THIS IS REAL!!!!!

May 03, 2012

After my initial pout posted about hating to wait, I was recently approved , first try and three months early!!! I truly believed I was a long shot and my surgeon wasn't sure what would happen either. Then, this crazy little thing known as sleep apnea showed itself loud and clear. Mixed blessing??? I HATE the cpap but the sleep apnea was the main issue I was approved because of. Now I know, there is an end in the forseable future to have to use it. My surgeon is awesome and I am so happy he decided to take the chance and submit halfway through 6 month medically supervised diet. He felt that due to the marked inconsistency in approval and denials with BCBS that we should just try now and see what transpired. I found out I had approval and a surgery date in 5 days, including a weekend! I did my pre-op appointments yesterday with the dietician and Dr. Alley then went and had my pre-admission testing done. I start my two week, liquid, liver reduction diet on Monday and surgery is on Monday, May 21st. Support group was tonight too and I am surprised at how much I enjoy it!!I am so completely excited and just want it to be here!! It is a true testament to what God wants us to do and that is to place our trust in Him. I had just resigned myself to the fact that it would be July before we could submit and had prayed and prayed that I could leave it at God's feet and let him take care of me, let my worries go knowing He is in control and will provide what I need, whether surgery or not. Once I actually did that, well, as you read, it worked out perfectly. Makes me think of my favorite bible verse from from Matthew 6;34, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.". I am grateful! I was happy to see that I lost about 6 pounds since my visit a month ago too- BONUS!!! Can't wait to hit the loser's bench!!

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