Orientation...check

Jul 22, 2013

First step complete, I went to orientation this morning.  I was there way too early but didn't want to be late and wasn't exactly sure where I was going.  All in all it was good.  Some good information was passed along, nurse talked about the actual procedure, nutritionist spoke about diet before and after and social worker spoke about the cost, being emotionally ready and support people.  I think it took longer to check everyone in then for those three to do their shpeal.  

The last part was a woman who had surgery 4 years ago who was there to tell us her story and was available for any questions.  

We were told the next step is to get a letter in the mail as to when our next appointments would be.  This could be 5-8 months from now.  Yikes.  On the other hand I see where they're coming from.  I work in a business that everyone wants an answer and approvals yesterday.  It's volume, and they can only do what they can do.  

It gives everyone a chance to work on bad habits too.  I've already started working on the caffeine, a week straight of headaches and the two pop tarts I had for supper tonight will probably be frowned upon by the zero body fat nutritionist.  However if they called me tomorrow with appointments I wouldn't be hanging up on them, that's for sure.

It is what it is, the ball is rolling and that's all that matters.  Keep your eye on the prize.  Hopefully one year from now I will be blogging about not having any regrets.  Every step is one in the right direction.

Off to a lacrosse game!

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