Natasha B.

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So I have been planning out my trip and what stops to see on the way....

On our way to Drury Inn..........


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From the Drury to IHOP to Dr. L's to the Zoo, to visit a few Mappins stores, threw London, to Clem, then to Barrie to see Mark.


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So guess what arrived in the mail 3 days later?? MY DL!! lol

Oh well....what can you do??

I booked the hotel and have started making arrangements. This will be Dave's FIRST time out of Canada - and 2nd time out of Ontario in his life! LOL ...too bad his first visit it to Michigan and not somewhere more scenic.

We are planning on going to the zoo, do a bit of shopping, and hang out in London on Friday night, stop in Barrie on Sat, see my man MARK! (see if he is reading this) and come home Sunday.

EXCITING!!!


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My drivers license won't be in in time for me to cross the boarder, so I had to change my apt date to March 23. The long weekend.

Dave and I are going to spend the long weekend there and in London, just me and him. Man it's going to be nice!!

I think we will hit the zoo or something. FUN!!!

Time to plan my trip. :)

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I called OHIP to follow up today on my application - to make sure they got the additional information they needed. They called me back and said that a decision letter was sent to my GP and Purlatored to me at home. I called my GP a million times and could not get threw. 

So I posted on here - in a panic - and all my great OH friends told me to call Dr. L - as they would know. So I did, and they just got my approval letter TODAY!! They were trying to contact me. 

So I have my consult for May 2 @ 1:00. I am so excited!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!

That's all I got right now...................................

I called my Dr's office to follow up on my application. The secretary said tere was nothing in there. Well, I called OHIP last night to follow up on my application. Turns out that they faxed my Dr for additional information. I went in this morning and the secretary said right after I called they got a fax. So I sat down with my Dr and he went over the additional information.

All they really wanted to know was who would do the follow up after surgery if there was a complication. They didn't seem to want much information. I hope that is a good sign.

He is sending them back a note today - hopefully I will hear soon. FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it's FAXED! I am so excited to hear back!

My Dr is so great. I didn't think today was ever going to come. When I went in he immediately asked if I heard from Dr. Hagen. I told him I got a package to fill out . I called the office and asked how long I had to wait for a consult, they told me 8 months after they receive my package, then after the consult I have to wait 3-5 years. My Dr was blown away. I am going to fill it out and still send it in as a back up.

So I presented the DS to him with my file of WONDERFUL information (that I have collected over the last 3 months, thanks to everyone that has helped me out!) and he said OK, what do I have to do?

I was nervous and felt like I was in a job interview! lol he read over my application, added more to it, signed and sealed it , took a copy and said let me know if there is anything else I can do!

So now I wait.......... FINGERS CROSSED!

Well if anything would seal the deal on me having WLS - getting denied life insurance has to be it.

Their reason for not insuring me? My Height/Weight ration in combination with my history of depression.

WELL - They seem to understand how much being overweight is a health risk - too high of  risk for them to insure me - I am sure to die of a weight related issue.

Boy, does it ever give you another look on your life as an obese person.

I wonder if this would be a good point to put in my cover letter to OHIP??

I got my info package today from Julie. I am pretty excited. I am filling out my OOC forms, looking for any help from Ontario patients on here. I am working on my cover letter as well, and diet history.

I called my GP to arrange a referral for a sleep test. The nurse is going to get him to send the referral in on Thursday without seeing me, so I can get things going.

The swelling in my legs is getting bad. I am sick and tired of being tired.

I met with my therapist on Friday, and we talked about the DS. She thinks that this is the perfect option for me. She said that whatever she could do to help this, write a letter, make a call, she would. Because she knows that my weight is my final chapter and I need to have closure. I told her a letter would be perfect!

Loosing the weight will help me move on in life. I will need help and support to help with the changes that will result. I won't be able to use the weight as my defense mechanism.

I can't believe how much this is falling into place. It's almost too perfect. I deserve this. My family deserves this.

I am calling my GP tomorrow to get a referral for a sleep test. Sleep apnea never crossed my mind before until my therapist was reading my questionnaire and said " I am surprised that you don't have it!" We discussed it and I did some research on it. I have most of the symptoms. I am pretty sure I have it, or at least a mild case.

So with my ooc ap, my letter, my therapist letter, and my drs letter. I hope I get approval. I would love to have this surgery by the end of August!

My very first post here, I asked for opinions on WLS available. I had NO idea that there was the Duodenal Switch Option.

Thank you to the DSers that spoke up to me. I have been researching it (everyday since that post) and can't believe at almost how perfect of a fit is seems to me.

It turns out that my coworker that had WSL actually had the DS. She never told me what procedure she had, only that is was WSL. I called her up and asked her her surgeon was. It turns out is is Dr. L (that the most of you had!) Her and I are having lunch tomorrow to talk about her DS and her experience.

I met with my coworker today for lunch to talk about her experience. I had so many questions and could listen to her for HOURS, a 1/2 hour was NOT enough. I hope to get together with her again to talk. She is so sweet. She brought me a package of her things she needed to do, explained the surgery, the recovery, and lifestyle now. Her experience was an ideal one.

I am still researching options. My GP faxed a referral to Dr. Hagen regarding the RNY. I wonder how long until I hear from his office?

I have an apt with my GP to discuss the DS further and have the OOC forms for him to fax. I want to met with BOTH surgeons to make sure I make the BEST choice for me.

WLS seems less scarier by the day as I get a better understanding. I have a lot too loose if this went bad, but I am a believer that if it's my time, it's my time and it's out of my hands.

Well today was step one of my journey. I went in to talk to my GP about my Weight Loss options.

 I relived my Visit with Dr. Barr, the plastic surgeon who is doing my breast reduction. Dr. Barr recommended a LapBand for me to lose the weight. It was something that he was brining into his practice. I could not choke down the idea at the time. I was standing there topless while he took pictures of me, telling me that the LapBand would be a great option for me. He only had my health in mind, but man it hit me like a brick wall. I will be honest. I don’t see myself as THAT BIG, or as BIG as he saw me, and made me feel. I was so lucky to have my husband there with me.

So was that the turning point for me? No. I left that consultation with the drive to lose it on my own by diet and exercise. I started going to a therapist to find out WHY I eat and ways to stop etc. I lost 20 lbs. That was back in July. It’s now January and I have only kept 10 of it off. It slowly creeps back on.

The end of my rope came on Sunday afternoon, when my 4 year old daughter said to me “mommy, your fat” I died. I can’t do this anymore. I am at the END OF MY ROPE. I can’t do this alone.

From July to today two of my co works had bypass surgery done. At first I was afraid, because it is a risky surgery, as with any surgery. But after seeing their success and minimal complications, I decided to look into it and maybe consider it as an option, as well as the LapBand.

 

So today I told my GP about the LapBand option and the cost that is involved in it. $16,000. Medicard approved me for $10,000. I would have to come up with the other $6,000. He then told me to research some options that OHIP will cover. I was not expecting him to accept this conversation as easily as he did. We discussed the Bypass and he told me to do some research on a surgeon in Toronto and get a name to him so he could check into him and his credentials. So I called up my co worker and asked the name of her surgeon. Turns out it was the same Dr that I have been researching the past month.

So, my GP is looking into him and will be sending him a referral for me. Hopefully I will hear something soon.

Now it’s time to do more research and figure out which procedure I want to do.