sallard
Oct 15 '06 I'm a 36 year old mother of 4. I'm at the end of my 6 month dietician appointments. I seen the psyh last week, which went pretty good. He said I was a good canidate for the surgery and that I'm making sure to do everything required and making the changes I need to survive successfully after my surgery. I see doctor Johnson for the last time in Dec before my surgery, which I wish I could move up sooner so I could maybe still have my surgery this year but I doubt that will happen. I am looking forward to feeling good again. At this point I'm not sure I even know what that means.
Oct 21 '06 I'm sitting here at home taking it easy today , it was such a long week this week. I have my dietician appointment on Wednesday and hoping I lost a pound or two atleast. I have been good and doing pretty much what I was told to do, I have been eating out a bit, but not eating alot when I do. I've been feeling sick again and that makes me not feel like doing anything and it's so frustrating. I want to have my surgery and get this over with so maybe I can start feeling better and have a little more energy and will get out of the house and move. I understand that the surgery isn't going to make me better over night and that I have to work very hard at getting better but the surgery is a tool to help me get where I need to be. If this surgery does nothing else but take away my Glocose intolerance and take a little pressure off my back and legs, it will be well worth it. It would be nice to not feel so depressed too. You see I have fibromyalgia as well as being obese, and a few other medical things and the fms can really kick you in the butt at times. When I get the episodes (this is what I call it) I pretty much just don't do anything and rest and they are starting to get more frequent again. Today my hands hurt sooo bad but here I am pushing it to type. I guess I need to complain a little. Unless you live with chronic pain and fatigue on a daily basis it's hard to understand I guess. Some doctors say it's in your head but if it were just in a persons head how come it hurts so much. I find this to be rediculous, who in there right mind would want to make up pain or feel like crap on a daily basis.
Well on a brighter side I say a new PCP this week to get associated with and get things ready for my surgery. He almost seemed excited that was going thru the motions of the surgery. I'm very borderline for the surgery with a BMI of 37.8, so I was a bit surprised. So his support will be awesome that is for sure. He took exrays of the knees and told me I needed to come in for my fasting and a hemoglobin to check my sugars for the last three months. Then he referred me to a urologist to take care of my bladder problem. He says there is a possibility this could lead to a outpatient surgery to correct. Wonderful for me if the surgery would work, and no more little accidents huh! Another surgery is kind of scary though. Well I supose I should find something constructive to do. My hubby is gone with his friends for a few hours and I should really do something around the house but I just don't have the energy to do anything.
