Kris M.
04-20-06
I originally joined this board to help my husband. Now I am here to help myself. I am Kris and my husband is Chris...yeah, I know...
We have two beautiful kids, Emily(6) and Brett(just about to turn 4). Both of us need this tool so we can live long and healthier lives to be there for our kids and each other.
Chris and I have fought long and hard with insurance companies over the past 5 years to no avail. Last year Chris changed jobs and what a difference a company makes! Thank God for Countrywide and its wonderful benefits!!!
Chris has a surgery date for May 8th and I have my consult appointment for May 3rd!!!
Hopefully I will be getting banded just as he is getting a handle on his!
I've struggled with weight since I was about 20. Its genetically in my family. I am 5'4 and currently weight 243. I put on weight with my second child that I wasn't able to lose. With my first I was overweight when I got pregnant, but was able to get back to the starting weight and maintain that until I got pregnant again 2 yrs later.
I've tried the usual diets....not with any success...surprise surprise.
I did the phen-fen thing for a year with NO results even though I was working out.
The doctors say I am borderline thyroid...but thats all they do, talk about it.
This month my doctor has put me on blood pressure meds and I decided that that is the last straw! I want off them, I want to lose weight and I want to live!!!!!!!!!
04-25-06
Went to pre-op appt. with Chris today. We both weighed in and I've lost 5 lbs and Chris has lost 20!!
Only 10 more days until his surgery and I have my psych eval on 4-28. Woo hoo...movin' right along!!
05-03-06
Had my consult today and all went well. They want me to have an EGD because of a condition I have called Barretts Esophagus that relates to reflux. No biggie...should have one yearly anyway but I haven't. The EGD and a cardiac stress test and I am good to go! My stress test is scheduled for the 15th as well as the initial appt. with the GI doc about the EGD. Hopefully I can get them both out of the way quickly and get started towards a date. My weight today was 237.
05-08-06
Chris had his surgery today and all went well. He was pretty out of it from the anesthesia but other than that no probs yet.
5-15-06
Had my cardiac stress test(nuclear thalmus?) and what fun that was...not! I PASSED!!! My handsome cardiologist (Dr. Maese) said he would dictate the report today...woo hoo!!
I also had my GI consult and I'm having the endoscopy tomorrow(yuck)!
I think I'm done with all testing then....um, maybe a chest xray still I think....then all done!! Yay!!!! They can send all my info in and get me rolling towards approval I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE!!!
Oh, I weighed in at 238 today, up a pound thanks to PMS. Being a girl stinks sometimes!!
5-16-06
Endocscopy DONE and I'm ok to go(I think...gotta wait for biopsy results), doc said everything looked good but there were some small ulcers in my stomach. She wants me taking meds for them for a bit. I figure by the time the paperwork is submitted and approved, I'll be good to go!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!
6-2-06
Doctors office facilitator has submitted my paperwork to the insurance company!! Now it's just hurry-up-and-wait!!! Hopefully it will go quickly like my husband's did. Oh, BTW I'm back up to 240.5. Lame body!!
6-9-06
Just heard from UHC that they show my request for approval in their computer system as of two days ago!! Hubby got approval 8 days after they showed his paperwork in the system...crossing my fingers and starting my pre-op diet on Monday in hopes that I get the go-ahead and can schedule my surgery just that much sooner!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
For those of you wondering why you need to do a pre-op diet....here are before and after pictures of a liver showing what the pre-op diet does to prepare the liver:
6-17-06
Well folks, it looks like my surgery(approved or not I still don't know yet) will have to be postponed until March. I tested today and......
I'm PREGNANT!!!! Woo hoo!!!
