Erikka97330

hello everyone, Im from Corvallis, and having my surgery November 13th,2009 at OHSU...very nervous but grateful I didn't give up when turned down the first time for surgery due to depression.

My surgery date is November 13, 2009. Im looking forward to it!

Wow thats cool three people with the same name... anyways I have insurance that will cover most of it, however i do have co-pays for all medications and $50 bucks a day for the first three days of hospital care, after that its free(hopefully I dont have to stay in the hospital very long!! Good luck you you both on the pre-surgery process (tests and dr visits). Sincerely, Erikka

Having surgery November 13th, 2009, so grateful that its finally happening!

I love susan! she has been helpful with the appointments up to this point.. i hope I dont have problems with surgery I dont mind hurting a bit after surgery because in the end my health will be well worth it!

Well I met with the dietitian and nurse pratitioner yesterday. I started my diet today.. its going well so far. I have to have some tests done to see if I can have the lap band since i have bad heat burn. I have a hpilori test done in the office, have to have a lung test to check my asthma, and two tests on my asophagas.. Upper gi and something else that includes x-rays and barrium... ewwww. anyways Im hoping everything works out cause i really dont want to have to have a bypass.. id prefer the band.. but if it comes down to it ill do it cause i have to do something about my weight.. Ive been over weight for almost 20 years.. its time for a life change! I think Im if i get my house hold chores done by 3pm today i will go for a 20-30 minute walk and see how i feel. if not then Ill just walk around the block a few times. so my x-ray appointment has been scheduled for Feb 6th. the only other thing I have to do is the psych eval and ill get my appointment date for that with in the next week. I only have to lose 18 lbs to have the surgery.. but im shooting for a bit higher. like 30 at least.

tomorrow at 2pm I see the nurse practitioner and then at 3pm i see the dietition. I am excited becuse its a beginning to a new chapter in my life.. but scared of what they are going to tell me all at the same time.. Im not afraid of the dietary changes or exercise but of possibly not getting the surgery due to fatty liver or something like that cause it would just be my luck. so that is what I am working on and nervous about.. the good thing is that I am having a friend, that has had bariatric surgery done 5 years ago, go with me for support and to remember things that i might forget. nervous Erikka

Hey everyone, I have come to the realization that the reason that I started gaining weight when I was younger was to stop the abuse I was going threw... mental, physical, and sexual. So now that I am an adult and have a bmi of 55.5 and finally ready to shed the pounds there is a little battle going on inside me. I dont know how I will handle the weight loss... i mean I know I wont ever be a skinny minny, but my goal is to lose 150 lbs. then i would be 200 lbs. Ive never had men that were interested in the real me come up to me and start a conversation. The ones I have met in the past wanted something from me... money.. my vehicle... a place to live.. you know someone to mooch off of. and at that time I wasnt strong enough and didnt belive in myself enough to stand up and tell them to take a hike. And I dont know how to flirt... never needed to ya know I was the fat girl that nobody was interested in. but now I see that there is more to me then my apearance. I mean that does help get the door open to start conversations with new people, but from there on out its all me. so anyways what I guess Im tryingto say is does anyone have any advice on how I can get ready for the daiting scean.. (havent had surgery yet but I want to start practicing for when It happens and I start losing weight) and where are some good places to meet people... im not into the bar scean... anyways thanks and have a great day. Erikka from oregon

IM just starting the paperwork to get the ball rolling on my surgery. the hardest thing for me to fill out right now is all the diets I was on.. I dont remember them all.. Ive been dieting for almost 20 years, which is 85% of my lifetime. anyways I would like to have someone near me that is preferibly a christian .. but doesnt have to be... that could talk to me when I get discurraged or even when Im happy... just be someone I can turn to since my faimily just doesnt understand. Thanks... Erikka from oregon:thumbup:

Hi IM Erikka. im from corvallis oregon. Im a single mother who has suffered wiht her weight all her life. I am currently 346 lbs.....lost a lb in a week woohoooo....about a year ago I looked into bariatric surgery but was leaning towards bypass... well I chickened out of sourse and stopped thinking about it. well a few months ago during my regular councling sessions I realized that i was finally emotionally ready to have bariatric surgery and change my life and eating habbits for good. so when i started looking into the types of surgery I really was scared of the bypass idea and leaning more towards the lap band. well on the 15th of september i went to an orentation for bartiatric surgery at OHSU in Portland. That was when i was sure that I wanted the lap band. I wasnt wanting to do it for major weight loss persay... but to get healthier and be able to do activities that I use to enjoy doing like hiking, walking on the beach, or swimming without taking breaks and being winded.. or just not being able to do them at all. I dont want to die early from morbid obesity.. I want to be around for my young son's life and watch his children grow up. anyways Im doing all the paper work and pre-appointment apointments that I need to take care of... you know the physicals, and labs and what not that the surgons want. So homefully this time next year I will have had my surgery or at least have my date for surgery. Cant wait to meet you! have a great day! Erikka