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yes im a nurse. well i gotthe scriptin themailtoday and it says the test is to see ifsleep apnea is resolved from weight loss....wtf. i want to see that too but wanted to wait till i lost about 5 more pounds

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yes im a nurse. well i gotthe scriptin themailtoday and it says the test is to see ifsleep apnea is resolved from weight loss....wtf. i want to see that too but wanted to wait till i lost about 5 more pounds

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh yeah, well i stopped using my machine several months ago, but now my doc wants me to have the home self titrating machine, cause ive been waking up with apnea again since I gained this weight again so apnea care should be contacting me any day now, so here we go again uugghh, i hate that damned machine already...:redface: i still dont know what the hell all this has to do with your band.. when do u go back?

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yes im a nurse. well i gotthe scriptin themailtoday and it says the test is to see ifsleep apnea is resolved from weight loss....wtf. i want to see that too but wanted to wait till i lost about 5 more pounds

Have you found out if you need to do the swallow test before tuesday?

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no they didnt call me back....so he will get an earful on tuesday

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Hello again

Just wanted to check in and say hello as well as give an update..

I have decided to go for "the big one" with caruana. My open gastric bypass is scheduled for May 10 @ 2:30. Very excited and feel very at peace with my decision. It makes me realize that having posner cancel me may have been the best and worst thing that could have happened to me.

Wishing you all luck!!!

Renee

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Hello again

Just wanted to check in and say hello as well as give an update..

I have decided to go for "the big one" with caruana. My open gastric bypass is scheduled for May 10 @ 2:30. Very excited and feel very at peace with my decision. It makes me realize that having posner cancel me may have been the best and worst thing that could have happened to me.

Wishing you all luck!!!

Renee

Im glad things worked out for u , i thought Hoffman was going to take over your case, what happened with that?

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hoffman never called me back nor did posner. I am livid with the office and how they have responded. I should have seen the signs from day one with the nasty receptionist. The only person who actually gave a crap was the cool skinny chick who did the weigh ins. She was great. As for everyone else...they can go to %$** for all I care. I am happy with my decision to do RNY instead but still..I feel the office should have been more professional.

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hoffman never called me back nor did posner. I am livid with the office and how they have responded. I should have seen the signs from day one with the nasty receptionist. The only person who actually gave a crap was the cool skinny chick who did the weigh ins. She was great. As for everyone else...they can go to %$** for all I care. I am happy with my decision to do RNY instead but still..I feel the office should have been more professional.

cannot argue with u there. the girl your talking about is Melony, she is sweet and like you said, she cares and she is professional. good luck on your wt loss journey and let us know how you make out with you RNY.

Does anyone have an appt on thurs. 5/6, i called today, and they are squeezing me in for a fill before im back to pre op wt...:thumbdown:

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cannot argue with u there. the girl your talking about is Melony, she is sweet and like you said, she cares and she is professional. good luck on your wt loss journey and let us know how you make out with you RNY.

Does anyone have an appt on thurs. 5/6, i called today, and they are squeezing me in for a fill before im back to pre op wt...:thumbdown:

I go tomorrow around 1:30

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Rain, did you get an appt for tomorrow?

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I go tomorrow around 1:30

I think val goes tomorrow too, let me know how u make out....:thumbdown:

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just checking in to see how u made out val, wondering if they sent u down for a swallow, hope u check in and let us know, biggurl called me today and we are concerned.

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well i went in for my appt. i saw barb and i told her what they told me on the phone. she showed me the note they gave her with the info and they said i asked about a sleep apnea test not a swallow study...can you believe it. i had the swallow study. hoffman looked at it and said either my pouch is dialated or i have a prolapse. the worst being i may need to have the band repositioned. he completely emptied my band and for the next 2 weeks im on liquids. he told me if im really starving i could have a very little bit of cottage cheese, he wants everything to pretty much go through the band. so i had Soup for dinner and back to the Protein Shakes. i knew something was wrong. i had been on this give me a fill...im too tight...getting an unfill. while im not happy with what is going on, at least i know what is going on. but i feel good, but of course it is nurses week and we are supp to have a luncheon tomorrow and of course i was supp to go out for dinner this weekend...oh well

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well i went in for my appt. i saw barb and i told her what they told me on the phone. she showed me the note they gave her with the info and they said i asked about a sleep apnea test not a swallow study...can you believe it. i had the swallow study. hoffman looked at it and said either my pouch is dialated or i have a prolapse. the worst being i may need to have the band repositioned. he completely emptied my band and for the next 2 weeks im on liquids. he told me if im really starving i could have a very little bit of cottage cheese, he wants everything to pretty much go through the band. so i had Soup for dinner and back to the Protein Shakes. i knew something was wrong. i had been on this give me a fill...im too tight...getting an unfill. while im not happy with what is going on, at least i know what is going on. but i feel good, but of course it is nurses week and we are supp to have a luncheon tomorrow and of course i was supp to go out for dinner this weekend...oh well

I'm glad you were able to get the swallow test, now something can be done about taking care of your pouch. Next time get the name of the person you talked too and keep a good record.

Too bad you have to do liquids this week:sad: with all that yummy food that'll be around you. Well I guess I could help you out with the food if need be :thumbup::thumbup:

muscle milk is the best Protein shake.. go to sam's club ..you can get it in bulk.

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I think val goes tomorrow too, let me know how u make out....:thumbup:

Well I lost 4lbs...Barb said 7lbs but when I do the math i'm not getting 7 lol... anyways i'll take what I can get!

I had a fill of about 1cc.. now I can feek this one!

Hopefully I can pull a LLL (Cyndy) and lose 27lbs by the next visit!

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