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So I called my insurance company and then downloaded the medical necessity piece, I think that is what CMMC told me to do. I think they take care of pre-approval, but the insurance guy kind of freaked me out, "Don't forget to have med management pre-approve your hospital stay, It's two different things."  Huh?  So I do have more questions, thought I had most of them answered, cept diet stuff.  That iwas freaking me out , too,  How does everybody firgure all of this out, and then I realized I haven't been to the nutrition class yet, duh.
Phew, so I got a little worked up, then calmed myself down.  
Pre-op date is 3/25/08. for whatever they do for blood work etc, maybe they weigh you, too, and say, nope you haven't lost the weight... arrgghh a nightmare. What did other people do to lose that 10% +-?

OMGravy!! I have done so much of the pre-op stuff that they gave me a tentative surgery date of March 31st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still have to have a gall bladder  ultra sound, the nutrition class, keep a food diary for 2 weeks, meet the the nutri again and a psych eval, and then pre op meeting and there I am---oh have to lose 10%, too, and they are giving me credit for the 8 # I have lost since Dec 19th. aiaiaiya-is this for real?? Just called my daughter and told her i couldn't go back to FL in April to help her go back to work...that was hard, not going back to see my sweet Jaxson til?? Okl ok now I am going to cry...later

So i meet the dr, tom...my first consultation. i have had alot of the blood work done, so don't know what is still required of me. I am excited and not scared at all, although I did spend most of last night reading a OH member's horror story of her RNY-not Dr. Loggins-really set me on my tush a bit.
I have a rotten cold, and the weather forecast for tom is sleet and freezing rain, so I am not all that happy to make the hour + drive to Lewiston.  Pray me there, dear friends, and home again, too. Thanks.

2008 here I come.  No New year's resolutions this year...just prayers for health-really good health and joyful moments!  These go out to all of you as well.

We made it with 10 minutes to spare, thanks to the wonderful people at Enterprise who pretty much shooed us throu the line and said sign here here and here, now gogogo!!LOL He was born at 12:20 p.m. and is 7lbs 7 oz(more now) and was 20 inches long.  We went to his one week appointmet today and he is 7 8 1/2 and 21" Wow and wow!! My husband left this am, and I am staying with my daughter for another week and a half in Tampa. What a blessing!!
My husband and I are practicing, eating only when we are hungry or really active and I feel in control. I am hoping to have lost some weight when i go for my consultationon the 11th. Merry Christmas and happy New year to you all, especially those who are beginning this journey, 
Can you imagine a New Year without, i will lose weight resolution??

Oh no, more snow.  Since I haven't skiied in years,(my knee) or snowmobiled, (can't fit in my very expensive suit)or ice skated(my ankles)snow just means inconvenience and caution...don't fall what ever I do!! Hubby and I are flying out of Portland on Wednesday early, so hopefully everything will be cleaned up by then. I just told my daughter, I hope this is my last fat Christmas!  We are going down to be with her in Tampa for the birth of her first child. We are sooooooo excited.  Our baby is having a baby!!!So joy, joy, that is all that matters-it's a grandson to join our family.  We have 2 grandgirls who live next door.  Jaxson, his name, will live in FL for awhile.  Mimi(that's me!) will make the trip to him, several more times, I am sure!!
So today, with the snow coming, I will just have to work on my breathing, my water, and patience!!

I have a consultation date, January 11, in Lewiston with Dr. Loggins, I could have gone on the 27th of Dec but I will be in Florida with my new grandson so had to put THEM off, how funny. They got all my paperwork and I am set for now, I guess.
YAY, I am so relieved.

Well, I just got off the phone with my PCP, we are ready to send the packet off to Dr. Loggins office.  That's the good news.  I had tons of blood work done, a U/A, chest x-ray, EKG,  nuclear stress test(for chest pain and shortness of breath) The bad news is I am officially diabetic. She is not going to start me on medication because WLS does cure Type II diabetes, but it was one more reason for me to go forward with this drastic, life changing procedure. I really thought, deep down, that I would be able to DO this on my own, conventionally diet, exercise and stop being a slave to food. I want to be in control of my life, and food is the last place that I feel out of control. I had a therapist friend tell me it is an ongoing issue of boundaries for me, boundaries of being too kind, too available, too loving to clients, that shows itself as a boundary issue for myself and food, that I don't draw any lines for myself. I disagreed by saying if I could have done this before I would have, that I had to get to 55 years old, lose two siblings, younger than I, to push me to this place. But it did cause me to ponder her words, I appreciate her skills as a human being, very different than I but a really good friend. 
This is just the beginning, I have such a long, long way to go.