Reenie07
Maureen~~~Fort Mill:
Jun 25, 2007
May23- Went to seminar @ CMC Mercy
May 24- Called my M.D to have weight sent to me for the last
5 years. Also called my obgyn.
May 25- I received my weight for obgyn today. That was fast.
June 4- Dr. Kuwada's office called to set up appt for
July 10th @ 9:45
June 5- Sent Pkg. out to their office by registared mail.
June 6- Still haven't received weight for M.D.
June 19- I recieved My weight from M.D. to day. They left out
2006 year.
June 25- Records dept. called and said, that they
need a release form.
Why do you need another one when I already
recieved all years except 1 yr.
July 09- Go see Dr.Kuwada tommorrow!
July 10- Had my consulation today. Everything went great!
Need to set up my Psychological Evaluation and Fitness
evaulation. Gave 12 vials of blood.
Dietician on August 14th
Called Cynthia to set appt. for Exercise Evaluation
July 12- Got call back for Cynthia for my Exercise Evaluation
is schudeled for August 21th. I told her to call if she
gets a cancellation on a Tuesday.
July 16- Set my appt with DR. Nona Patterson for August 28,
that was the earlist she could see me.
July 18- Dr. Stern's office called and set appt. for Sleep test
August 9th in Huntersville office @ 9:30 for
consulation.
July 20- Leslie called and said I needed a progress (office)
note of Wgt. for 02,04,05 amd 06. Have Dr. Cleek
give seperate note for 2003.
July 23- Called Leslie back, Really needed GYN progress notes.
Called and talked to Jennifer. Will send them
next day. I checked and did give 2003 to
to Dr. K from Dr. Cleek.
July 28- Got home from Vacation and Package from GYN
was here. Will make copies monday and send
to Dr. K.
July 31- Sent progress report from GYN. to Dr. K
Aug. 05- Dr. K e-mail me about several items he needed. It was
nice to here from him and working on a Sunday on my
case. I faxed the items he wanted .
Aug. 09- Went to see Dr. Stern today. He was very nice.
I have my sleep study done on Sept3rd. They will
call if they get a cancellation for an earlier date.
Aug. 13- Sleep clinic called . There is an opening for
tommorrow night. I jumped on it.
Aug. 14- Saw Jodi today. The dietician. Everything I
heard about her was true. She was GREAT!!!!
I go to the sleep clinic @ 7:30 tonight.
Aug.21- I go for my fitness evaulation today at the
YMCA Charlotte with Cynthia Lucas @ 2:00.
Cynthia was very nice and explained all the
exercise that will help me firm up after RNY.
Aug.28- I see DR. Nona Patterson today at 9:45.
I really enjoyed talking to Dr. Patterson
today. She said there should be no reason not to
approve me for surgery. The test will be back and
she will send the report to Dr. K this week.
I'm going to the Monthly support meeting to-
night at CMC-Mercy.
Aug.31- E-mail Dr. Kuwada and told him that I have completed
all my Comprehensive Process. He said as soon as they
recieve DR. Nona Patterson evaluation they will send
it on to United Health Care .
Sept.04-E-mai; Dr. Patterson to see if she got then true and
false test back, Also I e-mail to Lisa Green to tell
her that all my test are done. Need approval from Ins.
Sept.05- Went to Dr. Stern this morning. I do need a c-pac.
I'm not high to have sleep apnea but, I do have
obstructions while sleeping. I wake up 21 time an hour
he said. My Ins. may not pay for the c-pac.
Dr. Stern will appeal if it comes to that.
Sept,07 Call Nona Patterson and Lisa Green and left messages
to see if they have faxed and recieved all paper work
for submission to Ins. Co.
Sept.10 Lisa Green called back. She will check if Dr. Patterson
has sent in Phych. report. If she did, Dr. K will look it
over and she will submit to UHC. for approval.
I called Dr. Patterson and she faxed it over to Dr. K
on Sept. 5th.
Jennifer from Home Equipment call about C-Pac.
I could rent one for $175.00 a month. I can buy one for
$500.00 Dr. Stern said. Called Inc. co. They said it is
durable goods and is coverd 100%. Called Jennifer
and left message on voice mail. Will call her tommorrow.
Sept.11- Called Jennifer this morning. She went on line to check
coverage. Yes, I am approved for a C-pac. Why didn't
she check before she called me. They deal with this
all the time.
Lisa Green e-mail me and said it will take up to 30 days
to get an approval.
Sept.12- Pick up my C-Pac today.
Sept.17- E-mail Connie Simms today about status on Ins.
Sept.18-Received e-mail from Connie. Hope to get dictation
from Dr. K by Friday and get everthing submitted to
United Health Care.
Sept,27-Could not stand it anymore. Called Ins. Co. to see the
statis. They have not reseived any paper work yet from
Dr. office. Called Lisa Green, she said they are still
waiting for Dr. K to finish updating letter to Ins Co.
Oct. 02-E-mailed Lisa Green today. She said my paper work has
been submitted. I will call UHC in acouple days to
find out the status and what day they did submit for
approval. Now the wait.
Oct.05- Call UHC this morning. I HAVE BEEN APPROVED!!!!!
Now wait for Sherri to call for a date.
Two days to get an approval, that's great.
Oct.09- Received my approval letter in mail today. I faxed
it to Sherrie, Lisa and Connie tonight. Hope Sherri
calls tommorrow to set a date for WLS.
Oct.10- Email Sherrie to see if she recieved my fax and when
I would here from her to set a date for WLS. Also
e-mail Dr.K to informed him the I was approved. To
keep DR. K in the loop to experdite the process.
