Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Quick Update

Oh, the adrenaline is pumping. So Awesome 1st appointment. Dr. went over medical history, whether or not I'm a good candidate etc. Not a lot new since I just went to two seminars, but I really liked the Dr.

Met with the nutritionist who was super nice. Sometimes subject matter experts come across as condescending, but she was really down to earth-which I thought was refreshing.

Met with the coordinator, also super nice, here is our first hiccup. I can't travel for 6wks after surgery to avoid blood clots. Why is this an issue? I'm supposed to travel for work to Canada in May. So unless I get all my Shiz together by next week I have to wait until I come back. That would set me back until June. But she thinks that she can accommodate me if I get my stuff. OH-kay. She said that I could go next door to the hospital and see if I could schedule labs there. So right when we were done and went over and they were able to see me right away! AWESOME!

So, I got my chest x-ray, EKG and blood work done by 6;30pm. I left a message for the therapist to see if she could write the letter for me within the next couple of days. As soon as they have the letter they can submit it to my insurance, pending a 2-3 day turn around time I may still be able to meet the goal that they need!!!! So I'm asking for prayers! Things have been great so far, so I need it to continue. If I can get all of this going, the surgery would be scheduled for sometime the week of April 5th!!! I'm totally freaking out. I cannot tell you how fast I am typing this!

Since my BMI is not terribly high, he said that he's not too concerned about my liver so I would need to do pre-op diet for 7-10 days. I figured this was average, so no biggie. I have to give up my secret lovah. Coke. Ah, I will miss him. His bubbles make me tingle. But its necessary. He hasn't been good to me. I heard he's cheating with Mary (Band me...I'm ready! )

So this actually was not a quick update. And I realized I'm a total valley girl using super and awesome way too much! Thanks for hanging in there with me!

10 comments:

  1. That's great news. You are so lucky your insurance doesn't require you to do 6 months nutritional counseling. That is so freaking awesome that you could be getting your surgery in April. And by freaking awesome I mean I am crazy jealous. :-)

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  2. Hi Jenny....everything sounds like its going forward! My only comment is the part about not being able to travel for 6 weeks due to possible blood clots. There are many on here who traveled by plane to MX for the surgery (I'm going 3/24) and that has not been an issue. I believe they give you injections of Heprin (sp?) for that reason.

    In any event, it sounds like you will be a bandster in April!!!

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  3. WOW - that's amazing (and scary I'm sure). The 6 week travel thing does seem weird considering how many people travel for surgery, but they must have a reason. Good luck!!

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  4. You all are right, I totally forgot that people go to MX and then travel back!

    I'm definately a little scared. Excited, but scared. I still have to get approved so I am far from out of the woods.

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  5. WOO HOO!!

    I'm so glad your appointment went well.

    Weird about the traveling. I was going to travel about a month after my surgery and they never said I would need anything like that.

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  6. Oh and I meant to say that my surgery happenend really quickly too. I had my first appointment on July 6th and by the time I met with the surgeon three weeks later they had scheduled my surgery for August 26th. I thought it would be months. I have to say though that I'm really glad it did happen quickly. My husband didn't have his until November and he got frustrated by the time it came for his.

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  7. Wow!!! That is going sooo fast! I hope and pray that the insurance flies thru...mine took about 4 days to hear back. Yeay!!!

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  8. Leslie, Thanks for sharing that yours went quickly too. I was starting to wonder if I was rushing it, but I'm just sooo ready!!

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  9. So glad everything went well and it seems like you are almost there and this will happen soon!!!

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  10. So funny!!!!! I just read it! I didn't have time to catch up on blogs yesterday!!!! You are right your Coke has been cheating! Well, actually I just drank a Dr. Pepper for breakfast! Shhhhhhh! Don't tell! I am so happy for you! This is AWESOME news!!!!! Yay! Yay! Yay!

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