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PATs and liquid diet - It's been a long time since I wrote. Ever since I found out my surgery date I've just been waiting for the next thing and using my CPAP. I had my preadmission tests (PATs) last Wed...

I have a date! - On Tuesday, the day after my birthday, I got a call from Barix to schedule my surgery! I will have my RNY on December 1! I go in for my pre admission testing on November 17. I will...

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Cpap machine - Last Friday I went back into the sleep center to get fitted for the cpap. It went much better than I expected. I think part of it was because I knew what to expect a little from my...

Got approved! - I haven't written here for awhile, because, to be honest I was a little down in the dumps. I found out a week after my sleep study that I had mild sleep apnea. I was devastated. Th...

Sleep study & tough times - I'm sorry I didn't write sooner about the sleep study. I was utterly exhausted after the sleep study and I'm still catching up. Life is getting in the way of things. On Monday we f...

Psych eval last night, sleep study tonight - Last night I had my psychological evaluation. It went very well and it wasn't bad as I thought it was going to be. I thought she was going to ask me a lot of hard to answer questio...

PCP appointment - Today I have my pcp (primary care physician) appointment. It went very well! He gave me the go ahead and they did an ekg. The ekg took only a minute where I thought it would take a...

I hit my first snag - Today I started calling psychologists to schedule my psych eval for the surgery. I finally got a hold of someone other than voicemail and she said that most insurances won't cover ...

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Consultation & appts - Yesterday my husband and I went in for our consultations. It was with a group of people, which was nice because we got to see other people in the same boat as us. The surgeon was v...

Getting ready for the consultation - In a few hours I will be at the group consultation. I am so excited and nervous! Last night my husband and I filled out all of our forms. I couldn't believe all the diets I had...

Tomorrow is the first step - Tomorrow my husband and I will be going to our consultation at Barix Clinics in Langhorne, PA. We will be doing a group consultation with a private appointment afterwards with the ...