Latrice Spanglo
Well what can I say. I'm a 24 year old wife and mom, I have a 5 1/2 year old son and a 6 month old little boy and a great husband who is my world. I have always been a heavy person, big child, now a big mom. I have tried just about everything now to loss this weight and nothing has worked. When I was 12 years old I was told that i have a rare blood disorder that affects my platelets and that my body fights off the platelets which cause the platelets to go dangers low and i could bleed to death if im hurt to bad. Just about three years ago I went through this journey, and found a surgeon and a great hospital about 2 hours away from my house and got approved by my insurances company and had a date set for my surgery. Then I got some really bad news the day before my surgery, that my platelets were way to low and my blood doctor said that i could not have the surgery out of town but in town were he worked and that was it. The surgeon in town was booked out for over a year and my letter from the insurance company said i had to do it within 6 months so I just gave up and then I just moved away, and put it out of my mind. Until my twin sister started to call me asking questions about the surgery and it got me thinking i really need to do this for my self, my health and my family. My twin sister has had her surgery done already on oct 7th 2008 (ya her) now its my turn. I just moved back into town and loving it. wish me luck on my new journey.
Jan12: I Have everything that I need to do to have the paperwork sent into my insurances company and then I need to wait and see what they say. Before I have my surgery date is set, dr. oliphant has to meet with dr.grahm. so will wait and see
Feb28: Well I have great news I got my approvel letter and my surgery date, its going to be march 10th yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
wish me luck im so happy.
March3: wow only 7 days left to go. I have an appt with ann today and tommorrow my pre op appt and then im good to go.
March5: well I went in for my pre op testing today and everything went great with that except that my platlets were low they were at 20,000 and i have to get another round of IVIG to help get them up so i can have my surgery on tues so wish me luck with that, I was also told today that i have sleep apnia I didnt even know I had it.
March23: I researched Gastric bypass surgery for 4 years and asked all the questions that i could. I was going to have surgery in 2005 but that didnt end up happening, so i just for got about it. I moved to Las Vegas in late 2005 and was okay. My twin sister called me in 2008 asking about the the surgery so i told her all i knew she got approved and had her surgery on oct 18 and i moved back to illinois on oct 26. I started right away wanting to have it again I reseached it all over again meet with my surgeon and loved him to death. I have a blood disorder and i had to get the okay from him. So i got my approval let and then the next day i got a phone call from my dr. office with my surgery date. march 10,2009. I was so happy. I woke in a little pain nothing to bad i was so surpised about that. When i got in my room I didnt feel hungery at all. But i had this feeling of pure regret. Im so unhappy 99 percent of the time. I have a loving husband and 2 great boys they are 6 years old and 10 month old. This is the worst thing I have ever done to myself. Im not in any pain or anything like that just seem to think that this surgery is not for everyone and im one of them. I stopped having to take my pain meds about 5 days after my surgery. Has anyone felt this way. I would give anything in the world to turn back time and never have Gastric bvypass. I know so many people who have had ths surgery and they say they never felt as bad as me. I need some help i feel so helpless. I think i need to talk a doctor about this. Im depressed so bad. And i dont want to make those people who have never had surgery yet scared because not everyone feels like this. I get sick from water and i feel sick from smells. I cry all the time. i wish i could reverse my gastric bypass.
