1st post-op appt.

Jan 08, 2010

Well i just had my first post-op appt. and everthing went great. incisions look really good and healing well. Lost 17 pounds and get to add soft food to my diet ---yeahhhhh!!!
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finally home

Dec 31, 2009

Well i am finally home from the hospital and everything went great!!! Still in a little bit of pain but not toooo bad as long as i have pain meds every 4-6 hours.
 So i got to the hospital at 1130 for my 1215 admission on monday the 28th for surgery and everything was going fine until 330 came around and dr. desimone came in to tell me he had an emergency and if i was willing to hang around he would get me done that night (so of course i stayed ). 8pm i finally went into surgery -- never got to my ICU room until 2am tuesday -stayed in ICU for all of tuesday and went to a floor bed on wednesday afternoon.. my only issue was nausea -but i also have always had motion sickness problems (but even though i was nausea alot ithe nurses were great i never got sick not once.) Well i am now going to take some pain meds and nap i think, just wantted to post that i am home and doing fine.
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Surgery day is here

Dec 27, 2009

Well it is 9 am and i am getting ready to leave at 1130 ish to head to the hospital for my RNY and i can not wait. I am not nervous at all (or at least it seems). But of course before i can go to the hospital we have to shovel this nasty wet snow (about 6inches overnight) and more to come ---yuck!!! Well see you all on the other side  -- i will post again after i get home since i do not think i want to take my laptop to the hospital with me. If that changes i will update sooner!! Have a great new years everyone!!!
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ivc filter in place

Dec 22, 2009

Well i am back home after a tiring day. Had to be at the hospital at 9am for the ivc filter placement at 11. everything went very smoothly. now i just have to be calm and wait for my bypass on monday the 28th. 
  HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY EVERYONE!!
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moving right along

Dec 21, 2009

Well today i had my pre-op and pre-testing appts.  Everything is going right along. My IVC filter surgery is is tomorrow at 9am and my bypass is all set for next monday --i have to be at the hospital at 1215 (not liking the time of day -was hoping for early in the morning).  Now i just need to get rid of this post nasal drip and sore throat issue i am having (any suggestions).    
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Finally --APPROVED

Dec 03, 2009

Well i finally got the call--I have been APPROVED-Yeahhhh!!  So now the rat race starts. I have an appt. with my PCP to clear me for surgery on Dec. 7th, Consult on the 16th for maybe a ivc filter, Dec. 21 pre-opt apt and pre test appts. i still need to do the dietian class and have the ivc filter put in (if they are going to do it)  and have surgery on the 28th ---guess it will be a very busy 3 weeks for me! But soooo excited!!!
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Still waiting

Nov 20, 2009

Here I sit still waiting to hear about insurance approval. I called the insurance company and they say they have not received anything yet, so then i call the doctors office and they say  they sent it and have a fax confirmation for it being received and they will call and talk to a real person( we hope---LOL). It is harder waiting for insurance approval then it was dealing with 6 months of weighing in every 4-5 weeks.
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Now I wait

Nov 06, 2009

Had the last of my 6 month doctor watched diet weigh in today and i am at 391.8 ( down 38 pounds since may 1st ) whan i started this process. Now i guess i just have to wait for the insurance approval (i hope it gets approved and soon). The doctor said some thing about maybe having a IVC put in before surgery (a what???) i have no clue what this is, where it goes, and what is it going to do. Any one have this done before bypass and what can you tell me any info is great. Thanks
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yeahhhhh

Sep 26, 2009

Well i had my official weigh in yesterday and was so excited. I actually saw a 3 at the start of my weight. I started this process ion May first at 429 and as of yesterday i was at 398 (yes a 3 in the front--wow) i have not seen a 3 in a number of years --lol. I can not wait for my surgery so i can really continue to loose more weight and keep this feeling going. I have my last official weigh in for the insurance 6 month thig on Nov. 6th and then the doctors office can finally send the paperwork to my insurance --and hopefully they will approve it and not take long to do that. I would love to have surgery before the end of this year so i can start a new life with the new year. The only bad thing is since i had knee surgery at the end of march and was out of work totally from the end of feb until june when i went back only 4 hour shifts until august 24th, and then i got to go back to full time (i really like parttime but can not afford to live that way) By the way i work at A hospital doing housekeeping for the past 18 years. But as i was saying 3 weeks before i started back fulltime i joined a gym and went faithfully 4 days a week, but now that i am back to work fulltime for the past 5 weeks this monday i have yet to be back to the gym. My knee still hurts alot and after being on it for 8 hours i can bearly walk even with my cane. I do think i am going to try the gym again starting next week but most likly only go on my days off of work for right now. (at least it is a start). well that is all for now but yes YEAHHH a 3 at the start of my weight--LOL
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Happy it is all done

Jun 18, 2009

I am so happy that my 1st nutrition appt and Psychological exam is soooo over. yayyyy!!  I think everything went pretty well, i am on the right track with my dieting and losing that 5% and hopfully more then they require. And the psych. appointment was not as bad as i really was expecting it to be. I am thankful for anyone who gave me info and support for this appointment since i had myself so worked up. I also stepped on the scale at the nutrition appt. and am down 8 more pounds ( 413.2)
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12/28/2009
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