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May 13th:  Went for my preop today.  I guess everything is good to go...I'm scheduled for surgery next Monday the 19th.  Wow!  that's less than a week away.  I'm excited; but scared.  It will certainly be a big change in my life...food has been the center of my life for a long time now.  Hopefully, in a few weeks I will no longer live to eat; but eat to live.  I'm dreading the next two weeks of liquid diet; but, from what I've heard your not really hungry during this period--it's comes a little bit later between the solid foods and your first couple of fills.  So, I'm going to ride the wheels off of it while I can.  Wish me luck!!!

I confirmed with Dr Roller's office what my out of pocket expense would be and was told it would be in the neighborhhood of $2050.00.  I'm sure there will be multiple bills from everyone else that sticks their heads in the room like there always is when you have any medical procedure done.  But, at least I have a rough idea of what the main cost will be.  I have my pre-op appointment with Dr. Roller on May 13th.  So far, I haven't really thought much about the surgery.  I think after I speak with him it will seem a lot more real...it better since my surgery will be 6 days later.  He doesn't require a pre-op liquid diet except the day before surgery...I'm glad, I think the 2 weeks afterwards is going to be hard enough.  I'm certainly dreading that part....but, if I didn't love to eat I wouldn't be here in the first place.  I haven't told a lot of people, not that I'm ashamed or embarassed.....I just kind of feel like it's none of their business.  Friends and family that need to know I have told and I really haven't had any negative responses...everyone has said they would support and help me.   I guess maybe I don't want people to constantly question how I'm doing and how much I've lost....they'll hopefully see my results soon enough. 

April 18th:  Wendy for Dr Roller's office called this morning and I'm scheduled for surgery the 19th of May.  I'm not real sure how I feel right now-I guess it will actual hit me later.  This is what I wanted-but at the same time it's going to be a major change in my life that I hope and pray I'm ready to make. 

April 9th:  Headed to Springdale bright and early to talk to a psych---what has my world come to.  Hopefully, that's one test I passed.  It really wasn't as bad as I thought....but who knows I haven't gotten the results back.  After spending a few hours to see how crazy I am, I headed over to the hospital/clinic and did all my labs, x-rays and ekg.  Then I grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed over to another part of town for my pulmonary function test.  Thank goodness for TomTom's didn't get lost one time.

April 11:  Here I am in Sprindale once again.  This time I'm going to have a EGD (what is that?).  Well, I discoved it is an upper GI.  I guess I passed that test also---even though I don't remember a whole lot about it or very much that happened the rest of the evening.  The wonders of medicine.

April 14:  Spoke with Dr Roller's office and they're going to submitted everything to my insurance company and hopefully we'll have an approval soon and  I'll be getting a schedule for surgery soon.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Well, on the 15th of February I attended a WLS seminar to learn about the different procedures.  I was truly impressed with Dr. Josh Roller's presentation and decided this was something I definitely wanted to look further into.  Then on the 25th of February I went to his office and talked to the general physician who happens to be Dr. Roller's wife.  She discussed my options with the different surgeries and what she thought I would be most successful at along with all the pros and cons of each type of surgery.  After going over all my medical history and such she told me she though I would be successful at either the RNY or the lapband.  For what ever reason, the lapband is the only one I'm really interested in.  I then preceded to talk to the dietician and she told me everything I already knew about how I should be eating and what ways I would have to change my eating after surgery.  I know all of this, but, I wouldn't be consulted a WLS physician if I was capable of following them.  My husband attended all these meetings with me and became a little more open about me having the surgery.  But, still felt like if we followed the dietician advice abouting eating and exercising we should be able to do this on our own.  He also expressed doubts whether I would be able to do any different after the surgery.  So after I returned home I begin to get really confused about whether the lapband would be right for me and why can't I just lose this weight on my own. 

It is now March 28.  After dragging my feet for over a month, I've finally decided this is what I'm going to do.  I got on the phone and scheduled all my necessary appointments and test.  So here I begin my journey!