Caseyb

I finally have a surgery date Oct 29th... I am so excited... I to have a hernia... not sure if I am going to have it repaired when I have my band inserted. I keep forgetting to ask if that is at all possible. I will have to remember to ask at my preop on monday. I wonder if its gonna be another set of approvals and all that good stuff... So now I have to wait for my instructions on the pre op level. Congrats to all that have made it this far. We are all here for you!!!

I am going to start the Pre op diet on monday.. not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to the outcome. I just got a call at 9am this morning that I am approved. Now I am waiting for the nurse to call me back with a surgery date. Good thing we all have cell phones if I had to sit by a house phone and wait I would go nuts. Just this waiting is driving me nut... can anyone give me an idea of their pre op diet is.

Still waiting on my therapist to release me. According to my physch eval I need to have the skills and support for post op. Well I dont talk about anything but my boyfriends kid and my issues with him instead of what I need to talk about and that is how I am gonna be able to deal with any stress that may happen after my surgery. Well since I started seeing her. I got laid off and I have not gained weight or changed my eating habits. I am more active now that I was when I worked. I bought a house and that can be stressful in and of itself and I have not gained weight. What the hell do I need her for and why wont she clear me. I get more support from this web site then I get from her...

I am tentative oct 6th. I have to wait for my therapist to clear me. I have done everything else and this is the last thing I need to do. I am NOT a self pay but I did get laid of 9/8 and I just wanna get this done before I loose everything. I think I am going to try to pay for cobra to make sure I can get my fills. if needed...

I am a blue cross patient. I have to go thru weeks of therapy and she talks way to much about things that have nothing to do with the tools and skills I will need to have when I am complete with my surgery. I have to wait for her to clear me or I can have the surgery. I have seen her 4 times now and she said she would clear me after 5 visits... No such luck. I have had my Upper GI, my blood work, I have lost the weight required, I am chewing thoroughly, I wait 30 minutes to drink, now I have to have a sleep apnea test and I have recording myself sleeping and I know I dont stop breathing and they wont believe me. My man even said I dont stop breathing. But they said I have to have the test and if I have apnea then I have to be on the CPAP for 2 weeks. my luck I will have to have the dang machine. One hurdle after to another...

I know that going in late with make a difference since they go to bed at 8:30pm and I will be gone at 9pm... I told them what I have to do and my man will be here and I am so thankful for that. I just want to make sure I can be here for my 10year to take her to school... I cant believe how much support I am getting from this web site.. Thank you to everyone and dont stop.. I love it and I need it.

I dont know that its an option to do the test at home. As far as I cam tell I have to go there at 9pm and I will be leaving there at 6:30 am. I have never slept away from my kids and I dont think I will have a problem but since I met the love of my life its really hard to think that I may have to sleep away from him.. But if only for one night to make sure I am healthy then I will do it. As far as faxing my PCP... well I tried and he still called me to come in to see him so that he can talk to me and then send the approval over to the clinic. Its good I guess. He has been my PCP for 5 years, he is hot anyway, I dont mind seeing him...My man went with me and met the man I have been dreaming about for 5 years... lol... he said he is not competition for a dr but he knows he is my best friend and I would never leave him... he says when I am thin he is gonna have a better trophy on his arm. So now I have to call the Sleep consult clinic make an appt. I have lost my initial weight the surgeon recommended, now all I have to do is finish my counseling... do my sleep test and I am on the way to keeping my surgery schedule of the first week in Oct...