OV w/Dr. T....Fun, Fun, Fun!

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Interesting kick to my Friday afternoon. 3:00 p.m. appt with my

PCP. When asked by my nurse what the reason for my visit, I told her

for f/u on BP and to talk to Dr. T about MGB. She immediately told

me that he being (meaning my Pcp) Asian, did not believe in weight

loss pills and definitely not WLS. LOL I got ready for a fight.

My wonderful Dr. T walks in and rechecks my BP (160/100) States to

me (after I asked if he had knowledge on MGB surgery) no surgeon or

anesthesiologist would touch me with my BP being this high. I

concur. However, my problem is (as I stated to him) I have been on

a diet most of my life...recently for the last 2 weeks, have been

walking a mile 4x a week and up to jogging 1/2 (or Less) a week. I

work out at the gym twice a week and have gained 2 lbs! LOL I am

getting to the point where I am sick of trying! He did tell me that

he had heard of the surgery and that it was in his opinion better

than the others. My Dr. T decided that I must do something for him

before he would agree to following me for this surgery.

He has put me on another BP pill (we are now back up to 3) and gave

me Xenical to try until my appts. with the nephrologist and

endocrinologist which is 9/7 and 9/22. If there is not significant

weight loss by the end of 9/00 and my other doctors concure that my

BP could be lowered and controlled by this surgery, he will write my

letter and support me post-op.

I think he did the right thing. It is a small step towards proving

me right...

Oh BTW....I really am trying to lose w/out the surgery. But after 15

years of this...it is getting old!

Jai