Michelle43_mi
New to this site found my dr... did seminar ! went to my pcp did xrays lab work ekg ... waiting for dec2nd unless they have a cancellation! for my surgen appt also saw phychiatrist and was ok'd... COME ON DEC 2ND!
12/1/05 Well Got all my paper work done pcp gave me my letter today boy do i look bad on paper or what! i think it really scared my kids and my S.O. they all cried and i dont think they ever realized how bad i was and to tell the truth neither did i! I mean i know what all my health issues are but whooh on paper it kinda made it real. So im very set in my desision to get the lap band now i wasnt ready i guess last year when my dr suggested bi pass i was HEY! im not that big but i guess being 5 3 and 240 is hazards to your health! But i told the dr this last week its banding for me and he was like YES go for it! one more day till i see the surgery office i have everything in a nice neat folder ready to hand to them . so i guess next step is to submitte the paper work to my insurance comapny i called them about 3 weeks ago 2 times to ask questions on my coverage and i talked to human resourse at my soon to be ex's work and they both reassured me its a covered procedure just have to pay any co-pay or deductable WOOT ! as long as it is medically nessasary (no probs there)
Dec 2 2005
well went to office visit gave them my stuff called insurance i was approved on the spot just waiting for the fax! i have a date dec 14th 2005 ! can i say im soo excited .. i start my liquids tomarrow so dinner out tonight
Dec 29 2005
Well its been a few weeks since i have updated and its been a wild ride my insurance company called 2 days after approval and said that they need records for 12 month weight loss well the problem with that is my dr office burnt to the ground and lost everything including 20 years of my life! after 3 appeals i finally got a approval! so now its 9 09 on friday morning and im calling surgans office to get this going again~ ill update with my surgery date soon :)
Dec 29 2005
Its official i have a date and time jan 17th at 1 pm WHOOOO HOOOO
Jan 20th
Well Im offical ! and so far so good few gas pains other than that im doing awsome hospital staff were great love my dr so now my journy begins!
Feb 7th 2006
well im on week 3 and things are going good.. swelling is going down finally! and im actually starting to get hungry uhh ohhh.. but im doing good im on mushies and my favorite thing right now is cottage cheese and tuna (can you say protien LOL) im down to 200 on my scale .when i started i was 240 so not a bad start i guess. my biggest thing right now is i want soo bad to wear jeans i miss them .. but when i wear them my port starts to hurt. It will happen soon enough also wanted to add that im doing better on my insulin i was at 60 units now im at 20 :)
JUNE 20TH 2006
wow i cant belive how much time has flown by things are doing good i had a unfill episode i was way to tight couldnt even swollow my spit but that worked out ok ! im down to 182 now and totally off all my meds i feel like im 20 again can ride bikes roller blade anythign i want to do ! even went back to school to finish cosmotology lol at my age who would have thunk it ! i just have to say this has been the best thing i have ever done in my life and im soo grateful!
Oct 3 2006
well im 8 months out and im at 170 so70 pounds lost im off all my meds including my insuline!! things are going good except that im to have surgery on the 18th on my shoulder and it has really hinder weight loss right now i cant exercise or work or school im in limbo right now but as soon as i get the ok after surgery and PT im back at my ddr its the only excercize that i really like.
