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Andy's Articles

A blog by AMayo1 in General

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Andy's Articles, a weight loss surgery blog by AMayo1 on BariatricPal. 25 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Little Green Band

I went this morning for my pre-surgery work up and met with a NP. My surgery is scheduled for 6:45 AM Monday October 3. I have to be to the hospital by 6AM and should be out of there by noon. Worries me a little about the pain medication. I have asked several times about when I would get my prescription for it. I had read in other places that some groups have you pick it up at this appointment so that you don't have to deal with filling it after the surgery. The nurse assured me that my p
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It's a go

Today went much better. The surgeon apologized for the confusion and asked what I took out of the original appointment. I talked about everything he said to me the line backer build, the BMI scale and what he feels is considered healthy for me. He says when he was talking about that stuff, he was talking about my goals after surgery, to not set unrealistic goals for myself, that he did not mean that I should not have surgery. My insurance approved the surgery. I went and had my additional b
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ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I met with the surgeon. He does not think I need the surgery. He says based on my weight loss so far and my "line backer" build he does not think that I really have much more to lose and I could do that with out the band. He says that if I still want the surgery he would do it, but he wants me to think about it. He says that based on being a male of my build I could be healthy at a BMI of 30. I started at 42, I am currently at 35. I am so freaking confused.
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Nervous about tomorrow

I have a couple of things going on tomorrow. After begin with my surgeons practice for 2 months, I am finally going to be sitting down with him for the first time. beyond the his this is Dr P and he shook my hand and said nice to meet you. I also meet with the dietician for the first time. I believe that after tomorrow they will submit my information to the insurance company. Keeping fingers crossed. Also tomorrow I am going to small claims court to fight my tax assessment on my house. Wi
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NSV

When I started this journey I was wearing 4x Scrubs at work. I had shrunk down to wearing 3x scrubs, but lately I noticed that thet were lose one me. When I picked up my 5 sets of scrubs today from the uniform room here at work I asked for 2X. I am wearing them now. YAY

More Test

So today started with the gym back on to the elliptical runner. Better day today, no homophobic comments today, but it was later in the day then yesterday. Multiple appointments today.   First appointment was with the second part of my psyche evaluation. It really wasn't anything. He just took the time of my appointment to write up my paperwork from my initial visit. He gave me a copy of the letter that will be sent off to the insurance company that says that I am a good candidate.   Se

The Gym and one of the reasons I hate it.

It is too dark now in the morning to get a ride in before work. I am more of a morning person and tend to hit the hay early so I do not like to go work out after work. I went back to the gym near my house. Everything was fine did my time on the elliptical. Went into the locker room to shower and get changed. Now I remember one of the reasons I stopped going to the gym. The homophobic comments ran rampant between these 3 guys. Why is it that straight men have to make gay jokes in front of

Fustrating

Things are going haywire at work. Another therapist broke their arm and will be out for 6-8 weeks. I have yet to talk to my boss if this means I need to postpone my tentative surgery date of 10/3/11. This kind of sucks. They are freaking out because there is also another therapist who's wife is due any day. Had to take today off to take my mom to a doctor's appointment this morning then I need to go to my own appointment this afternoon. I was asked if there was anyway I could come in bet

Full of Doubt

I am sure everyone hits this point. I am full of doubt. So far I have lost about 40 lbs on my 3 month pre-op diet plan. At this rate(if I do not hit a plateau I will lose another 20-30 pounds) putting me half way to my goal. Now hits the worry, do I really want to put myself through this surgery. A lot of this started when I had my psyche eval last week. He assigned me homework. I needed to find a study on the success/failure rate of lap band surgery. I need to print it out and bring i

The Good and the Bad

Did the first part of my psych evaluation. He told me I am a good candidate as my life has stability and that I have a good support system. On the downside one of my respiratory test the AGS did not come back that great so now I have to see a Pulmonary doctor, has me a little nervous. The bariatric group is going to call me next week once the appointment is set up to let me know who, when and where I need to go. I am hoping it has more to do with my size and my fat pushing up on my diaphragm

Pre-op Week

Thisis my week of pre-op appointments. Planned them all during my vacation. I went to my second support meeting on Monday night. It was a muchbetter meeting then my first. More people, it started on time and I foundit more helpful. It as recommended picking up Weight Loss Surgery forDummies so I got that today. About half way done, so far so good. It hasbeen very informative. I go for my psyche evaluation tomorrow. Notsure exactly what to expect but the evaluation is spread out over 2 ap

STAYCATION

Starting this past Friday I started vacation. Not going anywhere, but have some projects around the house to get done. Today I organized and cleaned out the closet. I got rid of some ripped, stained and out of date clothes. I also bagged up my clothes this past winter when I was at my heaviest. I put away 3x shirts and 46 waist pants. Now what do I do with them? They say you should get rid of your big clothes as you lose weight so as to give you an incentive to not grow back into them.

