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My surgery was Thursday Jan. 3. Everything went really well. Turns out I had a hernia near my esophagus that was causing most of my heartburn before the surgery. My beginning weight went from 272 to 280. I was disappointed that I allowed myself to gain so much weight over the holidays, but I guess I can make light of it by knowing that I will never see those 8 lbs again. Four days out and I bet I've lost them already. I have decided not to weigh until I got to see Dr. Higa. I don't want to play a bunch of games with my mind, so I'll just wait to see what happens when I get to his office. It's more about how I feel, right?

I'll write more later...but so far I am very excited! Very excited!!!

My surgery is one week from today. I'm getting a little nervous, but most of all I am just very excited. Reading the stories on this site definitely helps. I am not sure whether I want to set a true goal for myself or if I just want to see what happens to my body after surgery. I guess its just something to think about over the next few days. I meet again with Dr. Higa on Monday...that will be a good time for me to get everything figured out. I'm on the countdown!

I am approved! It only took two days once my stuff was submitted. My surgery date is January 3rd. I am extremely excited! I have already set a goal for myself to loose 125 lbs.. I think Higa'a goal for me was more like 90. At this point, I'll be glad for anything, but I do want to maximize my weight loss experience. Yay!

Today is the day! No....not for surgery! Today is the day that my file will be submitted to Blue Cross for approval. I am very excited to move on to the next step...getting a surgery date. I don't want to be overly-optimistic, but maybe I'll have a better idea closer to the end of the month. Happy Thanksgiving! I can't believe that this really will be my last FAT Thanksgiving. Every year I tell myself "next year I'll be thin for the holidays." This time I think it's true!

After speaking with the office last week I was so excited...and now I am not. Yesterday they told me that they are still waiting for my sleep study results. I am totally frustrated that those have not been sent by the sleep center yet. Silently, I was hoping to have the surgery in December and now I am really disappointed since that is unlikely to happen. I suppose that I should just be grateful that I am almost through this process of waiting, but I am feeling selfish. Lately, I've really been having "Baby Fever". I know that the surgery is something that I want, but it will only put off having kids even more. So basically, the sooner I have surgery, the sooner we will be able to think about children. Right now my hope is that Dr. Gill's office gets the sleep study in to Higa's office as soon as they can. After that, everything is out of my hands. Looking at dates, I'm guessing I wont be approved by insurance until the end of this month. Maybe that means an early January surgery??? I don't know..

I got my Sleep Study results and I do not have Sleep Apnea. I am in the process of being approved. I spoke with Dr. Higa's office and they are sending the information out for insurance approval this week. I hope it goes fast, but I'm trying to be optimistic. Maybe three weeks until I have a date? When they call to ask me about a surgery date, I hope I am able just to take the first date they have available. I don't want to miss a lot of work, but I'll miss a little if I have to. We'll see...

I met with Dr. Higa for the First Consult. It was short and quick. I am a candidate for surgery...so now that means I just need to get everything in order to be approved by Blue Cross. Higa suggested a Sleep Study be done due to my snoring to make sure that I don't have Sleep Apnea. I hope I don't. If I do, that could prolong this process.