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chabutter's Journal

A blog by chabutter in General

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chabutter's Journal, a weight loss surgery blog by chabutter on BariatricPal. 24 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Im banded!!

Well Im finally banded, and I cant believe it. I am three days post op as of today. It was a lot more painful than I expected it to be, but I can tolerate a lot of pain so I was up and hangin out and going to the bathroom. Everyone was shocked at my progress   I didnt do well on the pre-opt diet, but not horrible either,s o my liver was fine, and I had lost 1.2 pounds.   Now, Imd oing the liquid diet like a friggen champ. Its going tob e difficult so I will be looking forward to chatting wi

haha

gosh, since learning of my approval i havent been back to lap band talk ever since. that just aint right. i have the appointment with my surgeon on the 28th, and will probably be having surgery late august

i will know in five to seven days

Well its been two weeks + waiting so far. The first time I called medical mutual someone told me there was no claim on file (!) I was only semi worried because I knew the jewish hospital folks knew exactly what they are doing.   Now Im nervous. I called and got another representative! I was told my information is in the nurses review part and it would take another five to seven days (!!!!!!!!) thats it. I am crossing everything on my body now. Seven days is around the nineteeth. After my firs

finally everything is faxed over

everything IS finally faxed over to Medical Mutual as of yesterday May 23rd, 2006. It took a ton of phone calls out of someone who HATES making phone calls for that to happen. The woman on the phone I spoke to was confused denying that they had received the psych exam, but she mentioned sharon had faxed everything to med mutual yesterday, and the person i spoke to faxed my psych exam on monday so that makes sense.   -- now its just wait, cross, fingers, wait, wait wait wait wait.... hopefully

hate doctors.... no one knows what they are doing

Today I went to see the psych doctor Doctor Taliaferro) to see what the hell the problem was. It has been TWENTY days since I saw him for my psych evaluation.. thats twenty days too long, and twenty days delaying my potential lap band surgery over a fucking psych evaluation.   The office claimed to have sent the information on thursday but the weight management center called me today, saying the had not received it. Extremely annoyed, I discovered that he wasnt even in the office so I could

patience

my patience is definitely being tested here. The nurse predicted that I would be scheduled end of july early august for the band.. I still dont know if my psych eval has been faxed over. How annoying is that? The lady who controls the predetermination packets will not be in until later.   I have good news though -- metformin (glucophage) has melted five pounds off of me in three days. Its not water either. Discounting water weight, it would have been eight pounds.

still no psych eval

tick tock tick tock tick tock... i dont know what is wrong with the man who is preparing my psych eval . It has been 14 days and it still hasnt been faxed over!! That is my ticket to band land and he is taking far to long to deliver - what the junk. half the problem is waiting on all these PEOPLE. dont they want to turn the geers in that center?

med eval finished

I have Good news. Today I have completed the medical evaluation and my PRE-D packet looks excellent according to the doctor I saw regarding this. She told me that approval is most likely definite because they had been working with med-mutual the whole time. (!)   The only thing is my Psychiatrist still has not sent my psych evaluation. The doc told me we are looking at end of july early august for the surgery.

Psych Exam today

Well today I had my Psych exam and finished the very last loop hole before my medical evaluation. I was nervous about it because I thought I would fail it. The psych doctor had a disability. He was nearly blind and he had contracted joints or lack of control in one of his arms. He told me I was a lot of fun and a joy to chat with. He was a nice guy,so im assuming that I passed the exam! I never would have imagined that two months would have passed by since I first got interested in this operat

....

i have had a hell of a time making a psychiatric appt. Those people are hella loosy goosy and it makes me sick. Also, I have been exercising hard and eating right and I have only lost a pound and a half in a week. I remember when I went on weight watchers without exercising I had lost seven pounds. Thats some bull...

finished with all the paperwork

on thursday or friday i got my endocrinologist crap. it wasnt ANYTHING what I expected, and they did charge me almost five dollars. They ended up scanning my referral from 2003.. (WTF) :faint: back to my PCP before I left for college.   So no documentation of my symptom X diabetes, no documentation of my PCOS.. stupid idiots.. but the header does say: yatta yatta endocrinology so the medical review board will see that if having it even does pump up my case the least bit.........   I also ha

not all together yet...

So I called the endocrinologist and someone with their brain on finally told me my request had gotten fowarded to the warehouse where they keep all of 5 yuear + records -- so I called the warehouse and they processed my request and mailed my documents out on the twenty seventh (two days ago, or monday).   so I expect to get all of that information TOMORROW or at the latest by friday.. I also had to go to my doctors office and have them fax my information myself.. Gosh. Its so crazy working w

whew long process

i think its really strange that the hospital expects me to contact all of my out of town doctors to get my patient records. They wont give them over to me without a consent form being signed. I have even send some request via mail and it has been two weeks. When I call the tell me they havent heard of anything!   I called the PRE'D packet organizer and she took down all the numbers to see if she couldnt get them to fax them over. She was reluctant though.. but if they want my money they reall

finally I hear from JH regarding my PreD

Unlike what they stated in the seminar they wrote me documentation about what they found out from medical mutual! I am glad I have it in writing. " Documentation of supervised weight loss experience for six months. (includes my weight watchers experience)   A complete diet history form. Please list hte various diets you have used over the years. Please not if you were overweight as a child or in your teen years.. ALso focus on your dieting efforts for the past five years.   Documentation

ekg/bloodtests/etc

Went to the PCP today. She is a slim woman with a dark pixie hair cut -- but instead of being pixie like - shes got a serious demeanor and "doctor shoes and a doctor outfit on". The EKG was alright.. I didnt really realize it wasnt that big of a deal, just stuck a buncha stickers on me and I was relieved that my heart is ok.   I had been having palputations since gaining so much weight. I weighed in (with shoes) at 248 pounds. (thats a 40 BMI) yikes. My slim average was 188. (thats sixty pou

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait

Tommorrow I am seeing a new PCP for the lab tests I need for the pre determination packet and whatnot. Instead of going to my hometown to see the doctor I just got a new one. I have been living alone in cincinnati for about three years, and everytime I get sick I end up having to go to the E.R. It would be much easier to have a doctor I can go to without having to drive for four hours to get there. I am happy about that.   I am extremely disappointed at how slow Jewish hospital is at just co

angry with lack of understanding...

I was talking to my mother today and she jumped down my throat about talking about the band too much. :mad: i was offended, and i accidently started a statement like "as my mother you should... " needless to say she got seriously offended.   I dont think my mother realizes how embarrassing it is for my old friends to see me 50-60 lbs heavier than when they last seen me.. I dont go see them. I have been in hiding. Rheumatoid arthritis made me into something I am not.. a hermit. I almost died

starting the data collection phase

Last night I went to the first seminar at jewish hospital. The day before they had sent me the papers I needed to submit about myself, like weight, insurance information, medications and etc. I turned that in and expect that they should receive it by thursday.   The seminar was good, and I got to ask the actual doctor questions.. He didnt impress me personality wise- but I am sure he knows what he is doing. He seems a little rough around the edges.. like corn bread. and he definitely ain't s

The beginning of the journey (not yet banded)

I have been researching the lapband and rouxenY for a while. RouxenY is out of the question for me because I and my family are afraid of death. Besides this, I am twenty one years of age! Young, and I highly doubt that the staples will survive until I am 30. (much less 40,50, or however long that I hope to live)..   My story: I have ALWAYS been a big girl. I was tormented as a child, and in middle school and at 12 I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome and Pre-Diabetes. Thats a scary

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