Update

Been a few weeks since I blogged, but not much has happened except that I broke 290. Still in my pre-op period. From my initial visit with my doctor(June 9th) for my letter of medical necessity I am down 25 pounds. I have met the insurance company's weight loss of 5% in a 2 month period. I am down around 13 pounds from my Bariatric appointment on July 5th(though it is hard to tell I was fully clothed at that appointment and when I weight myself at home it is usually after I get out of the s

First Support Meeting

So the first support group meeting. First I go to the wrong place. I thought it was the auditorium that they held the orientation in at Ellis Hospital. So I get there. There is a huge buffet. I thought how cruel, what a way to treat the bandsters. Then someone gives see my strange look at tells me it is a meeting for the doctor's of the hospital. I think I have the wrong night after racing over. I then get back to my car and look at the paper work. The date was right, the spot was right

Support Group

I am going to my first lap band support group meeting tonight. I am glad that the office is seperating out band from bypass. Looking forward to meeting some people in person and hearing how they are doing. The office requires 2 meetings prior to scheduling the surgery. they offer 1 band only group, and there are 2 combined group meetings a month as well.

Birthday Blog

So I am now at the age my father was when he passed away, it feels a little strange. He passed from Cancer, not complications of obesity. I mark events in my life like this. When I hit 30 if felt strange. It was the age that my youngest sister passed from Cancer. Cancer is too prevalent in my family (I think even if I wanted kids, I would adopt or use a sperm donor) I guess it is my NY personalty. If Goth existed when I was in high school, I probably would of been a goth kid. I receive

Bariatric Care Center Appointment

Had my first appointment with the bariatric care center. Met a nurse, the PA who I will see most. It is the PA that does the fills. I met the surgeon briefly and my coordinator. My coordinator says that I have one of the best insurance in our area. I am tentatively scheduled for surgery on October 3. I have to undergo a gall bladder ultrasound, pulmonary test, upper GI.... the group is setting up those appointments. I have to schedule my psych appointment I will also have an appointme

Tomorrow's the Day

Tomorrow is the initial appointment at the doctor's office. I am both excited and nervous. Tomorrow is the day they decide if I am a candidate I have filled out all the paperwork, but they still ask me to be there a half hour early. I wonder how long it will be? I do know that I will not be meeting with the surgeon, but the PA, not sure who else I will be seen by. I will go to my first support meeting next monday. The group requires a 10% weight loss and 2 support group meetings before yo

Goodbye Seven

A very difficult week end. As of Wednesday it was decided after discussing with my Vet that we should have my cat Seven put to sleep. She has 2 extra toes on each front paw, hence the name. Seven was never a lap cat but she always wanted to be near me, laying down next to me or above me on the back of the couch when she could still make it up there. When she would sit up on the couch she would tap my shoulder with her paw when she wanted to be petted. This past winter Seven starting missing

Tommorrow

Tomorrow is my orientation day, Since I saw my primary I have lost 9 pounds of the 32 that I am required by my insurance company. The blood work did not come back good for my cat. After a discussion with the Vet it has been decided that we will have her put down on Saturday. It will allow us time to say good bye and make her last few days good ones. She has been living in pain and the look in her eyes that she gives me. She is not that same cat that she was last year. She can not make jum

One Step Closer

One step closer. I pick up my letter from the doctor on the way home from work today. Thursday is orientation night. From my discussion with the receptionist, they will schedule the first appointment with the doctor in 5 days of the meeting. I am thinking that means they will call me to schedule the appointment within 5 days if the meeting. That always confuses me. I am sure a lot more of my questions will be answered on that night.    

Tough Day

The day started with a 10 mile bike ride through the back roads of my town. It was Beautiful. I then had to take my older cat to the vet. She is not doing well @14 years of age. She has bad hips and possibly diabetes. The doctor said she is in a lot of pain and possibly had seizures last week end. She walks like she is drunk and no longer jumps. She is started on pain meds today hopefully the hips get better through the week. If not next weeks check up will be her last vets visit. .

Why I am Doing this

I wrote this several days ago and posted it on my other Blog     Have you ever been ridiculed, have you ever been embarrassed. The last 15 years of my life has been very difficult, and I am not asking for anyone's sympathy but I just want it to be known. I know that I have no one to blame but myself. Addictions run in my family on both sides and I have an addictive personality. I am addicted to food. I have lost 2 sisters; my marriage broke up, one of my best friends passed away. I always t

Binging

I blogged for a while previously on Live Journal under the name AndybearNY, but it has been awhile. I have started to blog again over there and I will be cross blogging between the 2. The title is the same for both blogs   Many things cross my mind as I start the process of the new me. I have less than 1 week now till the orientation meeting. I am the type of person that puts the cart before the horse. I know I have a long road ahead of me and I am not even approved. I have started worki

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