Sandy H.
May 20, 2005
Dec 18, 2011
Well I just had to call and cancel my appointment for the first consult as they wanted a fee of $383 up front to get this start which I was having problems coming p with all at once. I couldn't come up with it. I realize this is just gonna put me further back in getting the process going. And here I was all excited bout getting this started then being shot down like a rock cause of the $$$ issue. I am kinda depressed right now, cause that problem always seems to manage to get in my way more often than none. So now have to sit and wait AGAIN for them to contact me for another appointment. Which I am not good at. Very depressed today.
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May 19, 2005
Dec 18, 2011
Well I went to the Seminar on May 15th at the Scottsdale Bariatric Center with Dr. Robin Blackstone. After attending this session I was very impressed with the staff there. Dr. Blackstone took the time to answer each and everyone's questions and that impressed me there. Not often do you find a doc that will take the time to do that. All the information she supplied us with and the films, she went into full details as to what she would be doing, the risks, etc. I would up taking like 3 pages of notes to take home that day. I turned my new patient packet in that day. Now just waiting to hear from them. At the moment I am at a whopping 220 lbs, I think, the last I weighed it was. I am in a size 22 pants. I tend to wear my clothes a bit big so don't show the rolls on me so bad. I am mainly doing this precess for my health. I don't have the energy to get out and do things with my family. I am out of breathe all the time, and some of that is due to having asthma real bad. I can't go shopping and stay on my feet for very long periods of time without having to stop and sit for a bit. I have to be very selective in the shoes I buy in order to keep them from hurting. My ankles and my knees hurt all time as well as my back. I never had any of these problem till I got so BIG. I had my gall bladder removed in December 1999 and ever since then it's like I couldn't get enough to eat. But now I hardly eat anything, my pitfall is my Mountain Dew (GOTTA HAVE IT) which I know will have to cut it out by time of my surgery. I come from a family of very large women. My mother, her mother, her sisters. They are very large women. So I guess it's kinda hereditary. But I first started noticing gradually weight gaining after I had my tubes tied in 1987, a year after my youngest son was born. In almost 3 months time after that I had put on over 70 lbs. that's alot in that amount of time. and it just kept climbing. I was only at a weight of 105 lbs when that happened. Now look at me, 220 lbs. I want my life and body back. Use to be a very active woman with my children. Now I am lucky if I get to walk outside much with them without gettin out of breath, feet hurting, etc etc. And now I have my very first grandchild, it's hard I can't do them fun things with her due to not being able to walk far and getting out of breath and most importantly cause I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY !. So feel free to email me if you wish. I like to chat to others.
Well I got a call from the surgeon's office to set up my appointment to get the process rolling. So I have an appointment with the surgeon, dietician, etc (6 hrs) on May 23, 2005. So wish me luck. My insurance will cover the surgeon's office visit but not the dietician, etc so am having to fork that out all at once. But well worth it. Can't wait to get this started and get approved so can get my surgery date. They said after my Psych Eval which is May 31st then will take bout a month to get insurance to approve, so that will be the hardest to me I think is the waiting. Well I was lookin thru the members and seenone that was somewhat close to where I live and emailed her askin if she'd like an angel and that we could be each other's angel. Jennifer Marsh was the lady I contacted. Hopefully she will agree to be an angel for me. I told her I will be hers if she like. Talk to you all soon.
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Well I got a call from the surgeon's office to set up my appointment to get the process rolling. So I have an appointment with the surgeon, dietician, etc (6 hrs) on May 23, 2005. So wish me luck. My insurance will cover the surgeon's office visit but not the dietician, etc so am having to fork that out all at once. But well worth it. Can't wait to get this started and get approved so can get my surgery date. They said after my Psych Eval which is May 31st then will take bout a month to get insurance to approve, so that will be the hardest to me I think is the waiting. Well I was lookin thru the members and seenone that was somewhat close to where I live and emailed her askin if she'd like an angel and that we could be each other's angel. Jennifer Marsh was the lady I contacted. Hopefully she will agree to be an angel for me. I told her I will be hers if she like. Talk to you all soon.
