Carol M.

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Today I weighed myself.  246!  Wow. Wow and wow.

I bought a size 26 skirt and its loose! 

Im in shock.

I really need some size 24/26 pants but not sure how to get them.   I dont want to spend money on things I hopefully wont wear for long. 

I have to be honest and say there were times I was about to give up.

I do throw up alot.  I will accept this as just part of the process.

I got my band on May 12th.   Recovery has been good.  I was up a few hours after the surgery.

Im sore but that is to be expected.  I did have some horrible gas pains in my left shoulder.   I could feel the gas popping under my skin.  

My doctor said I was a challenge but he's a talented doctor so I knew he could handle it. 

Here's to the new me. 

I did well today on my clears.

I am a bundle of nerves right now.   I hope tomorrow goes well.   Jeri is going to come down to the hospital and that will be really nice!!

I went for my pre-op today.   My surgeon asked me if I was willing to have the lapband.   I said yes.    He feels that with my clotting disorder and my enlarged liver the band better for me.

To be honest I am kind of relieved.  

May 12th is surgery day!   I have my pre-op on May 8th.

I am totally amazed at how fast this has all c
ome about.

Part of me is very nervous and the rest of me is excited.

My liver has really been hurting lately.   The biopsy they did on the 2nd will hopefully show that I only have fatty liver disease and not cirrhosis.  The biopsy was VERY painful.  Don't let anyone tell you its not.  

I need an angel.   If anyone is willing please let me know.
My surgery will be at Shands UF in Gainesville, FL.

I have  been approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No surgery date yet but I am so happy!!!!!!

I had my psych eval yesterday.  It was kind of a joke.  I really didnt see the point in it.  They said I'm okay to have the surgery.

Things will be submitted to the insurance company today and then we wait.   The coordinator said things are moving fast so I could know something in a week.    I am excited.

On a frustrating note my liver specialist wants me to have a liver biopsy done on May 2nd.   I really dont understand why she feels it is so important.  She feels that if I do have cirrhosis from the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease that there is a 25% chance of dying on the operating table.   I tried to research this and found nothing to back it up.   They werent concerned in Feb when I had the spincteroplasty.   

She told me I can go ahead and set up the surgery to just do it after May 9th so they the results.  She said I can have the surgery they just need to take extra precautions.  She also did bloodwork to check my platelets, CBC and prothromin.   

I had my barium swallow on March 27.  Today I get an EOB from BCBSFL and they refuse to pay it.   After calling them and being told that due to HIPPA they cant tell me anything except that under the code it was submitted under it wasnt paid.  I then call the hospital.  The code used was 278.01 for morbid obesity.  They are refusing to pay because I'm fat?  I don't understand it.   I then called my surgeons office to tell them whats going on.  

April 17th is my psych eval.   I then hope and pray I get a surgery date.

I went the the seminar on the 8th and I really feel like this is the right choice for me and my family.

Wow.... I finally feel better.    When I went in for surgery to repair my rectal muscle that was damaged at Miranda's birth I never expected to be sent spiraling down the path I've been on.

I don't we will ever know why I got the post op infection.  This was my 11th surgery and I truly wasn't expecting to have a problem.  I knew when I woke up that it wasn't going to go well.  I was told oh its normal, blah blah....  Ok I'm just the patient... not a doctor or nurse so I couldn't possibly know anything.  HA!  I was released the 19th.  I returned the 21st via the emergency room.  I had a huge abscess that reeked of infection (by the way I never want to smell this again... you cannot even begin to explain the smell to someone who has never encountered it) and I was feverish with chills.  I could barely pee and begged for a catheter.   The abscess opened on the 24th and the idiots sent me home!  I was a good patient and didn't question it.  After all I wanted to be home with my family.   Well Monday it got worse.  Even on the antibiotics the infection was getting much worse.  Tuesday I went to the Doctor and was readmitted.  They kept me a week.   About 4 days into it my veins finally had it.  I was losing an IV a day not to mention all the veins they had blown trying to get IV's in.  I put my foot down and said its either a PICC line or oral antibiotics.  They picked oral antibiotics.  I went to wound therapy every day.   They released me a week later.   

As of today the abscess has healed alot.  I would never wish this on another woman.  I have a pretty big hole from the abscess on the right side of my perineum.  Its a good thing I was over my being shy or worrying about being fat around nurses and doctors.  I had everyone looking at my private parts.   I was actually complimented for being so nice about it.   I was also told that for my size I was very mobile.  HUH?  You mean people my size can't roll over and take care of themselves?  I have to say that was a shock to me.  I don't consider myself that big.   

Now I wait for my approval for the WLS surgery.