Erica Coghill

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Hello there. Been a while since I have been on here. Well, a lot has happened in the last few months. I had surgery September 22nd. In November I got really sick and dehydrated and had to have my gall bladder removed. Since then I have been doing GREAT. I joined Curves and have been going 3 times a week. I plan to start going 5 days a week this next week. It is an amazing accomplishment that I thought I would never obtain! I am down 100 pounds since surgery. And I have went from a size 32 pants to a size 20!!! I feel amazing. But I have to admit that I still look in the mirror and see that fat girl. I can only hope in time that I can actually admire my reflection in the mirror. I have stopped all meds. Blood pressure and blood sugars are fabulous. This was definitely the smartest thing I have ever done :)

I am so excited. I talked with my Dr's office yesterday and if everything goes as planned, it looks like I will be going in on the 22ND of September for surgery! I have a 4 hour pre-op class that I am attending next Tuesday. I am so ready for this.

I am so excited. I have an appointment on September 1st to turn in some paperwork at the surgeons office AND they will submit to insurance for approval that same day! I was also told that with my insurance I should know by the second week of September if surgery is approved. I don't know what would stop it from going through but I am still a little nervous. I have become obsessed with making sure every little t is crossed and every i has a dot they can see. I know I will be completely devastated if I am turned down. Every Dr. I have been to has told me that I am a perfect candidate for surgery and have cleared me without hesitation. Still I keep pondering "what could the insurance want that I do not have?" Isabelle, who is in charge of submitting to insurance for approval says that I have nothing to worry about, but still I worry! I am trying to stay positive and prepare myself for a no as I plan for a yes. Which is a very difficult thing to do. Anyone have any tips on how to keep from going insane in the last few weeks of the process?

I had an orientation that I had to attend yesterday for my special needs son. They walked us in single file to a confrence room lined with chairs that of course I did not fit in. And of course the chairs were touching each other in rows. They then tell us that we must sit in order and do not skip any seats. The person behind me made a comment just loud enough for me to hear, "2 and a half hours! Well this is going to be uncomfortable and just down right unbearable for some." The person to the right of me says "tell me about it." I immediately feel my face turn red. I squeeze my shoulders in and put my arms in front of me and sit as still as possible as to not further offend the lady to my right. When my name was called I got up and walked as quickly as possible over to the desk to register. As I walk away she just cant help but make another comment, "Finally a little room for a few minutes at least." To say the least I sat mortified and ashamed for almost 3 hours. Told myself to let it go and concentrate on why I was there. We were finally dismissed and cried my entire drive home. I was so angry that I allowed her to make me feel like I had no right to be there because I was fat. Like I am less of a person. Like my son is less important because Iof my size. I just can not comprehend how people can be so ignorant. I was also angry with myself. Angry that I was so worried about drawing more attention to myself that I did not put that lady in her place. I realized by keeping my mouth shut I allowed her to make me less then a person and I  gave her permission to do this again to someone else. One positive thing did come out of the situation though. Today I sat my children down and I shared with them the entire incident as I have with all of you. I cried some more and told them exactly how this lady made me feel. ANd explained to them that this is what bullying is. She bullied me. I explained how bullying hurts not just the person being bullied, but that persons friends and family as well. As my children cried with me I was comforted. And I am now thankful for the horrible day I had yesterday because I am comfortable in saying that my children will never be a bully. Now the task at hand is getting us all to a place where we are comfortable enough to take a stand and not be the victim!!

I am a planner. I like to know what is going on and be prepared as possible. So I guess it should be expected that I am going a little crazy with all the 'WHAT IFS' over here. I can not be sure of my surgery date, or my hospital stay, or how long it is going to take me to get back to feeling well enough for my daily routine. So instead of stressing over all the unknown, I am focusing on what I know, and it is driving my Hubby and kids crazy to say the least. I want to make sure everything is as easy as possible. So I have started 'nesting' again!! Reorganizing cupboards and closets. Kids toys. The garage. It is only half past 9 in the morning and I have all ready got the kids up and ready, lunches packed and off to school, hubby lunch packed and off to work, 2 loads of laundry done and put away, dishes done, kitchen and both bathrooms cloroxed and living room picked up and vaccumed. I am exhausted lol But I cannot seem to stop!! AM I going crazy or is this normal? Maybe it is just normal for the crazy

So I have completed all of my appointments. Been cleared for surgery by everyone. Just waiting for paperwork to get from one office to another so it can be submitted to insurance for approval. I am told that it is only currently taking the insurance a couple days to approve. So I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas, so to speak. All the presents are under the tree and I still have to wait lol. I am going insane!!

Hi everyone! It was brought yo my attention that I did not mention what surgery I was planning on. I am interested in the Gastric Bypass. I went for my final weight check for insurance yesterday, and I am officially down 22 pounds since starting this whole process 6 months ago. It may not seem like much to some but that is a HUGE accomplishment for me. I was very excited. So now I have been told that the surgeons office will be finishing up my paperwork and submitting to insurance ASAP. In the meantime I will concentrate on trying to get that scale to keep going down!