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Shavona's Blog

A blog by Shavona in General

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Shavona's Blog, a weight loss surgery blog by Shavona on BariatricPal. 4 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Day of surgery May 27, 2011

Ok the day of surgery. Well the nite before I did not sleep at all, I was too excited to even think of sleep. My husband, Mother-in-law and I get up around 5 to get out of the house and head to the hospital. We arrive there about 5:40 in the morning. I get called to fill out some paperwork. Sit in the waiting room for like ever. Finally they call me and move me upstairs in the waiting room with my bed and such. They take some blood and the nurse tells me I have to pee in a cup so she can see if

Emotional Week

I have no idea why but the last week has been an emotional on for me. I can cry with a drop of a pin. I think a lot of it has to do with my up coming surgery and me being a worry bug. I know everything is going to be ok, but my emotions get the best of me. The last few days have been so much better. Who knows maybe I just needed to cry and get it out.   Anyways, the other day I received my letter from the insurance that everything will be covered. I was super excited. The 24th I will start my

A Dreaded Phone Call....

I learned a valuable lesson today...   After setting up my appointment Amy told me that she would only call me if she needed something else for the insurance. I was busy doing laundry when the phone rang. There was a voice mail. As I was listening it was Amy calling and she needed to talk to me. Worrying came over me. I was dreading the worse that the insurance didn't approve my surgery or that they needed something else from me. I called and was inform that she was with a patient. So I waited

The day that changed my life...

It all started about 2 years ago when I had to set up an appointment with Dr. Clare in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a Orthopedic Surgeon about my knees. He looked at my MRI and told me that I had old knees and I need to have a knee replacement in both of my knees. I was crushed. I never thought that I would ever hear those words. He looked at me all serious and ask me if I had ever thought about having the LapBand Surgery. He gave me a referrel to Dr. Hung in Lincoln. After leaving the appointment I

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