pre-op surgical consult results

April 17, 2004

Hello everyone,

Well a I made it thru the surgical consult. It went very well I'd say, the staff

was great and the Dr even better!

He told me he'd rather do LAP surgery on me, ( I'm still not sure which one to

do tho ) and suggested I loose 40 lbs before surgery, (I've never lost more than

20 at a time then gained it back and then some) he said if I didn't loose the

weight he could still do the surgery, but it would be the open. He said to join

a support group, (was thrilled when I told him I had online, already)

I would need to do the sleep apnea test, physc evaluation, and that was it.

He explained what he would do, and about all the " steps " afterwards too,

explained to my hubby his role in all of this.

The time just with the Dr. was 1 1/2 hours, I really liked him, I asked tons of

questions, he asked tons of questions! Some ok, and some were really " deep " but

that's ok. Makes a person think ya know... can't just " jump " into this.

The nurse gave me a huge envelope of info when we left, in it was a list of

support groups and lo and behold there was one that was only 4 miles from my

home and the next meeting was that very night! lol I was absolutly thrilled! I

called Patti right away and hubby and I were there for the meeting, at first

when we pulled up to the " house " , we were uneasy, it was more like a mansion!

lol

But once in the door, we were treated like family! There were 9 other women

there and 1 other hubby the meeting was to be from 7 - 8:30, we left about

10pm!! Hubby and I had a great time, and got even more questions answered. Both

of us are ready for this journey.

At first remember, hubby didn't respond much about this subject, but after I

asked him to go to with me to these appointments he really turned around.

I went to my PCP the very next day, told him what I had done, and all that had

transpired he was sooooo happy! He had been waiting for ME to take this step! He

immediatly ordered and did a full blood work up, set up appointments for a

mamaogram and pap test (was time for them anyway) he put me on wellbutrin for

appetite control. He set my sleep test for May 8th. So all of the things the BTC

asked me to do are all set up, except the physc eval, waiting for that office to

call me back.

I'm getting sooooooooooooo excited and haven't even been approved thru the

insurance yet, but the BTC seemed to think even tho it was in the exclusions

list, they could get it approved, it's all they do there, they must know the

ropes and ind and outs.

ok rambled enough............ lol

Hugs

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BMI 56.7

First Goal 301

Last Goal 130-150

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April 18, 2004

CONGRATS!!!

I hope mine goes that well.... have to wait till the 17th of May though.

ICE

-- pre-op surgical consult results

Hello everyone,

Well a I made it thru the surgical consult. It went very well I'd say, the

staff was great and the Dr even better!

He told me he'd rather do LAP surgery on me, ( I'm still not sure which one

to do tho ) and suggested I loose 40 lbs before surgery, (I've never lost

more than 20 at a time then gained it back and then some) he said if I didn

t loose the weight he could still do the surgery, but it would be the open.

He said to join a support group, (was thrilled when I told him I had online,

already)

I would need to do the sleep apnea test, physc evaluation, and that was it.

He explained what he would do, and about all the " steps " afterwards too,

explained to my hubby his role in all of this.

The time just with the Dr. was 1 1/2 hours, I really liked him, I asked tons

of questions, he asked tons of questions! Some ok, and some were really

deep " but that's ok. Makes a person think ya know... can't just " jump " into

this.

The nurse gave me a huge envelope of info when we left, in it was a list of

support groups and lo and behold there was one that was only 4 miles from my

home and the next meeting was that very night! lol I was absolutly thrilled!

I called Patti right away and hubby and I were there for the meeting, at

first when we pulled up to the " house " , we were uneasy, it was more like a

mansion! lol

But once in the door, we were treated like family! There were 9 other women

there and 1 other hubby the meeting was to be from 7 - 8:30, we left about

10pm!! Hubby and I had a great time, and got even more questions answered.

Both of us are ready for this journey.

At first remember, hubby didn't respond much about this subject, but after I

asked him to go to with me to these appointments he really turned around.

I went to my PCP the very next day, told him what I had done, and all that

had transpired he was sooooo happy! He had been waiting for ME to take this

step! He immediatly ordered and did a full blood work up, set up

appointments for a mamaogram and pap test (was time for them anyway) he put

me on wellbutrin for appetite control. He set my sleep test for May 8th. So

all of the things the BTC asked me to do are all set up, except the physc

eval, waiting for that office to call me back.