Happy 6 Month Surgiversary to Me!!!

Apr 17, 2008

     Well, my official 6 month surgiversary was the 16th.  Wow, it's hard to believe it was only 6 months ago, feels like a lifetime!  I am officially down 117 lbs as of yesterday, I met my personal goal of losing 115 lbs by 6 months out and being under 200 lbs for the first time in quite a while!  I wish I knew what I've been doing right lately because I was losing slow for a while and was so tired all the time but the last couple of weeks the weight has been flying off again and my energy is through the roof!   I seriously feel like I'm bouncing off the walls lately, of course it might have something to do with my intense caffeine addiction as of late.  Plus I changed my exercise program, my surgeon likes us to do 60 minutes a day which I was doing for a while but then I got tired and sore all the time  and before I knew it I was doing 2 days on/2 days off to recuperate.  One of the docs at work told me to break it down and do 30 minutes a day, but do it faithfully almost every day and work up the time from there.  Since then I've gotten up to 40 minutes a day 5-6 days a week and that really helps.  Lately I've had so much energy I feel the most energetic I've ever felt in my entire life, my favorite quote came from my boss when he said, "You know, Lithium would ruin your career."  LOL, I guess this means I've been a little too energetic at work, huh?

OMG, I'm so lazy!!!

Apr 13, 2008

     Okay, so I haven't posted or answered emails in 6 months, mea culpa, mea culpa, couldn't help it, I've been living my life!  It's amazing how much you want to post when you're struggling but now that I'm losing weight and feeling great I'm so busy, I haven't even been on here for monthes!  

     Let's see, where to start, I've lost 115 lbs since Oct 16th and have never felt more energetic in my life!  I'm currently doing yoga with my WLS support group and could never have imagined I'd be the one to say this but I also do the treadmill for 40 minutes a day!  I still have a ways to go but most people I know can't believe I weigh as much as I really do and many think I am at my goal weight already.  I wish!  I can't help it but I still see that fat chick when I look in the mirror, sigh, where is delusional narcissism when you need it?  Although I've been told by many that my mind will catch up to my body soon and I'm slowly (very slowly) starting to believe people when they say I look nice, I finally even posted some pics of me since I'm not afraid of cameras anymore.  I know I'll need plastics too by the time it's all said and done but I already figured that much and have been planning for it.  Well, that's all I have to say for now, I'll try to take time out of my meal planning, over exercising, 30/90 minute ruling, food measuring existance to post some more in the future just in case anyone still reads up to me, see ya later!

WOO HOO APPROVED!!!!

Oct 10, 2007

Thank freaking god I finally got my pre-auth!!!!  I had to call BCBS and my doc's office and freak out about half a dozen times.  Talk about being down to the wire!  With 6 days to go!   Whew!  I need to do a happy dance and have a happy drink .  Now I can feel relaxed and just be nervous about the stuff that matters!  I'm having surgery in 6 days!!!

Slightly Better

Sep 27, 2007

Okay, feeling a little better, the insurance lady says she sent the info to BCBS and will call and bug them for a response.  She seems to think I'm a shoe-in, she says I have good insurance and they have all they need to prove I fit the criteria.  Man, I'm too type A for this kind of waiting.  So instead I'm focusing on all the pre-op testing they want done like a chest x-ray, upper GI and gallbladder ultrasound.  That's nice, make a fat woman fast for 12 hours when she's about to have WLS...NOT FUNNY!!!  Yeah I'm a whiner, get used to it.  Well, if it ends up happening as scheduled on the 16th that means I have 18 days left !!!  What am I doing on the computer, I have ice cream to eat......

AAArrrgghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sep 26, 2007

  Okay, now I'm mad.  I go all through my vacation saying to myself at least they are going to send out my stuff this week and it will be up to BCBS, 1-2 weeks and all in time for Oct 16th.  So I get back Monday, call MD's office Tuesday and they say the insurance lady has been on vacation and won't be back until Thursday.  Furthermore NO ONE THERE can tell me if the info was sent or not, like when she's not there no one gets info sent to insurance companies?  Last time she was sick, now this, and I called BCBS and they haven't heard of my surgery, aaarrrrgghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I've already taken the time off for the surgery so I'm screwed if this isn't approved for Oct 16th.  Thank god I can still drink till I get my guts rerouted, I got plenty of booze on vacation and I need a good drink right about now!

Kinda Peeved...

Sep 10, 2007

Okay so I call the doc's office today to see when my paperwork went in and they tell me they haven't even sent it.  A secretary (apparently the insurance approval lady was too busy to talk to me) said it takes a week or so after I get them all the info before they even send it out.  Ugh, I so wanted to have a response before I leave on vacation this Sunday.  I've heard BCBS takes about 1-2 weeks and I really didn't want to have this over my head while I'm on my cruise.  Oh well, at least I have 8 days in the Carribean to distract me ...

Waiting for my world to change....

Sep 08, 2007

Ok, submitted paperwork to MD's office and am waiting for them to say it's with BCBS awaiting approval   According to Carefirst, GBP is "not excluded" on my policy and my DP's company supposedly bought the good policy.  I know I meet their criteria but I still have the gnawing fear there was some fine print I didn't know about.  Let alone worrying about trying to figure out how this vegetarian girl here is gonna get 55-60 g of protein a day from beans!!!  Oh well, at least I'll be able to evacuate a room whenever I want...

About Me
Glen Burnie, MD
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35.8
BMI
RNY
Surgery
10/16/2007
Surgery Date
Aug 29, 2007
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