I thought I could skip a visit to my Primary & charge straight ahead to my LAP-BAND consultation.

At the last minute, I panicked. I called to squeeze in an appointment with my Primary & had to move my LAP-BAND consultation for the week after that.

I want things in this process to go as smoothly as possible & I knew that Dr. Hirai's office requires a thumbs up from your Primary.

I've got "issues" with visiting the doctor so I try to put it off unless necessary... :eek:

Despite the fact that I was lucky to find a civilian who takes my insurance, too much abuse from military doctors over the years has turned me into a seriously nervous Nellie whenever there's an appointment on the calendar!

Plus, I knew I'd need to see someone new at the clinic I'd been going to as the Primary I'd been seeing quit working there. Add another thing to the "nerve-wracking column"!

Anyway, I had been experiencing widespread joint & muscle pain for quite some time so I made an appointment for that and to talk about WLS.

Thank Heaven that my new Primary is a lovely woman who acutally listened to me AND believed me!?! Go figure! :tongue: It's been years since I've had that!

She suspects that I may have fibromyalgia so she sent me for bloodwork to rule out other schtuff. She was very supportive when I brought up WLS.

Whew!