tara-b
consult dates booked
Nov 16, 2007
well after yesterday , i feel so much better. i did a lot of thinking , walked on treadmill and outside while i thought and had fights in my head over the upsets.
today i canceled appointment i made with my manager , decided i will tell her on wednesday when i see her that i will be requiring some time for surgery and thats it. i dont need her support , i have a failry big support system at home already with family and friends and dr.s and really is none of her business what type of surgery i am havimg.
so after canceling the appointment with manager , i called NWWL and set up appointments for my consults. they were able to arrannge all 3 of them for me on the 12 of december. Now when i go back to work i will put in a request for the 3 days off stating only that i have to see a specialist out of town and that dr.s notes can be provided to verify this if needed.
then once surgery date is scheduled , i will do the same again.
i feel really good about these decisions , how ever i do wish i had got a better reception from my manager. o well life goes on and i am going on to a better healthier tara. i also have my union to fight for me if i need it
today i canceled appointment i made with my manager , decided i will tell her on wednesday when i see her that i will be requiring some time for surgery and thats it. i dont need her support , i have a failry big support system at home already with family and friends and dr.s and really is none of her business what type of surgery i am havimg.
so after canceling the appointment with manager , i called NWWL and set up appointments for my consults. they were able to arrannge all 3 of them for me on the 12 of december. Now when i go back to work i will put in a request for the 3 days off stating only that i have to see a specialist out of town and that dr.s notes can be provided to verify this if needed.
then once surgery date is scheduled , i will do the same again.
i feel really good about these decisions , how ever i do wish i had got a better reception from my manager. o well life goes on and i am going on to a better healthier tara. i also have my union to fight for me if i need it
finally have made choice to have the surgery
Nov 15, 2007
well , after 2 years of researching various weight loss surgeries , i have made the choice to have it done , and have chosen the lap band method.
it is best for me for many reasons , but most importantly it is less invasive , than gastric , the mortality rate is lower , and the compplication list is far less as well.
i have been in counciling weekly since march of this year learning who i am , what my belief system is , and what i need to do for me.
i feel so much better knowing i ave a good foundation of what i plan to do. i can finally make choices i KNOW im making for me and not others and others not influencing me into the choices they think are best for me.
today started out so good. i went to my family doctor , armed with all the info regarding the surgeries , where its done , where i want to have it done , why , how soon it can happen and everything. he was so supportive and even agreed ihad made good choice for me. he agreed to hold off on my having to get glucometer as apparently my body is not doing something it is supposed to , to my blood sugars and i am in that pre- whatever u call it stage.
so then i decide after seeing him , that wow this day is going well , ill call my manager set up a time to meet with her , be TOTALLY upfront with her
and tell her about the surgery and try to work with her and schedule the surgery or at least try to schedule it where it would cause the least disruption to the day to day of the group home as i plan to be off for the first 2 weeks post op so i dont have to explain to my clients why i am only drinking fluids . So i called her just a few minutes ago actually and asked her if we could meet tomorrow for tea or something so i could tell a bit about what had gone on while i was off , and where my head was at , as there were some things that would be coming up for me in the very near future as in the next 2-4 months. her response was ,"your head had better be back with the job" well that pissed me off. here i am trying to my dislike for her ( that i already have) aside and try to give her a heads up on what will be going on and trying to include her a bit by being sensitive to the fact we are short staffed as it is and now im just coming back to work after being gone 6 months , only to be going to take a couplpe weeks of in the very new future, and this what i am told by her. now i just wanna tell her where to go and who to get there 1 way. i am still bound and determined to have the surgery and no one will talk me out of it. i just had hoped my boss would be a bit understanding and apppreciative of the fact i was trying to do this with as little disrupption as i could...now i dont care and i just wanna tell her off.
nov 14 2007
it is best for me for many reasons , but most importantly it is less invasive , than gastric , the mortality rate is lower , and the compplication list is far less as well.
i have been in counciling weekly since march of this year learning who i am , what my belief system is , and what i need to do for me.
i feel so much better knowing i ave a good foundation of what i plan to do. i can finally make choices i KNOW im making for me and not others and others not influencing me into the choices they think are best for me.
today started out so good. i went to my family doctor , armed with all the info regarding the surgeries , where its done , where i want to have it done , why , how soon it can happen and everything. he was so supportive and even agreed ihad made good choice for me. he agreed to hold off on my having to get glucometer as apparently my body is not doing something it is supposed to , to my blood sugars and i am in that pre- whatever u call it stage.
so then i decide after seeing him , that wow this day is going well , ill call my manager set up a time to meet with her , be TOTALLY upfront with her
and tell her about the surgery and try to work with her and schedule the surgery or at least try to schedule it where it would cause the least disruption to the day to day of the group home as i plan to be off for the first 2 weeks post op so i dont have to explain to my clients why i am only drinking fluids . So i called her just a few minutes ago actually and asked her if we could meet tomorrow for tea or something so i could tell a bit about what had gone on while i was off , and where my head was at , as there were some things that would be coming up for me in the very near future as in the next 2-4 months. her response was ,"your head had better be back with the job" well that pissed me off. here i am trying to my dislike for her ( that i already have) aside and try to give her a heads up on what will be going on and trying to include her a bit by being sensitive to the fact we are short staffed as it is and now im just coming back to work after being gone 6 months , only to be going to take a couplpe weeks of in the very new future, and this what i am told by her. now i just wanna tell her where to go and who to get there 1 way. i am still bound and determined to have the surgery and no one will talk me out of it. i just had hoped my boss would be a bit understanding and apppreciative of the fact i was trying to do this with as little disrupption as i could...now i dont care and i just wanna tell her off.
nov 14 2007
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BC
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42.1
BMI
Surgery
01/16/2008
Surgery Date
Aug 06, 2005
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