First Consultation

Jul 07, 2010

Hey, just another update. So, in my last post I stated that my oldest sister, Amy, had her surgery last week.  She's doing great. She's already back at work. I realize that everyone is different but I think she should have given herself at least one more week of rest. She has alot of energy already, so maybe that's why she felt she was ready to go back. Anyway,  I'm already learning alot from her,  what she eats, drinks and when...etc. At first I was upset because she got her surgery so fast and I've been waiting for this for soo long, but now, I'm happy that she went first. I get to ask her a bzillion questions every single day. I may be getting on her nerves even. Haha. Not sure how much she lost yet because she only wants to weigh in on Sundays. I am so happy for her and for us!

Yesterday, my other sister, Kyla and I had our first cosultations with Dr. Bruderer. When we first got there we weighed in, took our blood pressure & took before pictures. Yikes. I'm not much for pictures at all, but hopefully that'll change. =) My blood pressure was a little high. Last week I got put on Lisinopril for my Blood Pressure. I hate the thought of having to take pills for the rest of my life. I hope this surgery changes that and I no longer need them! =) Anyway, I cannot believe Dr. Bruderer's staff. If only all hospital workers were this nice! Ha. From what I can tell, they are so understanding of their patients and if we had questions they were always happy to answer us. We got to meet Dr. Bruderer last & I must say, honestly, I don't think I've met or could have chosen a better surgeon/doctor. I  was nervous going in, not knowing what he'd be like, but I have to say that he & his staff really put us at ease. We asked if it were possible if we could get our surgeries on the same day & he said that he does not see a problem with that. Yay. But if not, we may be only a few days apart. No surgery datesas of yet but we should hear something as soon as they get our Psych Evals and approval from IHS in.  Hopefully this week or the beginning of next week. The way things are going, they're thinking the beginning of August or the middle part of August. Yay. I'm even more excited!!! We'll also get appointments for our pre-ops at that time & we'll have to go for a day to sit and talk with the nutritionist.

Sooo...almost one month away from the "first day of my new, healthy life!" I've been waiting for this since 2004 & I am ready! =)

I'll keep posting!

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