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Pre surgery struggles

Hello everyone! This is my first blog and post ever! so I'll try my best.   I've been overweight all my life. I became obese in my early adulthood years and even more after the birth of my second child. I'm at my top weight ever at 334 lbs. I've been considering weight loss surgery for many years, but I always end up trying to lose the weight on my own and obviously it has not worked. In December 2012, I decided it was time to get serious about getting back my health. I went for my first consultation in January 2013 and started my pre-surgery insurance requirements. I started weight in visits with my surgeon in February and since then I had my psychologist evaluation in February, endoscopy and colonoscopy in March and had to get Iron infusions with a hematologist due to iron deficiency anemia.   I went for my last weight in yesterday and was very excited about having done my part with all the appointments and follow ups. I guess the excitement and happiness didn't last me long because the program coordinator informed me today that they messed up and that I needed one more weight in and that my surgeon doesn't have all the reports from the different doctors I've seen I'm a little disappointed because I thought that my surgeon and his staff would have things a little better organized and that they'd let me know if they needed more information or were missing paperwork before my last weight in.   I have a lot of things going on at work and it's very hard not to be able to plan and have "life" on hold until I can have the definite date of surgery. I've read many post in this blogging community and it helps to read about people's experiences and what everyone else have gone through pre and post-surgery.   I hope that writing about my own dilemmas will help me and other people having the same issues.   Wish me luck! Lucy
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July 3rd is "The day"!

First doctor visit : 01/31/13 Weight on first visit: 334 lbs. Insurance : Aetna Schedule surgery day: 7/3/13 Current weight: 320 lbs   The day is almost here....after all my pre-ops appointments and tests, and insurance approval! two more days before the big day! I'm actually very anxious to the point of having palpitations this past weekend. I also had all kinds of dreams about the upcoming surgery.   I got my protein shakes, vitamins, calcium, biotin, and crystal light for flavor! do I need anything else????
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