My visit with the doctor went well. I had a whole bunch of blood work done. We decided that the rny would be the best procedure for me and discussed their history with Medicare. After talking with him I feel fairly sure Medicare will pay but there are some hoops to jump through. One is I have to have a dietary consult. I was going to do it close to home but decided to go ahead and set up an appointment with their dietician as she would have a better idea of what is needed to meet Medicare's demands. Doctor also wants my cpap settings and/or a copy of the bill where I bought the machine. That one is a little harder as that was two moves and six years ago. But I finally remembered who I bought it from. I called them and they confirmed it and told me the settings. However, to be on the safe side I have gone to a local home health care facility and asked them to request my sleep study, etc (all the stuff Medicare needs) so that I could use Medicare for my supplies going forward. Also when the hone health care facility gets the info they will furnish it to the bariatric clinic. I have the dietary consult the 15th of Oct.

So it appears this is really going to happen. I've created a new daily plan to start tomorrow. I've already started limiting my caffeine (that's a hard one) but Tylenol helps. I plan on getting up earlier and doing a half hour of exercise with the rubber bands before I get ready for work. Then I'm doing six small meals during the day following post bariatric guidelines. I'm also cleaning out the kitchen and take the things I shouldn't be eating do the food bank or to the garbage. And I'm going to go check out the Y tomorrow. Our local Y has a first Saturday of the month free program. It will give me a chance to see what all they've got. They have a free seniors walking pass and I want to see what kind of walking track they have.

Now I need to start seeing Dr. Harden on a monthly basis. We have a lot to talk about in addition to getting through the weight loss.