I want to take the opportunity here to rant about some trends I am noticing with individuals and their expectations of post-weight loss surgery life. I may offend some people but they can just suck it up and get over themselves. Weight loss surgery is not magic. It will not magically fix all the things [...]
So total I have lost 64 pounds already! I feel great! I have gone down 8 sizes in jeans already in 2 months! I do get tired pretty easily and have some exhaustion issues but I bet when I do my labs next month it has to do with iron levels. Other than that it [...]
I am 17 days post surgery and doing really well. I am still having some pain in my lower left area but the doctor said not to worry it’s normal. Here is a breakdown of my surgery day, hospital stay, and experiences recovering at home. SURGERY DAY- 11-4-09 I had to be at the hospital [...]
I am on my way to the hospital for surgery. I will post about it when I am feeling up to it! Wish me luck! I am so nervous.
So today I reported to the hospital bright and early at 7:45 AM to start my pre-surgery testing and labs. They had to draw 12 viles of blood for all the blood levels, vitamin levels, thyroid function, and serum levels. Luckily the tech found a good vein in my arm and it didn’t even hurt [...]
The surgeon’s office called this morning to set up my surgery date! I am set to go in for surgery on November 4, 2009. It feels so far away and so close at the same time. I feel like I have so much to do before that time comes. I am excited but I am [...]
I posted a few weeks about how I had my psychological evaluation for my weight loss surgery and guess what?! I called my surgeons office this morning just to check after allowing three weeks (an extra week just to make sure!) for the report to be sent from my psychologist’s office to the surgeons office [...]
At the very end of my steps to surgery was the last step I personally needed to do before surgery: a psychological evaluation. After the psych eval all of the paper work is submitted to the insurance company and then I play the waiting game waiting for approval. The couple of weeks leading up to [...]