Hope to hear from someone Thursday.
Oct.12- Dr. K e-mailed me and was happy I was approved Now
he needs my GI report. Will call Dr. Cleeks office
Monday and have them send that to me. I could of
had it sent the same time I requested my 5 yr.
weight records. Oh, Well, just something else to
delay the process.
Oct.15- Called Dr. Cleeks office to have them fax the results
of my conoloscopy and upper GI on 3/24/03. to
Dr. Kuwada's office.
Oct.16- E-mail Dr. K this morning and told him that I had
Mecklenburg Med. Group fax my GI reports to
his office and let me know if they did not
received them.
Sherrie e-mailed me and said as soon as she gets my
approval letter from Lisa she can schedule me with a
date.
Oct.17- Sherrie called me at work today. I'm scheduled for
Dec.10th @ 11:00am. I see Dr. Kuwada on Nov. 20th
at 10:30 am and Jodi at 12:00.
Start my 2 week liquid diet on Nov.26th.
Happy Dance!!!
Oct.22- Received my package from CMC-Mercy.
Oct.24- I give blood every 3 months, I e-mail Sherrie
to see if I can do so. Well, I'am not allowed. She
forward my e-mail to Dr. K and I may get a flu
shot several weeks before surgery.
Oct.24- Faxed my Bone Density report to Lisa. Had it done
in April. They scheduled one on Nov. 13th.
Nov. 13- Radiology called today to remind me of appt. Called
Lisa. she has my report. Called and cancelled appt.
Nov. 14- Registered for STD today thru work. They will send
paper work for DR. K to sign.
Nov. 20- Went to pre-op with Dr.K and saw the dietitian. CMC-
Mercy called I will see the anesthesiologist on
Tuesday. Will have a EKG done at the same time.
Went to Dr. Alexander's office to see why they
have not faxed my Colonoscopy and Endoscope
report to Dr. Kuwada.
Nov.23. Received a call from the nurse today. They told me
they just faxed the report to Dr. K. Glad that
has been taken care of.
Nov.26- Start my 2 week liquid diet today.
Dec.03- I have been on the liquid diet for a week now.
Have done really good. Have not cheated once.
Only seven days til the BIG day. Getting
excited and nervous, I assume this is normal.
Dec.10- Today is the day. Dr. Kuwada called last night.
We talked for about 15 mins. He has only two
surgerys scheduled so I told him he can take
his good ol' time.
Need to be at Mercy @ 9:00am, surgery @
11:00am.
I will post when I get home.
Starting Weight: 205
Surgery Weight: 191
Dec.12- Arrived home around 2:30 or so. Slepted the
rest of the day off and on. I figured it would
be better to sleep on the recliner in the living=
room. So that's were I will stay for the next
several nights.
Dec.13- Having some discomfort, I don't know what it is. I
assume this is normal. I'll wait a few more days and
see if it goes away.
Dec.27- Went for my 2 week ck-up with Dr. K today. Total
of 12 lbs down since surgery on the 10th of Dec.
Since my starting weight I'm down 25 lbs. Dr.K
said I'm above avg. Most pre-op only loss 10 lbs. in
two weeks. Weigh in: 179
Dec.28- Went to the Charlotte WLS get together and went GW
Boutiques, then had dinner at Chili's. We all had a great
time. We will do it again.
Jan. 02- Sherrie called from Dr. K's office. Need to see
Dr. Russo about my Liver elevations. They will call
to set an appt. Also, asked to to send a release
form that I can go back to work on the 21st of Jan.
Jan.07- Sent e-mail to Sherri. Have not received call from Dr.
Russo's office or received my release form yet.
Jan.11- Dr. Russo's office called today to set an appt. for
Jan.16th. He will evaluate my liver reports being
elevated. DR. Kuwada said not to be concerned!
Sometimes this happens being oveweight, but he
just wants to be careful that he hasen't missed
anything. That's one thing I really like about Dr. K.
Always looking after your well being.
Jan.16- Went to see Dr. Russo today. Very nice person. He
showed all my blood work and my liver tests. I'm
elevated 10%, but he does not think I have any
thing to worry about at this point. He finds that
people that have more of a weight problem have a
higher fatty liver to be concerned about. He will
reply back to DR. Kuwada of his findings of my visit
today.
Feb.27- Had appt. with Jodi to talk about what to start eating.
Feb. 28- Saw Dr. K today. He was pleased with my weight and I
had only several question that I had concerns about,
This was my 2 month ck-up. I go back in June for my
6 month and have blood drawn.
June. 25- Went to see Jodi today. She was very pleased and keep up the what I'm doing. Make sure that I'm getting my protein and Vit.
June. 26- Saw Dr. Kuwada today for my 6 month ck-up. He was very pleased and gave me a hug. He said, " I wouldn't of reconized you if it wasn't for your laugh". In a good way, he added.
They took 12 vials of blood andthey had to find a small blood pressure cuff to take my blood pressure. They said, You are so petite!!! I haven't heard that term for years.
Dr. K also add, that he would like me to lose another 15 lbs. after I get to my 120 goal. I assume this is to have a buffer zone before The WL stablizes. Over all I'm happy with the results in the first 6 months.
Looking forward to my blood results.
July 10- Well, I reached my goal that was set for me today. 120 lbs. That comes to 85 lbs lost. It is truly amazing how time has past by.
I would do it all over again in a heart beat.
Thanks to Dr. Kuwada and the staff to make it all possible and the support from OH friends.