Surgery in a couple days

Oct 10, 2013

Well, I have finally finished all the hoops, I had my pre-op appt. yesterday. I have had plenty of blood drawn and looked out, and heart evaluated. Everything is good, my surgery date is the 15th. 

Everyone I have talked to keeps asking me if I am worried yet. Honestly I haven't been too worried, I have random small panic attacks and then I work through it pretty quickly. 

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First Visit

Aug 27, 2013

Well, I have had my first visit with my Dr., everything is looking good, getting approval from my insurance in slowing me down but luckily I do not have much to do for them to qualify me, but it looks like I am looking at Mid to late October for my surgery date provided nothing goes wrong. 

I have started the pre-surgery diet, to get my weight down somewhat, it is not the all liquid diet, but protein shakes for morning and noon and a light meal for dinner time. Also I had not been able to talk with my dietitian yet, waiting for my appointment, hopefully it will be soon. 

Also my weight is down 10 pounds since I have started the diet, which is good!

 

 

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Psych Eval

Jul 17, 2013

Well on the 16th I had my psyc eval, it would pretty quick and painless, I am sure that they see a lot of people and trying to weed out those with potential mental issues has to be a chore, I am glad I don't have to do it. So another hurdle down for getting me to my goal. 

 

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Doctor Referral

Jul 11, 2013

Well I got my doctors referral. I went in and talked to my doctor (Who is doing his residency current) on the 9th and he was not in favor of me doing the any weight loss surgery and wanted to put me on weight loss pills and a supervised diet, I agreed to try it and see how it goes and he went to talk with the the supervising doctor who told him that he does not support weight loss diet pills, so my doctor came back and explained why to me and said he would fill out the referral for me.

Also I have all my paperwork filled out and ready to go, and I have my psych eval scheduled foe next week. 

 

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Step 1 the seminar

Jul 02, 2013

Well, yesterday (July 1st)  I sat in on the required seminar to begin my weight loss surgery journey. I typically do a lot of searching on the internet and find out all the bad stuff before even going into something like this, and I did this time as well. 

At the seminar they went over each of the three types of surgeries that the center offers (RNY,Sleeve and LapBand). 

Honestly I went in with the thought of going the route of RNY but after the seminar and letting everything sink in I feel more comfortable going the route of the gastric sleeve. 

I am having some second thoughts about the whole thing, mainly at the idea of having most of my stomach cut out of me and stapling what is left back together. I am going to have to deal with those thoughts and get over this fear.

 
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Surgery
10/15/2013
Surgery Date
Apr 11, 2008
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