Julie081

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Hey everyone,

I have made it!!!

I am now an official member of the losers bench part 2 of this wonderful journey begins.

I am out of the hospital and resting at our hotel in Utica

Man I never thought I could have so little patience.  With only 30 days to go before surgery I often wonder wether I am coming or going places.

Most pre op testing is done,

got cleared by the cardiologist on Friday

visit to the gp on thursday and then bloodwork and then all done til we get down to the states.

I'm still struggling a little with the eating things but I think the worst part is my OCD(I pull my hair out when I'm stressed, not that fun:(!) It seems to get in waves of being okay and then others of being really bad but I try hard to only focus on the tasks at hand.

Got back from Utica on Tuesday along with Val and Simone (who were also going for consults) and our 3 supporters.  Went to consult and got information.  Really happy to have only gained 1.5 pounds in the last year.  Still need to lose about 20 before surgery.

I GOT MY DATE

December 4th 2008

Watching the clock tick by.....

Finally one more week before the consult with Dr. Graber.  I can't wait to get more information about the next steps in this process

Yee Hah I finally got approved by OHIP

I want to scream so much, the other day after coming home from my PCP I realized that no wonder my form hadn't gotten anywhere, people really need to learn to read. first it came to my attention that my health card # wasn't filled in and then I noticed that they had faxed my insurance info into the surgeons office instead of to the health insurance.  It was clearly stated where it had to be sent on the cover letter. Man am I mad. This whole process could have been started sooner.

Who am I?  That's a great question that I often ask myself.

I am a 26 years old woman from Ottawa Ontario.  I have been overweight for more then half my life.  My tailspin into obesity started when I was around 9 or 10 food became a best friend when I was having troubles. At 10 and a half I had open heart surgery, thus started a spin into the land of misguided control and comfort with food. 

It was always nice to know food was just going to comfort me and fill in the pain and void I felt.  That was then, today 16 years later I've been in an uncontrolable tail spin that leads me to who I am today a 400 pound sad and miserable adult that can't wait to have control of her life again and make her life her own instead of being dependant on food to fill the empty voids.

More about me later.....