mintonbug
Excited!
Sep 06, 2007
I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and stop waiting as if I didn't have any control. I called the surgeon's office and confirmed everything I thought should be in my chart. They have the results from my ABG, chest X-ray, EKG and Labs I did on 8/16/07. They also have my 5 year weight history and my 5 year diet history.
I called the Nutritionist and made myself an appointment for 9/17/07 at 3:00 pm.
Then I called the Psychologist and made an appointment for 10/11/07 at 2:30 pm. Both appointments were the earliest available.
On 9/24/07 at 8:30 am I have my Upper GI series and Ultrasound followed by my Pulmonary Evaluation at 12:45 pm.
I have to wait for the results of my Pulmonary Evaluation before I can schedule my Anesthesia Consult.
But once I have these out of the way, I have my decision visit with my surgeon. It really looks like I may be able to have my surgery before Christmas.
That is so exciting for me. I just wrote one of my friends and explained to her that I may actually be able to keep my New Year Resolutions this year.
Let me explain, I have almost stopped making New Year Resolutions because I always make the same 2 Resolutions and I fail miserably every year at my resolutions. Here are my Resolutions:
1: To lose all my weight
2: To give up Mountain Dew
OKay, now most of you probably can sympathize with the first Resolution and failure. But I bet most of you are laughing about me failing at the second Resolution. I am here to tell you, only a true Mountain Dew addict understands this. First of all, Mountain Dew is extremely high in caffeine ( actually use to be the highest in caffeine on the market until all the new High Energy drinks came out) So it is very addictive. Secondly, I don't drink or smoke, I drink Mountain Dew to calm my nerves. It is my evil vice. So giving up Mountain Dew for me is truely like giving up Smoking or an Alcoholic giving up Alcohol. I can give it up, but I have to totally give up Mountain Dew, I can't have 1 a day, or a Diet Mountain Dew, or even 1 a week. It is a true addiction for me.
I have already given up Mountain Dew completely. I am so serious about this surgery, I have given up Mountain Dew and I don't miss it! And if I have my surgery by December, then I can actually make my New Year's Resolution to lose all my unhealthy weight come true. So my first real Wow momemt may be realizing that I can actually keep my New Year's Resolution's! That would be so Awesome! After all the years and years I have made these Resolutions and have never been able to keep them.
I know this has been a long post and I rambled. Thank you for sharing in my excitement today!
What Now?
Sep 03, 2007
I'm getting ready to call the surgeon's office and see if I can straighten any of this out. Needless to say, this doesn't increase my confidence in my surgeon and his office at all.
Thank you for letting me vent.
Mixed Feelings
Aug 17, 2007
Now there may have been a good reason for the Surgeon to have not been there yesterday. But no one offered an explaination. I think if he was called away on an emergency, the staff would have been free to say that. I feel that maybe he scheduled a day off and I was not notified and given a chance to reschedule my appointment. Which makes me a little . The Surgeon's office is so clear about telling you to call and cancel your appointments if you can not make them, that I feel I should have the same respect and be notified if the surgeon can not make my appointment ( unless it is an emergency situation.) Well, enough of me venting on that subject.
I was sent to have my ABG( arterial blood gas), Chest Xray, and EKG done at the hospital. All that was not completed until 6:00 pm and I was starving by then. Which I guess only served to make me even more .
I think maybe the real problem is that I expected much more information from the visit than what I recieved. I was told that it would be another 2 weeks before I recieved a letter that would tell me what my next appointments would be. So it was like going from 160 to 0 in 2 secs, another hurry up and wait type of situation.
So as I crawled into bed last night, I tried to remember the Serenity Prayer. If anyone has a copy of it, please send it my way. I sure need it right now in my life. Not just with being patient with the WLS process but with some other things in my life at this time too. In the meantime, I going to try to find the side of my personality before I wind up forgiveness from everyone I know.
2 Days
Aug 14, 2007
1 month Left
Jul 15, 2007
I have 1 month left until I see Dr. Chapman for my first appointment. It seems like it will never get here.