melmommy04

I'm in SW Indiana but having my surgery in Carmel! Glad to hear that you are doing well post op. (:

Washington Indiana here! (: for those not familiar... I'm about 45 mins north of Evansville, 2 hours south of Indy and 15 mins from Vincennes. My surgery will be in Carmel with Dr. Diaz. I go Wednesday bright and early to Carmel for my preop testing and evaluation! My BMI is crazy high plus I have a couple comorbidities so my insurance approval was quite fast. I received my letter stating approval 4 months and 4 days after my initial consult. I am 31 yrs old and unfortunately/fortunately on Medicare/Medicaid. I was deemed disabled 2 years ago this month due to ocular histoplasmosis. I am 100% blind in my left eye and have currently lost about 35% of vision in my right eye. My good one hemorrhages and I have to get injections to stop the bleeding or it scars quickly and I lose vision. Unfortunately my eyesight will never return and so far there is no corrective treatment. The decision to have gastric bypass is one that took me quite some time to make. Hah I was so on the fence for soooooo long! Now being blind, I need to reinvent ME! The new ME won't be this big. She will be healthy, happy, and flourishing for the rest of her life! I wish you all, all the best wherever you might be in your journey! (:

I'm in Washington! (: There are quite a few us here who are doing online support groups because there aren't any physical groups anywhere near us. I've thought about starting a support group but I didn't know where to begin! (:

Yeah I'm wondering the same. I like to know what's next.. Lol I'm just crazy impatient!

No my surgeon is Dr. Diaz. I was on a limb between him and Dr. Evanson though. Lol My mom had dr. Caccuci (sp???) and wasn't happy with her so I knew I wanted to go with someone else so I started asking around. I took whoever could get me in for my consult the soonest. Lol

I received my approval letter today (dated May 8 exactly 4 months after my initial consult!!!!!!!) and my preop testing is at Carmel May 21! I couldn't be more excited! Today was one of the best Mondays yet! (:

I guess Angel being gone would be why I'm not getting kind of replies. Do you know how I could reach Shalanda? Gosh I've been waiting since January! I'm ready to get this show on the road. Lol

I'm STILL waiting for my PCP to release my medical records to Dr. Diaz. Ugh! I had to have a sleep study and pulmonary function done before she'd even consider it. It's gone by super fast so I guess it's not so bad having to tackle these hurdles. I'm an impatient patient! Lol

In SW Indiana! -15 to -30 degree wind chills for us lately. Warm fuzzy snow boots, layers, layers, layers when outside. Blankets upon blankets plus layers at home. Trying to keep the furnace at a constant temperature so no one ends up sick.

I have gastroparesis but have to have a bunch of tests before my PCP will even release my medical records to my surgeon for insurance approval. So I'm kind of at a stand still now. Psych eval went GREAT though! (: I hope once I have surgery the gastroparesis won't be such a problem! Good luck!

Most "sugar-free" candies will have this effect. Especially SF chocolate!

Politics............ Grammatically speaking. On a forum. Tsk tsk! Preach on Madam! (:

I'm still pre-op but I'm worried about dumping afterwards. I guess I'm mostly worried because apparently I have tachycardia and dumping mimics the symptoms that I experience with the tachycardia... :|

I'm kind of a picky eater so this is concerning me. I'm still pre op so I have time to ask questions.

Ugh. Me too! I mentioned that little factor to my SO last night and he said well... Boobs are boobs... They don't define you. BUT. He's not understanding.... Boobs kinda do define women. So I'm a little concerned there but not enough to let it change my mind about RNY! (: