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On the Path to Enlightenment

A blog by SigmaChefSpe in General

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About this blog

My trip from Morbid obesity to Normal

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This Is Unreal!

This is Unbelievable   So, surgery was October 9th, its hard to believe that just 2 short months ago I weighed 343.4 pounds, not the biggest I have ever been but pretty close. I look at that weight and think to myself WOW, what is God’s name was I doing. What in God’s name was I thinking. How was I living at 343 pounds, how didn’t my legs collapse under the weight, how did I manage to get down on one knee time and time again as I flung my 15 pound bowling ball. Time and time again. I can’t hel

About 6 Weeks Out

Well here we are about 4 weeks out of surgery, I have lost almost 50 pounds and I can tell you I am loing this surgery. I feel bad becuase i have not been on this site to update in a bit. as a matter of fact last time i was here it was still verticle sleeve talk. lol. no wonder my app wont work. Well Anyway, let me tell you this is great. if you are reading this prior to surgery, let me tell you IT IS WORTH IT. i am not going to lie to you, when i woke up from the operating table i hurt.... bad.

AND THE COUNT DOWN BEGINS

Well I found out yesterday that the doctor’s office finally opened up the claim with my insurance, that mean my insurance countdown begins…. 15 days… well actually its 14 business days until they have to make a decision on my application for surgery. I have to admit I’m kinda nervous, but its only because I want this so bad. All the weeks of prodding and poking and procedures all lead to this moment, to these final days. I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel and guess where it lea

Endoscopy Today

Ok, so I had my endoscopy today, which means my file will be submitted to the insurance for approval tomorrow.... I hope that goes well. The Endoscopy was neat, I have never been under any type of sedation before. I feel good overall, except for this headache I've had all day but I think its because my body wants to go back to sleep and I haven't let it. I left the hospital at 12:30 and have been up ever since, everyone says I should be sleep, so I guess I'm going to turn in shortly as its 607 i

So nervous...

Ok, so let me tell you how I was SUPER nervous this weekend. So if you dont know anything about me (and i dont think you do) I love rollercoasters, love, love, love them, and it has been a very depressing past couple of years for me becuase I have been too big to ride them.... which mind you is the worse feeling in the world. I mean standing in line for an hour laughing and joking with your frineds to finally get to the coaster and not be able to close the harness.... its deflating, then whats e

$400 Million Dollars?

It’s been quite a while since I put a good entry in here and being as I got a few moments I figured now is the time to do it……   So, what’s on my mind…. First off I went to the doctors on Sunday and afterwards she said she didn’t need to see for again until 6 weeks after the surgery??? Normally people would be rejoicing in the fact that they don’t have to go back to the doctors, but I’m thinking…. 6 weeks, isn’t that a little long for someone who went through MAJOR surgery? I’m actually feelin

Done with the food visit! Prelim Date Set!

Just another update!   Sat with the Nutritionist yesterday, She was a very nice lady, we reviewed my three day food diary, what type of protein shakes they thought were best for this type of surgery. All of the food groups and my caloric intake, what I should be watching out for and what I am ok to eat and not eat. We also discussed what to expect for the weeks before surgery and after surgery. I thought it was a great visit. I also had the pleasure of setting a preliminary surgery date 10/9!!

Testing Complete

Ok, If you read my last entry you will know that on the 11th I was crazy Mad because the surgeons office called and wanted to reschedule my appointment from 7/19 to 7/16 becuase the surgeon was doing a conference on the 19th and the person doing the schedule made a mistake. I was mad not becuase they wanted to move it up but because they wanted me to have 6 sets of test done prior to sitting with the surgeon and they still hadnt given me the scripts to get them done. Needless to say i thought it

More than a little hot right now

Nothing make me madder then when i am busting my hump to get stuff done in a timely manner and one issue throws the whole thing out of wack. So i talked to the registar on the 3rd of July, she ask me, do you think you can get the testing done by 7/19, im like heck yeah, well here it is now 7/11 and still no scripts, so i start calling around looking to see where they are, come to find out she never sent them? REALLY????? REALLY????? then i also find out on my call that the docter is scheduled fo

1st Doctors Visit

So this past sunday was the first time i've been to the doctors in 16 years, yeah i know, that;s pretty bad, but the truth is besides being fat i'm a pretty healthy dude. I dont take any medicine, i dont have a problem sleeping, no asmah, the only problem i really have is elevated blood pressure.... So as i said i went to the Dr. Office Sunday and had my "check up" she said everything was fine, my blood prossure was high, 151/91, which is right in line with the last few times i was at the P. Cen

Finally Spoke to my "intake worker".

Hi guys, Ok so here is what happened. The telephone interview that was suppose to take 45 minutes to an hour actually only took twenty minutes and here are the tests and dates and times;   Psch Eval:Completed 6/20 Face to Face with surgeon: 7/19 Nutritionist: 7/30 Chest Xray:Not set Abdomin Xray:Not Set EKG:Not Set Complete Set Of Blood Work:Not Set Blood Gas Test:Not Set Stool Sample:Not Set   So there are 6 test that have dates of not set because I have to wait to get the scripts

My 1st Entry

June 25th 2013 Surgery Date: Not Set Surgery Type: VSG   Ok, I have decided to do this to keep track or to keep a time line of what is going on in my mind. I dont know if anyone will read this or not but if you do hopefully it will help you along the way.   Today has been a littlebit of a different one, im not in the same boat as a lot of people on here are, or at least i dont think i am. I have picked my surgeon, there were only two to choose from in my approved hospital, I have completed

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