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It's official!! I'm approved for surgery!! Now I need to schedule and get this thing moving. I'm so excited. I still haven't freaked out about the surgery itself that will probably happen once I know the date and it's getting closer. I'm just ready to move on to the next chapter of my life.  Patience is a virtue.


Had to add my Surgery Date 08/17/09!!! Whoohoo!!

So I had my last weigh-in as I put in my last post and thought that they office was going to submit to my insurance well silly me, they told me to come in for the psych visit the next day. So I went in filled out that loooooong test packet and what do you know he doesn't show up! I was was I like to call "HOT TEXAS"! I was fully ticked off. Anyway so the lady at the desk says they will submit the pych packet to his office and then submit to my insurance. Well a week goes by and I call to see if they've submitted, guess what?? No not only have they not submitted but I have to come in AGAIN to see the pych. Sigh, God give me the serenity...... So I go in on another day I do not have scheduled off to see him he calls my name and then gives me a test packet.   So I told him I had filled that out a week ago, when he didn"t show up ( I had to mention that to him, lol) so he spends 10 minutes looking for it and he does some makeshift consult with me. So I will call AGAIN next week to see if they have submitted to the insurance, because once they do I have to immediately begin a 4 week pre- op diet!  Which I am terrified about. For four weeks I have to drink two- three protien shakes a day and only one meal for dinner of lean meat and veggies. I mean the reason I'm here is because I've failed at dieting, what makes them think I can do 4 weeks of it!! But I'm desperate at this point, so I'm going to do it regardless. Pray for me!

Well, this is my last weigh in before they send my information to the insurance company to see if they approve. The NUT said I needed to lose 15 lbs before surgery in order to be at 50 BMI, or the surgeon will cancel the surgery. She said most of that will happen with the pre-op diet, but I am so nervous about the weigh in, what if I haven't lost enough and they deny me. I don't know what I can do to get more weight off of me before May 18th. I don't want to do anything crazy but if I get denied because of this I will be so upset with myself. From my first consultation to my first weigh- in in March I had gained 5 pounds, my april weigh in I lost 3, and right now I'm at a loss of 4 more. My weigh- in's are scheduled at 2 in the afternoon and for some reason I always weigh more. I think I"m really going to have to fast, so that the scale will be on my side. I've also considered just doing the protein shakes now, and jump start the pre-op. so that I can make sure the pounds come off. I am in a constant state of dreaming what it will be like after surgery , how much can I lose at a time, what will I look like. My surgery date will hopefully be in June and my 30th birthday is at the end of August. So I wonder what size I'll be, if there's anyway I get more off before then, etc. Just obsessing, it's terrible.

Well not much is going on, my second of three weigh- in's is on the 20th of this month. I've already had my sleep study so no more test until after the third weigh-in and the information is sent to my insurance company. I'm trying to stay motivated and keep it moving so I can lose weight. I'm trying to focus on eating proteins and laying off the carbs. I am so addicted to carbs it makes no sense. Potatoes and bread are the main ones, in almost any form. I know a lot of it is mental so I'm working on it. I was trying to look into protein drinks I can use to substitue some of my meals hopefully to speed this weight loss up. So if anyone has any ideas. Oh yeah, and I'm lactose intolerant so nothing that has to due with milk or I'll be up at 4 in the morning ready to die!!TMI, anyway I've finished another term of college with a 4.0! I'm so proud of myself, I'm not bragging, I was the girl who flunked two semsters of college back in 97. If feels good to redeem myself and I can't wait to get that diploma.

Well I guess to day the beginning for the rest of my life. I acutally believe that everyday is. I had my first weigh in for my 3 month physician regulated diet for my insurance company. My last wiegh-in will be May 20th and they say it'll take 2 -3 weeks to get the final say so, so I should be having surgery sometime in June!!Yipee!
This road I'm on doesn't just include the wieght loss surery, I will be 30 in August and on my 29th birthday I decided that I wasn't where I wanted to be in too many aspects of my life, so I am currently in school working on my BS in communications, I have a 4.0 GPA . So like my dad used to always say.... Upward and Onward!!