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Even though I feel better today, the 4th day of my pre op diet, it's still awful. At this point, I hate food. I never want to eat, even when my stomach hurts. Even thinking about my food choices make me want to throw up. I've lost some weight, and I'm not questioning whether or not this is worth it, but all I want to do right now is go to McDonalds and have some mcnuggets:( I'm really have a hard time getting my liquids in and today I actually haven't had any liquids, which I know is really awful. At least I'm not crying like the first day. Only 1 week to go. ugh...

Ok, so so much is going on. First off, My second eldest sister, Jenette,  is pregnant! She's due May 10, 2010 and we're all super excited(edit: It's a little boy! I'm gonna have a nephew!!!). She came down to visit a couple of weeks ago and we went to Kansas City to go Maternity clothes shopping and hang out. It's was fun, particularly when she put on the fake belly at A Pea In A Pod, which looked super silly. It was also fun to see her big, cuz she's always been really skinny at a 0 to a 4. Also, my eldest sister, Emily, passed the Bar Exam! Lastly, today was my pre-op appointments, both at the hospital and at the surgeons office. It's was kinda freaky and I got a stress headache by the end of it all. I just have to keep remining myself that it is so worth it. My mom and I went shopping for some of the vitamins I'm going to have to start taking and I found Disney Princess gummy vitamins that taste AWESOME, which is good because I was really worried about just how many pills I would be taking, but now it seems like it's managable, especially since I'll be able to go off of the 1000 mg of Metformin that I'm currently taking. That's all that's really going on, I guess we'll see how it goes when I start my pre-op diet on Monday!

So I got my surgery date, it's November 20th, and I'm super excited!!!!! I did get really nervous and twitchy right after I found out, but I'm feeling better about it now. The only downside to the date is that I was hoping to go to the midnight premiere of New Moon the next night, but that's not going to happen. Oh well. Now I just have to get vitamins and such and I'm ready to go!

I got a call from my insurance.... and I've been approved!!!!!! YAY!!!! Now I just need a date and I am ready!

So we've finally submitted to insurance and now we just play the waiting game! Getting very nervous, but also very excited

 So, I went to my PCP last week for my bi-yearly labs and then on wednesday, I went in to see the results. Well, it turned into this big long appointment and at the end of it, I was scheduled for more labs today. My doc  wants me checked for Celiacs Disease and Cushings Syndrome. There were a couple reasons for these. First, with Celiacs Disease, they thought I might have it when i was a baby(I was allergic to EVERYTHING for the first 8 years of my life) but the only test for it was an intestinal biopsy, and my mom didn't want that. For both Cushings and Celiacs, I am slightly anemic, but the big thing is that my RBC are very small. Which is weird. Also, Cushings make you short and I'm only 5ft 3in. So i went in for labs today at 8am and now I wait. l can't get a letter of medical clearance until my labs come back and are (hopefully) clean. So I'll wait and see!

 So, I'm kinda mad it's the weekend, because that means I have to wait to get in touch with all my different doctors offices for insurance approval stuff. I also need to find a dietician, the one that they usually use has been called into duty and won't be back for another month. I have a list, so I'll start calling on Monday. I really want to get this done in the next three months, so I need to get all my stuff, get insurance approval and get on the surgery schedule. I'm sooper excited. I've decided to have the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch.

 So I had my surgical consult earlier today, and as I signed in and sat dow in the waiting room, my stomach started to hurt and I got so nervous and fidgety. But, when the nurse called me back, I started to feel better. It helped that I knew the nurse, she was in the support group that my dad attended several years back, and I had also spoken with her at the seminar. Then I was transfered to another nurse who took my weight, etc... Then, after about 5 minutes, Dr. Berntsen came in and the more she talked, the better I felt!!! By the end of it, I was pretty confidant. I am going to have WLS, and I am 99% sure I'm going to have the duodenal switch. The thing I'm most worried about is taking 12 pills a day for the rest of my life. I've been taking pills for so long, that I've developed a sort of gag reflex when it comes time to take them. But I'm pretty sure I can do it. I have to do it, because I want to get married and have babies and live my life and not be constantly worried about my health or whether or not I'll be able to do the things I want to do. WLS is better than diabetes, or never being able to have kids, or dying of some other weight complication. I'm soo ready.

 Well, my appointment is 2:30 tomorrow, and I'm getting sooo nervous! My dad was supposed to come with, but he got called away on business. So it'll be just me and my mom. I'll let you know how it goes!

 So, I just saw the preview for this weeks "Bones" and I am so excited. Bones and Booth are gonna do it, and have a baby! Also, my best friend is moving back in to town, and I'm even more excited about that. One not so good thing is that my dad won't be able to attend my consult. That's it for now