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On 10/22, I met with the NUT and I had only 9 of the 11 lbs the doctor was wanting.  After sweating bullets wondering if I'd get approved, she just smiled and said, "Good Job.  We are ok with that."  On one hand I was very happy but on the other I wanted to smack her.  She made it seem like my surgery would be rescheduled for 1/2 of a pound and I'd lost sleep worrying.  Oh well...at least I got approved.

Yesterday on 10/28, I had my pre-op appointments.  There are 5 of us having surgery on Monday and Tuesday.  They got all of us together and we met with the dietician where she discussed post-op diet.  We returned to the doctor's waiting room and were called individually back to meet with the surgeon and P.A.  After he cleared us, we were sent to admissions, met with anesthesiologist, had chest xray and lab work done.   It is getting very real now and I'm so excited to get it going.  Just 4 more days until surgery.

 

I started this journey in January, 2010.  I attended the informational seminar at my surgeon's office and excitedly started the process.  By the middle of March, I was ready for surgery except for insurance approval.  When I met with my surgeon, he told me that I could not gain any weight from that date until surgery date.  Then the insurance company put a halt on the progress.  They required 6 months of doctor supervised diet.  I got discouraged, but decided to quit smoking during this process.

The quitting smoking resulted in a 10 lb weight gain.  When the scheduler called to schedule the surgery, I informed her that I had gained the weight.  She told me that it would be no problem since I would be doing the pre-surgery liquid diet, I would lose the weight by the pre-op appointment on 10/28.  I was all set.

I am in the final stages of Pre-Op.  I had my sleep study on Monday, October 11th.  I am waiting on the official results of that.

Today, October 13th, I met with the Nutritionist to discuss my pre-surgery diet requirements.  At the end of the appointment, she told me she needed to get my weight.  Once she noted that I'd gained weight, we discussed my options.  I opted to start the liquid diet a week earlier than required.  I will meet her on Friday, 10/22 to weigh in again.  If I am not down below the weight from my consult in March, my surgery will be rescheduled.

I am optimistic yet very upset.  I've already waited 9 months.  Will report more later.