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Who-hoo!!  Got a call today at lunch from my insurance company that said I was approved!  I am so excited but it also seems a little bit surreal.  I go in tomorrow a.m. for my pre-op appt and if tomorrow Dr B says we are good to go then I will be having surgery on 4/21 (next wed).

This coming Tuesday I go back to see Dr B.  This will the 6th visit of my 6 month plan required by insurance; the dr's office will then submit everything to my insurance company for approval.  I so hope that all goes through without a hitch.  This seems like it has been such a long drawn out process and in a way I guess it has since I started it almost 3 years ago.  With Matt dying and the recovery from the worst of that grief taking the better part of 2 years; I'm just ready to get started on my new life and reclaim happiness again.   In a lot of ways, it seems as if I have kept my life on hold since Matt died and I guess in a way I did put parts of my life on hold but now that school is done and I have my diploma, if I can get my surgery done, I can start on the "new" rest of my life and start living again.

I am so excited to hear the word "approved" and pray that day will come sooner rather than later.  So hoping Dr B is happy with my progress on Tuesday and praying that the insurance approval comes through quickly!

Well, today was the day.

Met with the psychologist to see if I was "fit" for surgery.  He said I was within the normal range, to which I replied. "yeah, I'm normal".  He laughed and said, "I didn't say you were normal ,  just that you were within normal ranges" (LOL).  But got a thumbs up from him  (yea!!!)

Then met with my nut to get my pre-surgery diet.  Have to lose 33 lbs before I can be scheduled for surgery.  She put me on a pretty aggressive diet plan so that I can lose it as fast as possible.  Since it looks like I will be a self-pay, no reason to piddle around and waste time.  Get it done and over with, so I can get to my surgery and start the rest of my "new" life.  Soi gonna start that as soon as I get paid and can make a grocery store run.....in the meantime,just gonna keep eating my healthy foods I had already bought and lots of walking.

Exercise Physiologist just asked me to walk 30 min/3 days a week..  That should be no problem but think I'll keep walking 4-5 days pr/wk.  No reason to exercise less...right?

Anyway....felt like I am on the right path and am making slow steady progress... Can't wait to start my new life.