Martina B.
Surgery Tomorrow, Yikes!
Jun 06, 2007
Well, as hard as it is to believe, the day is finally here! I will be in surgery in a little over twelve hours from now and I still do not feel nervous. I am more nervous about not being nervous than anything else, ha. It will probably hit me about the time I walk in to the hospital in the morning. I found out today that some of my previously VERY unsupportive family has decided to come and be with me at the hospital tomorrow so that should be interesting. I think that when they figured out that I was not going to change my mind, I was making this commitment and they could not stop me they have developed a kind of "if you can't stop her, might as well join her" mentality. I don't care what made the difference for them really. It will be kind of nice to know they are there and thinking good thoughts for me. My husband will be with me the whole time, of course, and my mother is determined that she is spending the night at the hospital, ha. I would rather she go home but who knows what will happen. Ok, need to pack that bag so think good thoughts!
Five Days Until Surgery!
Jun 02, 2007
OMG, I cannot believe how fast everything is suddenly going. I was approved LESS than one month ago and here I am looking at surgery in less than a week. I am still not nervous though and I think that I should be. I went last week for all of my pre-op testing, what a treat that was. Honestly, I had no idea what all would be involved. I don't know if everyone does the same things, but here is what my day was like. I started out with bloodwork and the good old pee in the cup trick. Then I moved over to x-ray and had an upper GI. Gross, gross, gross. The x-ray itself is nothing but the barium they make you drink is totally horrendous. After the upper, I had a complete set of chest x-rays and then back to the waiting room to wait on respitory. When we got back there, I had an EKG and did several pulmonary breathing tests. None of them are hard, but they do make you a little dizzy. There was one where you had to blow out and then suck in as much air as you could as fast as you could for one minute. I thought I was going to pass out for a minute, ha. All in all, it wasn't a bad day. Even the upper GI was over fairly quickly. After I finished all of the testing at the hospital, I had to go to an appointment with a doctor that the surgeon's office set up for me. I'm still not totally sure why my own primary care doctor couldn't do this part, but whatever the surgeon wants I will do! Basically, this doctor just did a physical and gave me the final clearance for surgery. Whoo-hoo! It has been a long, long road, but I can finally see light at the end of that old tunnel.
5/4/07 APPROVED!!!
May 07, 2007
Can you believe it! After all of the other hoo-ha, I took my denial letter to my PC and he was not too happy. He got on the phone to the insurance and a week later I am approved AND have a surgery date!! I am SO excited, and nervous, haha!
