margarita_mrs
First appointments in March 2013, was doing great on my own, freaked out about being a failure and choosing surgery. Second round of first appointments September 2014, same damn knee jerk reaction!!!! I was ready to bail. Again! I wanted to know where the knee jerk reaction was coming from so I sat with it. And it came from my fear of actually changing my life and succeeding! It would be a permanent change to my 41 year relationship with food. Something that has been constant. There. I also had to work through my feelings of feeling like a failure for not doing it on my own. But honestly, I have DIETED my way up to 295 pounds and I don't see things changing. Then I had this thought......when I was pregnant and working on my birth plan, I decided that if I needed an epidural or meds or whatever, I was going to do what I needed to do, because there was no award for doing it the "right" way. The end goal is a safely delivered healthy baby. I then decided that there is no award for losing weight the "right" way either. And if it takes surgery for me to be successful, then so be it. And with that thought, I made my peace with my decision to go ahead with it. Waiting for my second round of appointments on November 18th and I cannot wait. Envisioning myself in a year or two in a normal sized body blows my mind and I am committed. 2013 First nurse, SW and nutritionist appointment.
April 2013 Changed my mind about WLS. Gained back the 40 pounds I lost and then some.
June 2014 Asked for a re-referral from my family physician.
August 28, 2014 Orientation
September 18, 2014 First nurse, SW and nutritionist appointments.
September 26, 2014 Sleep Clinic appointment
November 4, 2014 Sleep study feedback with Doctor. No apnea.
November 18, 2014 Second round of appointments. Approved by nurse, SW and nutritionist pending receipt of my sleep study results. Hoping to hear about my post-op class soon!
December 28, 2014 Guelph has my sleep study results and awaiting post op class scheduling.
February 9, 2015 Post-op surgery nutrition class
March 23, 2015 Meet with Dr. Foute-Nelong
May 29, 2015 Surgery!!
