lionladypa wrote a blog post 12 years, 10 months ago
2 month anniversary -  Tomorrow will be two months since my surgery and I've lost over 30 pounds.  Wish it was more but with the arthritis, I can't do much walking or exercise.  Hope it will get getter.

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years ago
Getting close to surgery - I can't believe that my surgery is less than two weeks away.  I'm going to Boston tomorrow and will be bringing back my daughter with me so she can help me in recovery.  I've been ...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 7 months ago
Another friend does WLS - Just learned that another of my friends has had WLS.  Don't know if it was Lap Band or RNY, but I think it's the latter.  It will be good to have someone a few months ahead of me t...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 7 months ago
Revision of revised decision - I've gone back to thinking the RNY would be right for me.  Looking into the lap band made me feel like I was "settling for" something that wasn't quite what I wanted.  So I've done...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 8 months ago
Revised decision - I've been reading the book assigned to us in the Bariatric Program and I think I want to do the lap band instead of the RNY.  I'd really prefer the duodenal switch, but they don't ...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
I'm being good - I'm sticking to my diet and that along with the new Rx Dr. Lofton gave me for my BP has already yielded results.  I noticed this morning that my feet looked "skinnier" and I could ...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Getting excited - My appointment for my first consult is day after tomorrow and I'm excited and nervous and yet I'm still having trouble believing that this is going to happen.  There has to be some...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
I've reached my first goal - When I first decided to do this, I set my first goal as getting an appointment with the Bariatric clinic.  Well, I just accomplished that!  I got a call this morning to make the ap...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Roadblock - I talked to the Geisinger Bariatric Surgery Dept. today.  I got the impression that my insurance, First Priority Life, isn't great at covering obesity visits.  Since I will be havi...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
My first step - I saw my PCP today and she is doing the referral to the bariatric department at the Geisinger Hospital.  Now I can get started with them and get the ball rolling, as they say.  I'm...

lionladypa wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
After long consideration... - I can't believe that I've taken two years to think about WLS.  But according to when I first signed up for OH, it's been that long.  I talked to a friend who had lap band surgery a...
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