on the queen bed...definitely not my King bed, and had to walk over to the main hospital to meet my surgeon, Dr Carlin who has done more than 1000 laproscopic surgeries. He was very very nice and informative and looks exactly like his picture...now that's amazing. He also said that I actually have a perfect stomach for the surgery....he says that most people he encounters have skinny legs and a much bigger firmer stomach...and then he said he was quite pleased.
   After that I had to meet with Wanda again and get my future appointment days for December and January. Later at 2:45 pm I had to go back to building #1 which is a big gym and had a consultation with a Physical Fitness Expert.......after a couple hours there we finally got to drive home.
   Finally step one is complete....and my weight was 9 lbs over my OHIP weight...344 lbs and Dr Carlin also wants mw to lose 15 lbs for my surgery and Wanda said that if you lose more that they will NOT cancel the surgery because they know that we've dieted and been able to lose weight numerous times and keep it off for a very short time. The whole staff at HFH were so kind and curteous that they made all the experiences so enjoyable, not to to mention the hospital was extemely nice looking too.
   My next appointments are 2 on Dec 11/09 and then 2 more on Jan 15/10.....and then after that it's my final weigh-in and admissions to surgery.

 

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