Tammy S.

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The last time I posted I said I have a date...Well, it looks like things are changing for me. I am having to postpone my surgery. The people that we rent from have decided to sell the house we are living in....and the place we are moving to isn't ready yet. Looks like it will be another month before I get to have my surgery. Only time will tell. Wish me luck as I am really praying that this set back isn't any longer....

I cannot believe this is actually happening! I have a date...My surgery is scheduled for May 28th. I go in for my pre-op testing on the 22nd and have my surgery on the 28th of this month!!! I can't believe it!!! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. So, now it's, I have to get moved before the 15th of the month, then one week later I go in for my pre-op and then less than a week later I go back in for my surgery!! WOW is this next 2 weeks going to be busy!! Jumping for joy here!! Can't wait can't wait can't wait!!!

Well I think the title says it all!! I have finally gotten approval on my surgery! I am so excited and can't hardly wait!! But at the same time, NOW I am nervous and maybe a little scared!! It just hit me when I found out that I was approved, that this is surgery!! The downright bloody, cut-me-open, look inside my skin, surgery!! OMG!!! Well, I'm not really scared of the surgery its self, but the aftermath. I have had one surgery on my tummy and that was a very very small incision on my belly button. The scar is only about an inch and a half long. I remember waking up from that surgery and all the pain...I swore I would never do that again....So, now I guess I just prepare myself for it as I know it is coming...and keep my fingers crossed that the pain isn't as bad as the last time. Well, just wanted to put some kind of record on here to keep my profile up to date. At least I am finally making some progress!! WOOOOOT

Well I got a call from the psych office saying that they are mailing my psych report to my surgeon to be sent in for insurance approval. WOOOOHOOOOO!!! Another step in my journey is done...now the waiting game. lol They said it shouldn't take long once the report is submitted for approval...usually about a week or 2...then I get a call letting me know my surgery date!! I can't believe this is really happening!! It's very surreal and exciting!! Keeping my fingers crossed...

Well, I got word today that they moved my psych eval up a week!! Very very excited...I am one step closer to having my surgery. I'm thinking now though that it may be February before the surgery actually happens...but, that is ok...as long as I don't have to wait 6 months...I am so ready to have this done and the more time that goes by the more excited I get about the possibility!!
Well enough for now...let's just see what happens next...ciao!

11/27/2008
Well, this is where my journey begins. My name is Tammy and I am the mother of 3 beautiful kids and the step-mom of 2 more beautiful kids. I have been struggling with obesity since I was 23. After I had my 3rd child, I lost all of my weight and then we moved to New Mexico. I was very depressed because I didn't know anyone and my ex didn't want me to work. So, I ate and I gained weight. I tried dieting on many many occasions without any success. I have been on every diet you can possibly think of from Atkins to the Dolly Parton cabbage soup diet. I've taken the awful phen-fen and herbal life...to no avail. Oh sure, I would lose about 15 - 35 pounds, but it would stop after only a short amount of time and I would gain it all back and then another 15 - 35 pounds to go with what I had lost already...eventually I gave up...my metabolism slowed down and I gained even more...seems the more I gained the more I would eat because of the sinking depression. I have been looking into wls for about 6 years now...done all the research I could and asked a lot of questions. My ex-husband didn't want me to have it done, so I didn't...I wish he had known how miserable I have been. But, I divorced him and met the most wonderful man in the world. He is very supportive of me and says that it is my call on what I want to do. He does want me to get it because of all my health problems but the thing about it is...he loves me the way that I am, and I guess that was the point when I decided it's time to do something. So, here I am now...All I have left to do is get my psych eval and insurance approval and my surgery will be done in January. I have never been more excited about anything in my life.
Well, that's about all from me for now...if you want to share your journey with me, please feel free to add me as a friend.
Tammy