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My name is Dianna and I am 38 years old and I am married with 3 wonderufl children. I have been heavy most of my life. I remember being happy at one point in my life with my weight (when i was 24), but then I got pregnant with my son and nothing has been the same. I have tried weight watchers many times, only to get to a certain point and loose all my will power. It has taken me darn near 5 years to consider having GB surgery. I went through one of the forums before and filled and out my paperwork, but that was as far as I got with it. I thought to my self "I will give weight watchers one more try and if I dont succeed this time, I am definitely going to go through with the GB surgery." So, here I am....I have been jumping through hoops in order to get my insurance to approve the coverage now for almost a year. I started my journey in June of 2008 at another forum. Here it is March of 2009 and I FINALLY received a call on Thursday, March 5th with my surgery date! My date is April 6th! Once I received that call, my stomach was all in knots. I was excited, nervous and scared all at once! I am scared of having this surgery. My biggest fear is putting the weight back on and not being able to make the changes necessary. I am very determined however, so Im really gonna give this a try! I have a great support system at work, as I have many co-workers and even my SUPERVISOR has had GB surgery! So, with all the support I have at work, I am positive that I will be succesful. My husbands step mother has even had GB surgery. Her date was in October of 2008 and she has lost 80 lbs (i think) ;-) She looks amazing and it has only been a few months since her surgery. So, my date is approaching rather quickly and it will be here before you know it! I am looking for all different kinds of support to keep me in line, so I am going to be on here as often as possible hoping to talk to, meet and make new GB friends. ;-) Ok, I have chatted enough and will post my story now. I will post a before picture as the time gets closer! Im NOT looking forward to that one at all! Thanks for reading my story and I hope to hear from you all soon! ;-)
ok, so i got a phone call today from my surgeons office. 3-13-2009. i alread knew my date for surgery, but didnt know the time or when i had to do any pre admission testing or anything. so, my preadmission testing is march 24th and then i meet with my surgeon again right before surgery on april 3rd. I am so excited but nervous at the same time. Sometimes it feels like the days are dragging by but then there are others that feel like it is flying by. guess it just depends on my day at work. ;-)
march 22, 2009,
i have exactly two weeks until my surgery. I go to the hospital on tuesday for all my preadmission stuff. they tell me to plan on spending the majority of my day there. im so nervous about my preadmission tests. what on earth could they be doing to make me take a day off of work. i have had surgery before and only remember having to have some lab work, etc done. so what the heck? i know this is a really big surgery and they wanna make sure everything is ok and i dont wanna do anything that would cause anything bad to happen. so, my husband took me out for a nice dinner last night to the Cheesecake Factory. I love that place! I know i will never be able to eat there again, so that was my last dinner there. ;-) I began trying an exercise video yesterday. OMG, im sooooooooooooo sore. lol. I know exercise is going to be a big key in this weight loss journey, and that is one of the things that scares me. i have never been really active my entire life. dont get me wrong, i enjoy doing things outside etc. but to be an exercise advocate is NOT me. how can i get into finding an exercise that i will enjoy? right now, i have two feet with heel spurs that hurt like a mother when i walk. im hoping that will ease up as i begin to loose the weight. i also have arthur in my right knee pretty bad, so going up and down my stairs is a real killer right now also. i had back surgery in 2006 so im limited to the type of exercises i can do lying down on the floor....dont get me wrong, i have tried to lie flat on the floor to do some exercises....and it causes a great deal of pain in my lower back. so, if anyone out there has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. i have a treadmill in my family room but hate walking on it. i did enjoy the dvd i tried yesterday even though i didnt make it through the whole 30 minutes. BOY, let me tell you...i am sooooooooo sore today it isnt funny. so, im gonna take a break today from the video and try again tomorrow when i get home from work. i gotta find something that works for me! I look forward to the day that i can cross my legs without any type of pain or my leg going to sleep. there are many things i actually am looking forward to being able to do. im more terrified of failing after this surgery than anything! everyone talks about how they never regret having it done and how most everyone is able to return to eating almost anything. everyone also talks about how this surgery really changes your mental thinking; but if thats the case then would you really allow those old things creep back into your life? maybe the mental thinking it affects is the fact that you know you cant have more than a certain amount because of it possibly making you sick? ok, well, i will post more after i go to the hospital for my preadmission tests. talk to ya all soon.
March 24th
ok, so i went to the hospital today for all my preadmission tests! can you say WOW!!!!! I CANT believe all the stuff they did today, but am glad they put it all in one day instead of spreading it out into several. they did abg's, cxr, ekg, physical, labs, and a pre op class covering what is expected of you in the hospital and what to do and what not to do. what foods you are gonna b able to eat and not eat, etc. i do NOT have to do any kind of prep before the surgery other than the night before!!! hallllllaleuah! ;-) my husbands step mother will be sooooooooooo upset....teeheehee so, i was worried about my hemoglobin being low since my family dr told me i was anemic. i asked today if they would cancel the surgery if it was too low and they said YES. so, when i met with the dr for my physical i expressed my concern and low and behold they already had all my lab work back from this morning and had my hemoglobin level there! well it was just fine.....12.7 to be exact. ;-) so, the dr said there is nothing left to do except show up for my surgery! she said there was nothing going to cancel it now! so, one more week to work and then its off to the OR! ;-) WELL, i will post more to my story later after i get home from surgery! look for my post!
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