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.

            











About Me
Fort Mill, SC
Location
18.3
BMI
RNY
Surgery
12/10/2007
Surgery Date
Jun 14, 2007
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