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MsPris's Journal

A blog by MsPris in General

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On my way - to a new me

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2 Days Left!

Greetings:   So much has happened since I was last able to write. Jim (my fiance) and I went on the 5th to the small group meeting with the Dietitian and the Psychologist. The Dietitian gave us our post op menu. Stage 1/Day 1 - water Stage 2/Day 2 - clear liquids Stage 3/Days 3-17 (or until doctor changes it) - full liquids.   Then on Friday the 6th, I had my preop testing done. Bloodwork, ekg, chest xray, and mini physical with a really sweet Dr.   I've been gearing myself up for t

17 days to go!

Hello again: I can't believe I have less than 3 weeks to go 'til I'm an official bandster! I wished I'd quit smoking long before this, so I wouldn't have gained any weight. But, I didn't and I did - oh well. I'm not going to chastise myself too much over this. I finally feel like I'm taking control of my life. I feel as if my life has been on hold for so long. To be only 5'2" and 246lbs. and an apple shape to boot - is not a very pretty picture.

Date Set: 7/19

Dear Diary: I am so excited. My surgeons aa called a few hours ago with my dates: JULY 06, 2007: Office visit and hosp. preops. EKG/X-ray, blood work, and whatever else? JULY 19, 2007: SURGERY - won't know the time til the day before. aw shucks! I was so excited when she called, I didn't even remember that it was last July 19th I was rushed by ambulance, to the hospital - with as my doctor told me - (after I made it through) - "one foot on a banana peel and the other in th

No longer pre-diabetic. just plain ole DIABETIC

Dear Diary: 1. I have no patience. But, today I decided to be good and not call my surgeons admin. asst., and wait for her to phone me. On monday, she said Dr. B would review her files (mine included) and she'd call me with a date on Wednesday. Now, whether it's a surgery date or another preop visit to set the surgery date, I'm not sure. Today's Wednesday and I've been here all day - and she didn't call. 2. When I'd originally seen my surgeon on 5/31 - she told me that she

Closer to a date - moving quickly!

Dear Diary: Since learning I didn't need to go through the nervewracking process of waiting for insurance approval, I have been in 7th heaven. Bright and early Monday morn June 25th, I phoned my surgeons admin.asst., and she received all my paperwork and my psych eval. - (which she said Dr. Barajas will revue on Wednesday) and then she'll call me and schedule another appt. to come in and set my surgery date. Louise the admin. asst. is very nice, so I asked her "how far out the surgeries

Date should be set soon!

Dear Diary: So glad most of this week is over. Here's how my week went. Monday: June 18th 2:15pm - Psych evaluation with Chris Lodi. He's really very nice and we had a nice discussion. He asked quite a few questions to see where "my head is at." I guess a lot of people look at surgery as a magic bullet, and the weight will just fall off without any work. I'm so glad I found this website. All the info I'd garnered was so insightful and made the upcoming journey so realistic which made him

More Appts. Next Week

Greetings Diary: Here's what the upcoming week is like for me. Monday, June 18th: Appt with the dietitian. Tuesday, June 19th: 2nd appt. with the Psychologist Wed, June 20th: Required Seminar I thought I would get a head start and make a second appt. with Dr. Barajas - my surgeon at St. Raphaels in New Haven, CT. But, when I phoned I was told that after the above is completed - I phone in and they send out my info for insurance approval. Once approved, I get a date? Can that be

1st Visit with Psychologist

Hello again: I went to see the psychologist today and much to my dismay - all I did was take a true/false test of about 150 questions and then a circle the most appropriate answer of about 20 questions. My next visit with him will be on the 18th of June and that's when we'll sit down and talk. Nothing else new to report. Just getting more excited with each visit. - to anyone.

First Entry - First thoughts!

Greetings Everyone: I am so excited I can't stand it. If you bear with me - I'll tell you why. In the spring of 2003, I was out of work on LTD - suffering from depression. Mostly depressed because I hated myself, and primarily because of being overweight. I'm 5'2" and 232 pounds. A friend of mine from childhood named Peter had been making headlines because after gastric bypass surgery he'd gone from 853 pounds to 227. Peter and I spoke about the surgery and he recommended I see his D

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