GreySea04
Moving Right Along
Dec 02, 2008
Surgery is now scheduled for Dec 15. I'm excited and a little nervous all at the same time. I'm getting a little inpatient, at least that's what I've been told by family, I'm having to reign it in a little. I'm concerned now how things will go after surgery since apparently my emotions will be all over the place.
Surgery Date
Nov 03, 2008
So on Thursday the surgeon's office called and gave me a date of November 24th. That's just a little over 3 weeks away! I am shocked, it seems a little too soon for me. I called the office today to see if I could have it bumped to the next week, allowing me to better juggle my time off. It is my goal to take the month of December off so that I'll have plenty of time to recoup before returning to work.
As I've told more people, I'm amazed by how much everyone is supporting me. Scarily enough, I've also noted how people are making remarks about my weight all around me. A few months ago as I was walking past a mom and her grown daughter, complete strangers mind you, the mom says, "she should get lap band". In front of me, like I wasn't even there. That is something I'll never forget. Today, a lady I work with in a different department stopped me and asked if I was going to the weight loss bizarre my workplace was holding. I stopped and looked at her funny, I've never discussed losing weight with her, and to make it worse she's tiny!
I'm definitely looking forward to not having to battle this daily.
As I've told more people, I'm amazed by how much everyone is supporting me. Scarily enough, I've also noted how people are making remarks about my weight all around me. A few months ago as I was walking past a mom and her grown daughter, complete strangers mind you, the mom says, "she should get lap band". In front of me, like I wasn't even there. That is something I'll never forget. Today, a lady I work with in a different department stopped me and asked if I was going to the weight loss bizarre my workplace was holding. I stopped and looked at her funny, I've never discussed losing weight with her, and to make it worse she's tiny!
I'm definitely looking forward to not having to battle this daily.
Beginning the Journey
Oct 22, 2008
On October 2nd I went to the Bariatric Surgery seminar at Memorial Hermann Hospital. This was the official beginning I suppose. Prior to that I was devouring these very boards to decide which surgery would be right for me. I finally decided on DS.
The very next day I called the surgeons office to get an appointment. I had my surgeons consult, psych eval and met the nutritionist all on the same day. Oh! And they were able to squeeze in my lab work that same day as well. The entire day went quickly and I have to say their office was very efficient and friendly. I especially found the nutritionist encouraging.
My next step was to be cleard by the cardiologist and to have an endoscope done. I met with the cardiologist today and will need to have more testing done -an ultrasound, and a stress test due to my moms health history (she has athlerosclorosis). I'm a little down that I will need to have this testing, but it will all be completed before my endoscope on Nov. 13.
Luckily I found out that my company does not make me wait 6 months before the surgery is done! And my boss has been incredibly supportive of my decision.
My backstory...
About a year ago I was looking with my dear boyfriend to find a nice dress to sing in his nephews wedding, I had to try on the largest size dresses in the plus size store. I quickly realized if I got any bigger, I would be limited to shopping out of catalogs -it scared me to death. I began considering having Lap Band done, and called a local clinic that dealt in that, and was told that I would need to wait 6 months and start documenting my weight and so on. I found this incredibly discouraging and stopped looking into that.
Boy am I glad I did! After much research, I belive that I would not have been successful long term with that surgery and am so glad I put it off until I found this website and the Doudenal Switch.
A couple of months ago, the subject came up again after realizing that I was feeling "old". My knees hurt, I didn't have any energy, and knew I was waiting for diabetes, heart disease and other ailments to come knocking at my door. This is when I went to the WL seminar.
The very next day I called the surgeons office to get an appointment. I had my surgeons consult, psych eval and met the nutritionist all on the same day. Oh! And they were able to squeeze in my lab work that same day as well. The entire day went quickly and I have to say their office was very efficient and friendly. I especially found the nutritionist encouraging.
My next step was to be cleard by the cardiologist and to have an endoscope done. I met with the cardiologist today and will need to have more testing done -an ultrasound, and a stress test due to my moms health history (she has athlerosclorosis). I'm a little down that I will need to have this testing, but it will all be completed before my endoscope on Nov. 13.
Luckily I found out that my company does not make me wait 6 months before the surgery is done! And my boss has been incredibly supportive of my decision.
My backstory...
About a year ago I was looking with my dear boyfriend to find a nice dress to sing in his nephews wedding, I had to try on the largest size dresses in the plus size store. I quickly realized if I got any bigger, I would be limited to shopping out of catalogs -it scared me to death. I began considering having Lap Band done, and called a local clinic that dealt in that, and was told that I would need to wait 6 months and start documenting my weight and so on. I found this incredibly discouraging and stopped looking into that.
Boy am I glad I did! After much research, I belive that I would not have been successful long term with that surgery and am so glad I put it off until I found this website and the Doudenal Switch.
A couple of months ago, the subject came up again after realizing that I was feeling "old". My knees hurt, I didn't have any energy, and knew I was waiting for diabetes, heart disease and other ailments to come knocking at my door. This is when I went to the WL seminar.
