jessica B.

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Last night i had my last randevous with food. A couple friends and family went out to eat with me at the local chilis. Had a great time, good food, fun conversation. I really am greatful for the people i have in my life that do support me.

9:22 am, i am up and ready to get to my first protein drink. I am doing Natures Best Isopure Fruit drinks, Blue Raspberry, it has 40 grams of protein in 20 oz, it tastes a bit like foul cool aid. I had my huband freeze some yesterday, so that when i got up i could make and icee. Yea, not so great of a choice. Dont get me wrong, its tolerable, but i want to be able to drink it and get it over with, not linger on for 10-15 minutes. My goal from now on i guess is 5oz every hour, then ill be good to go.

My pre-op diet consists of the protein liquid of course, and i was given a handful of veggies i could have 2 cups of. Problem is, i didnt care for much of the veggies, so my next 10 days, i will be existing on sauted mushrooms, protein juice, and jello. Lets get it started.

I getting ready to do my stats. When i was at the docs on tuesday they weighed me and it was 261, my scale says 256.4. so because i will be using my scale alot more then the doctors scale, i will go with my for accuracy in records.

Height: 61 inches
Weight: 256.4
Waist: 48 inches
Breast: 46 inches
Neck:  17 inches
Upper Arms: 17.5
Lower Arms:  12.5
Wrist:  7.25
Butt:  52
Thigh:  29.25
Calf:  18
Ankle:  10.75

Pant size: 20-22
Shirt size: 3x

So here we go, ill post more later.

So as i said in my last post, i have officially been approved for my surgery and am scheduled for August 11th. Well yesterday my surgeons office called and said that they are no longer contracted with my insurance company, and i have no coverage for surgery so we will have to cancel it. I FREAKED OUT!!! are you kidding me, i came this far to be told i wasted my time. So i called everyone and there brother and finally ended up back talking to my insurance company and they inform me that my surgeons office was wrong and i have already been approved so by law, they have to cover my surgery for up to 90 days. Of course by the time i got off the phone with the surgeons office was closed so i had to wait 18+ hours to tell them what i found out.  Finally this morning i got the surgeons office and the medical biller was less then happy that i took matters into my own hands and got answers from my insurance co. She couldnt beleive it and refused to accept that it would be covered. So i might have lost my cool with her and told her to do her job, call my ins co and and freaking ask them if it will be covered. Needless to say she called me back in 15 minutes and said i was right and it will be covered being that i was already approved. IMAGINE THAT. So i guess its a good thing that she will not be in the operating room otherwise i might not make it out alive. lol.

so on to the next topic....10 day DIET!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I was freaking out the past couple days about this damn diet. IT seems that every surgeon is different and allow different things. So i had myself convinced that i was not going to be able to handle and i would screw it up. Well today i went for my instructions visit and i am now confident that i will survive. I can have a long list of veggies (2 cups a day) but mushrooms are on that list so i am excited because i love mushrooms.  I start the 10 day diet on saturday the 31st. I am going out for my "last supper" on friday night, a small group on supporters will be joining me and i am looking forward to that.

The nurse today said she thinks that i will be able to get down to at least 140 if not less, that would be so amazing, i would be able to do things with my kids and hisband again. there are no words that can explain how thankful i am that i have been given this opportunity.

until next time.

Wow, so i am getting more and more anxious and nervous as the days go by. My husband is the type of person who doesnt like to get involved in my doings. He is supportive of my surgery, but he is not very interested in all the ins and outs of whats going to happen. I wish he took a bit more initiative to learn more. This is not just going to be a life changing experience for me. The whole family is going to be changing its habits.

Then i have the people at work. I have 2 really good friends at work and they continue to be very supportive of everything. They consistantly tell me how they will do everything possible to keep me motivated. But then there are some other people who are just jerks. The one lady i work with is very rude, and nosey. Everytime i eat something now she scrutinizes it," Are you suppose to be eating that?  You know you wont be able to eat that afterwards." Sometimes i just want to tell her to shut up, She had the nerve to tell a coworker (one of my really good friends) that she doesnt think im going to be able to make this work for me. She actually thinks that i have not made any changes since i started this process. She must not know how many times i use to eat out in a week or how much other crap i consumed that i have cut out. But whatever, she is the typical hater so i cant wait til she goes on layoff because when she comes back in the spring i will be 75-100 lbs less.(hopefully)

Tonite i was at the grocery store and a family member ran into me and actually touched my stomach and said aww so ur having another one. i politely said no, i am just fat. lol. the thing is, she is about 100 lbs heavier then me, so she had a lot of nerve. I tell you what no matter how many times i hear it, it still stings when someone mistakes me for being preggo.

