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Going in tomorrow. Will be back sometime next week.

Going in on Tuesday. Things are arranged (need to order a cab to the station because it's too early for a bus going there) and I'm getting more nervous by the hour.

One more month until my lower body lift. 😷
Getting both excited and scared here. Hopefully blood panel will be ok and PCR test negative. Meh.

Why suffer? 
 

Got mail from my lawyer recently. Insurance approved tummy tuck and thighs. My appointment with the PC for all the planning is on 1st April. I want to have a lower body lift so I will have to pay partly myself but IMO this is ok. Solidarity system should pay for necessities not for the premium version. Appeal for breast and arms is still going.

COVID is on the rise again. Hopefully you all had your shots if eligible for them. It's not only the sick and old dying from it. 😕

Just logged into my insurance and found out I'm approved! Yes!!!!!!

On vacation for two weeks since yesterday. The weather? Ok, let's not talk about the weather... ☔️

Hope you guys are still doing alright. I'm still drowning in work but managed to take a 4-day-weekend this week.
Stumbled across this and had to think of the "choosing the goal weight"-threads and that many people obviously don't seem to fully realize what it might cost them to get (and stay!) there.
https://www.precisionnutrition.com/cost-of-getting-lean-infographic
It's just an infographic, there is a longer text available. 

Just stumbled across this and had to think of BP immediately. I know this is something people simply don't want to think, let alone talk about but it's one of the reasons I'm limiting time on here.
https://www.scienceofeds.org/2016/02/07/bariatric-surgery-and-eating-disorders-a-double-edged-sword/
 

Got just diagnosed with iron deficiency. So it's high dose supplements for a few weeks and another blood work. Plus testing for occult bleeding to make sure it's really a nutritional issue (most likely the cause - after all bariatric surgery is now regularly listed as a possible cause and given the fact that iron absorption occurs in the duodenum and upper jejunum...).

So I may now call myself a neuroradiologist. 
😁 🧠 🍾

I need to put things into boxes because I'm moving on Tuesday.
I need to study because I need to be prepared for exam.
I need to put things into boxes because I'm moving on Tuesday.
I need to study because I need to be prepared for exam.
I need to put things into boxes because I'm moving on Tuesday.
I need to study because I need to be prepared for exam.
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Feels like panic-ping-pong somehow.

Things are overwhelming right now. I expected it, but anyway... *sigh*
Got a really short fuse today.

Really tired today after 24 h shift. Saturdays are the worst. My last 24 h shift will be next week. While I won't miss the working hours I will for sure miss a lot of colleagues.
 

The local medical association approved my papers!
Just got the information yesterday evening when checking my mailbox. I guess the exam will be in January. They have to tell me the exact date at least two weeks in advance.

Temperature still normal. No symptoms. I guess having this kind of "diary" will be the new normal for medical staff working with ER patients because the corona tests are not fast enough for a quick screening at bedside.
It kind of gives me the creeps when thinking about how many colleagues and other patients could've possibly been infected by one patient only with unknown corona infection. Yes, we all wore N95 or FFP2 masks and the patient wore a simple mask but anyway...

Infection rates are soaring. I was a contact person again (and a fellow colleague who assisted me) and now we've gotten some sheet where we have to take note of any symptoms and we have to take our temp every day for 14 days. Luckily so far we're both alright.
I guess this will be the new norm until we have a test fast enough so patients without symptoms can be isolated sooner.

Test yesterday was negative. So we now have a patient with symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, a negative-positive-negative test constellation and nobody seems to really know how to proceed further from there and referred to the public health department. 
🙄

i had gastric bypass almost 2 years ago, i have depression and borderline and had a bad dood adiction. and now im still depressed but not as heavy and im able to do so much more and that is good, my problem now is i live under very heavy stress and many health problems and we just moved to another country and my pain manige ment is much better, but after all this stress and now i just dont want to eat and feel food is untasty and only eat maybe one meal a day and drink alot of cola drinks, i know that this is very bad and dangerous for me but my stress is so hight i have no idea what to do, i tried getting help from my doctor and mental system but they diddnt know enough about the surgery and aftermath of it, and now i live in a country and dont speak the languge, im at my wits ends....   do you know of any real online help for me

GL, I feel like a hammer has hit me on the head. Sunday's 24 h shift was beyond awful and one day of recovery is not nearly enough. I hate that jet lag feeling I often have after these shifts. Everyone deals with it but I doubt something's going to change.
I'm leaving at the end of December. No more of this **** after that. Time to bring in the new **** then though, lol.

Well, that was quite the start to the morning this weekend.  How's everyone doing?  What are your plans for this weekend?  I'm going to go have some responsible and social distanced hangout time with my best friend and her dogs, all of whom I haven't seen in half a year because of COVID-19.

Had my sleeve surgery on August 3rd...no hospital stay...hate chocolate shakes...abhor fake sugar...have a new allergy to peanuts...5 days post op and life is definitely different but no regrets! To lose the weight and keep it off...I will have to do my research and develop a plan that will work for me to sustain a healthy lifestyle to benefit myself and my family.  No excuses and no guilt! I will not waste this fresh start! And...I have always dreamed of becoming a runner! Big dream but it is a possibility that I am definitely going to explore when the pain subsides!

Stay Safe everyone in the path of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaias !