This past Wednesday night I had my sleep study. I was feeling a little apprehensive because everyone that told me about them said its not a good night's sleep since they are constantly interrupting you and I already have problems sleeping because the slightest interruption keeps me up for hours. Well...like I constantly read on this site, everyone is different with this process, because I slept like a baby and was only interrupted by a full bladder that screamed for release around 3am. Getting up in a hotel without the comforts of my home was the worst part for me, but I slept like a rock. The technician told me I had slight sleep apenea because I only stopped when I was in REM and lying on my back and it was brief. She is not sure if I will have to be treated or come back for the 2nd appointment they have scheduled for 9/9 but I guess by the end of this upcoming week I will find out.

On Monday, Mr. Wilson decided it was time to change our morning routine and started working out with me. I know his reason is hoping it will deter me from having the operation but I appreciated it because he got me motivated to do something that has to become a norm for me eventually. I didnt realize I was so out of freakin shape! After a brisk 10 minute walk on the treadmill I was sweating like I had been chased by 10 hungry lions. I hate the treadmill. It sits in my basement and the entire time I am on it I just look around at the laundry that needs to be done or stuff that should be put away. It bores the hell out of me. By the 3rd day I told him I was bored and we needed to mix it up because it became very obvious to me that he didnt have anything really planned and he was just "winging it" so on Wednesday morning we went to the track and I walked a mile. Before I gained the extra weight that aggravates my back walking was my exercise of choice and the track was my best friend. It felt good to be out there and although my back ached, I finished it. Since I had the sleep study on Wed and wasnt home on Thursday we didnt exercise (when I talked to Mr. Wilson later in the day he confessed he didnt exercise without me) and since then, we have both been so tired from work, the old routine returned. I think I am going to just order the Walk Away the Pounds DVD because I had used the VHS tape in the past and I loved it. Leslie Sansonne really made it funny and easy. I would rather do the tape with my daughter at home than workout with Mr. Wilson because he expects me to go at his pace instead of my own and right now, its just imperative that I do it!

This week I also got a new person in my office to provide assistance with work. She had gastric and formed a quick comradery with the other woman in my office that had it. A conversation was started with me and the other pre op coworker who is getting gastric when I told her about my sleep study and the new girl shared her story. She said she had been 315 but never shared her current weight. She admitted gaining some weight back and is very bottom heavy but I imagine she is around 200 because she is small at the top and her ID picture shows her with a much fuller face. She talked about how many of her other friends had gastric and how great it was. She then looked at me and said, she didnt mean to be negative (whenever someone starts off with that line, you KNOWs something negative is coming out their mouth) but people she knew that had lapband was less successful, gained their weight back or didnt lose weight at all. I just looked at her and dismissed her words because I know gastric is not an option for me so it would be pointless to go back and forth with her because I have seen pictures on this website and read post of MANY successful lapband patients and know all and all my success is going to depend upon what I do or don't do. But you know what they say..opinions are like a** holes...everyone has one.

Unless I have the 2nd sleep study, I am not due to do anything else until for another 3 weeks when I see the surgeon again. By then I hope to have lost the weight I gained when I saw him last and will be moving towards my final stages, which really is just my unscheduled $200 nutrionist appt and the sleep study doctor appt. After that I assume its just a matter of the insurance company approving the surgery and getting a date.

In the meantime I will just continue to try to do as much as I can to prepare for the changes that may soon come.

You sound good. You've done the reading and understanding what the pros and cons are. You will soon see the benefits from your new tool.

Keep working out w/Mr. Wilson, he will be a great partner for all your future work outs!

It’s good your sleep study went better than expected. I never had to do one of those.

Keep us posted.