I talked to the bariatric nurse today, we are going to meet next tuesday so she can give me all the ins and outs of the 10 day pre-op diet, which i originally thought it started on the 1st, but i was informed it will begin on the 31st, which is next saturday, 11 days away. i am so glad i work all day that day so maybe i can keep busy and not think about eating. that is the biggest worry, is making it through the 10 days.

well i guess thats all for now, so until next time.

I got the call today, my surgery has been approved and i get it done august 11th. i start my 10 day protien diet on the 1st. it is so close i am so excited!!!

So i had my stress test on friday and passed, so i am now clear from the cardiologist. I go to my last weight loss class tomarrow and then they can submit it to my insurance. I am keeping my finger crossed for a quick turn around time.

The pulmonologist called today and said i passed  my sleep study and he is clearing me for surgery. So i just need the cardiologist yet. woo hoo

So i am still keeping my kingers crossed for an august surgery, however, there could be a set back or 2. I went to my cardiology consult last thursday and i passed my exam, but my dic said my ekg came back abnormal. He said that he would guess it is due to me being a woman and having a low lying heart. It happens alot he said, but just to be safe he wants me to do a stress test to make sure that there is nothing wrong. So my stress test is july 2. It is still before my last class so providing the results are normal, it shouldnt affect anything. Then today i went to my pulmonology consult and the doc says due to my excessive sleepiness i should have a sleep study done. I tried to tell him that i have a 2yr old that gets up 4-5x a nite and that is why i am so tired. He gave me 2 choices, i could go directly to a overnite sleep study and possibly be scheduled out about 3-4 weeks, or i could do the over nite study at home and have my results in 2 days. If i fail the overnite at home one, i will then have to schedule the other one. I told him i would like to take the chance of just doing the at home one. I have never had any issues and last year i had 4 surgerys and no one ever mentioned that i had sleep apnea. So tonite i am going to put the sticky device on my finger and hope that all is well. So i am desperatly hoping that everything turns out ok. It was reassuring to see that 2 girls at the doctors today had the surgery, 1 is 7 yrs out and lost 95 lbs , the other is 1.5 years out and lost about 150lbs. Both looked amazing. I am getting so anxious.

So originally my last consult, the psych eval, was scheduled all the way out to the end of august. My pulmonary visit late july. This would have made it like november decmeber for a surgery date. I kept calling the psych place everyday and got my appt for june 8, (2.5 months early) and i got my pulmonary visit moved up to june 22. So now as is stands my last consult will be june 22, and my last weight loss meeting will be july 6th. So then they can submit to my insurance and my insurance averages 2 weeks for approval. So my doc said they thing providing nothing comes up, they think i will be in surgery in Auguest. OMG i am soooooooo excited!!!! i cant wait to change my life!

So i have been continuing my weight loss classes, and finally met with my surgeon. Got all of my consults. I am so excited. I go to my physical therapist this tuesday, go get my chest x ray and ekg on wednesday, next month i go to see the dietician and the cardiologist, july the pulmonolist, and august the psychiatrist. Once all my consults are done they will submit it to my insurance. So i am anxiously counting down the days.

So today i went to my pcp and was expecting for him to tell me that he still thinks i can loose weight in my own and i dont need the surgery and give it more time. But i got there weighed in and was surprised to see that i have lost a total of 6lbs since my visit 3 weeks ago. He told me that he was impressed that i took some of his advice and have made progress. He also said that while he thinks i should give it some more time and thought, that he would give me my referrals and that he would like to see me like every other month so he can be apart of this journey. I was so ecstatic. I thought it was going to be a hassle today, but it went great. So on to the next obstacle......