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Well, after all the appointments, tests, evaluations & clearances, I'm finally cleared and ready for surgery.  I set the date today with the scheduler at my surgeon's office.  April 28th is the big day!  Starting tomorrow morning, I'm on a stricter diet of 1 Glucerna shake for breakfast, 1 Glucerna shake for lunch, and a smallish, sensible dinner.  Need to come down 10 pounds in the next two weeks.  Then for two weeks I follow an even stricter extremely low carb diet until RNY day :)

I'm excited, nervous & scared all at once.  A week or so ago I started reading online about all the things that can and have gone wrong post-op.  Kinda freaked me out for a day or two.  I really questioned whether this was the right decision for me.  After talking to my husband and daughter, I've decided it is the best thing and I'm looking on the positive side and trusting that everything will go okay.  I mentioned my misgivings to my surgeon today and he gave me a big hug and said he had never had a patient who had a "post-op horror story", and I wasn't going to be his first!  That felt good to hear!

Bye until next time!

Well, this has been an interesting process to say the least!  Trying to get appointments scheduled in the right order and get the insurance requirements done is challenging, but I'm up to the challenge!  :)

First I had an appointment with my PCP to discuss the weight loss surgery and diet options for a three month supervised diet required by the insurance company (BCBS-PPO)

Next, I had an appointment with the surgeon at Southwest Bariatric Surgeons Group.  Dr. Sherrod was great!  They informed me that the 3 month supervised diet is no longer a requirement for my insurance plan! Yippee!! Maybe I can get this done sooner than later!  I just need to get a letter from my PCP listing my previous attempts and fails at weight loss and his recommendation for surgery and I need a psych evaluation.

Whoo-hoo!  Here we go!

Cheryl