1 week post op!!!!!! <and a vent><LONG>

November 1, 2000

Terri,

You vent girl!!

Congrats on the weight loss!!

Gwen in NC

November 1, 2000

Hello all..

Well, my day was not the best in the world but at least it ended good... I

woke up early since I was supposed to go to see my PCP at 9:30 this morning..

Well, I actually got there early for once and was told i was down for 1:30... I

KNOW I had a 9:30 appt since I told the lady I needed it as early in the morning

as possible and she told me 9:30 was the first open.. So, I ask if they can

squeeze me in or something I get told, " Your appt is at 1:30.. The Dr is seeing

her 9 am appt now and is running late.. I'm sorry! " .. SORRY?!?!?!?!?! Ok... So I

go home all ticked off... Less than 15 minutes after walking through the door,

my Dr's office calls... The woman is the same one who told me to come in at 9:30

this morning but put down 1:30 and is now telling me I can't come in because my

Dr takes a 2 hour lunch that she didn't know about and that she is never making

appts for patients again! Ok... So now I am getting PO'd! I tel her, " I have 5

staples in my stomach that NEED to come out! " So she is trying to get me to see

another Dr.. That's fine.. I just want these damn things out of me already! <I

miss using my scrunchy in the shower because I am araid it will catch on one of

them and rip them out!> So, she tells me to hold on and she will talk to another

Dr.. She comes back and asks if 1:15 is ok.. That's fine! She apologizes for the

millionth time and I just say " I will see you at 1:15 " and hung up.. Sorry just

was not going to cut it since this was the second time they had done this to

me.. And the first time I had a card WITH the TIME AND DATE on it! Well, less

than 15 minutes later, Chuck's <fiance> fire pager goes off.. Smell of smoke in

a building.. Well, I'm not too worried since that usually means someone's got

their fireplace going or burning leaves.. He comes home a little bit later.. We

start playing a game on the computer and pager goes off again! This time,

structure fire <trailer>!! Well, there goes my appt! Luckily his company was

only mutual aid and was cancelled.. Well... I wait... and I wait.... 12:30 comes

and goes... 12:45 comes and goes... 1:00 comes and goes and the later it gets

the madder i get... 1:15 comes and goes.. At 1:20, I call the Dr's office again

and explain that I don't have a car and there's no way I can get there.. Well,

ok.. I got downright nasty with the woman on the phone since this whole mess was

their fault in the first place.. She finally told me to come as a walk in and

hung up on me... 1:30 comes and goes... 1:45... Chuck finally gets home... He

took one look at my face and knew I was ticked/upset.. He felt so bad.. he

thought the appt was for tomorrow.. I can understand that.. So, I told him it

wasn't his fault.. Well, about 3:00 rolls around and is sleeping so, I

decide to leave him here with daddy and I'm going to the Dr's since I don't know

how long I will be... I get there and the woman at the desk just gets done

telling the woman ahead of me that since it's after 3, they aren't taking

anymore walk in's but that she is welcome to come to the clinic that evening but

it would be first come first serve! So, she leaves and i ask, " What about me?! "

and proceed to explain everything that happened because of THEIR mistake! She

tells me to sign in and she couldn't tell me how long I would be waiting but I

could stay... FINALLY!! PROGRESS!! So, I sign in and sit down in the waiting

room.. Then of course, me being the impatient type and all, I had to go into the

hallway to the scale.. Of course becasue of the day I had I wasn't as thrilled

as I should have been so I just sat down! I was amazed.. In less than an hour, I

was called back! So, I got to see MY Dr <not another one> and got my staples

removed.. Oh yea.. and before I forget to mention, when I was in the hallway I

found out I have lost 14 lbs in 7 days!!! 14 Lbs gone FOREVER!!!!! It feels

awesome, let me tell ya!!! Sorry this is so long.. I don't vent very often but I

definately needed to today! btw.. Like I told Dr R, I know the hospital scale

said 302 but I don't know if it's off from my Dr's scale so I will just go with

the weight I was a few days before surgery at my PCP's office..

In my thoughts and prayers,

Terri

POST-OP!!

10/25/00

BMI 55

308 1 week before surgery at PCP office

302 the morning of surgery at hospital

294 1 week after surgery!! 14 lbs gone FOREVER!!!!

200 First goal!

" But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. " - Luke 6:27-28

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November 1, 2000

Hi Terri,

Take a deep cleansing breath........feel better????....now go kick some

ASS!!!

Love,

Genz

kf4vnt wrote:

> Hello all..

>

> Well, my day was not the best in the world but at least it ended good... I