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:coolgleamA: Things are looking up for me. Thanks for everyones support eventhough i was so unsupportable at that time. I thank god that he has put you in my path. I had CT of kidneys done and there were no stones :biggrinjester: Now I was told that two of my clearance are missing. So can I call the doctor so I did and thought I hit another wall, But took a deep breath and called the person who submit the paper work to the insurance companyand she found them. I have cleared another huddle. Today is my last huddle I must wait to see if the doctor will still go forth with surgery because they didn't find stones but my right kidney look adnormal, I explain that it has always look that way. I have know since I was sixteen. So praying and keeping my fingers crossed I will be sleeved on 2/6/12. Clear diet starts on Saturday until day of then no liquids. God is great. :Banane59:

Okay yes the doctor will refer you to some of the doctors and test you need. Yes you need bloodwork and xray and ekg for medical clearance. My PCP has very little involvement in the planning to get approved. Montefoire scheduled everything but physic. Check your message

I had my CT today and tried to get the tech to give me a heads up, but no luck. So I asked when will these results be in, she told me that by the afternoon. I still have to wait until friday after the PA speaks to my surgeon. I have already threw in the towel I called to see when the urogolist can see me to my disappointment not till end of March. I called alot in my health coverage and that is the date everyone is giving. This is a major set back for me. The wait is killing me I just want to know if it is cancelled. Still dieting. No Smiles for me

Hey Kiki, Where are you having your surgery done? Can you see someone in manhattan? I was giving a list of Doctors and a form for the doctor to fill out. I only saw him for an hour I paid out of pocket for a one time visit and he faxed my clearence letter right there and then. If they send you to see a pulmo doctor you should see them first and by the way I told the physic I need a clearence for weight lost

Well I am a week away from surgery and now am so scared it may be cancelled. This sucks :banghead: :mad5: :cryin:

Thanks again for all the kind words. And to answer some questions, It is hard to postponed this again because it has been push back for months now and going on for over a year now adding on new doctors and new meds. Not even my pcp doctor found this lates problem. I have been out of work since sept 2010 and was hoping to be healther by now. So my family and have been talking if this is not done by May then I will have to put this on the back burning and take all the meds I need and get back to work. And to see the urologist I was told it is a two month wait even if they find stones. Because I don't have any pain or discomort and no infection I can wait. So with all the bad news ahead I really don't believe I will have the surgery on 2/6/12. So thank you very much for your well wishes and prayers but this one slip thru my hands for now.

I know how you feel I am just ten days away and have to wait until friday 2/3/12 to find out if my surgery is going to be cancel or not. I am so depressed out this.

I want to thank you for your kind words. But the hurt is to big now. I was told if they find stones they will moves the surgery to another date. Where I am it takes at least three months to see a specialist and then about another month of taking meds and jumpping thru hoops. I have not been able to work. I am starting to develope a fear for doctors because when I go they always find something wrong. Another thing to add to my list of illness I have. Neverforme like always

I am all cried out :cryin:. Today was the straw that broke the camels back. I think it is time for me to throw in the towel. I will always be trap in this body. I will live a life of bad health. No matter what diet I try or how much exercise I do this is it for me. I am stuck with this. I don't see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or the silver lining in the clouds. I have been jumping hoops since I started this journey. This morning I got a call from the PA and was told that my urine test show that I have blood in the urine. She wants me to repeat the test today and have a CT of my kidneys to rule out stones. If they find stones I need to see the urogolist. I won't find out till the last minute and I am ten days away from my surgery. The CT will be on the 2/1/12 and I won't find out until the 2/3/12 and My surgery is on 2/6/12. I have already started a pre-op diet. :frown2: I was told to be happy that I am not gaining weight so continue eating the pre-op diet and exercise 5 times a week at least 3hours a day. And then you may see the weight come off. So I need to work out for an hour in the morning,at lunch and before I go to bed. So that is what I am going to do I have no choice. I guess I was right when I said my name should be NEVERFORME.

Alright it is the happiest day so far I was move from 2/9/ to 2/6. I feel good James brown. Cheerleaders are cheering me. Yeah!!!!

Metro Plus told me the same and that I had six months to have the surgery. I had change from Healthfirst which did not requrie the six month diet in the beginnig but there time was a year for you to get the surgery. Now I have affinity and my sleve date was move up to 2/6/12 from 2/9. Remember that it will go quick as long you don't have any major problems

As I sit here think about what I am looking forward to. The list is long but just to mention a few. 1. Wipe myself with out pain 2. Tie my shoes 3. To have my fairy tale wedding (I had City Hall Marriage) :confused5: 4. To keep up with my teenage age son and my grandkids. for now short goals are important and I wish everyone gets there

OMG, I just a ball of mess I am counting the days like I am weighting for xmas day. Or for New Years eve to end. I have a broad with the date and the remaining days left. My granddaughter ask why so I explained that the doctors was going to do something to make me small and she tells me that all I need is to cut the baby out of my belly. I just smile. Before that I broke a plastic chair and my grandson who is six years old jumps out the bed and ask me are you ok do you need me to beat the chair for hurting you. I was laughing so much that I counld not get up for a while. My mind is even playing tricks on me. I am having pain that worry me. I am scared that the date will change again. OOh this waiting game is killing me. Ugh :banghead: :chillpill:

To answer your ? At first I was telling everyone I met and was getting alot of negitive reveiw. I felt the all the neg. vibes slow my process. So when I had to start over I told my husband, my mother, and my children. Since no one will visit me I am not worried. I started to tell everyone that I started a new diet. I am going to have a coming out party at my wedding recept

This is a lucky day! It's my Bday and I will be sleeved on 2/9 Much luck to you I am a ball of mess 19 days to go

@ shelly I am feeling the same way. I was just at the stroke doctor and he clam me down. He believes the surgery will be helpful and not to worry I will come out okay.

I have no advice just some well wishes for you. I am three weeks away from having my sleeve done and I am a ball of nerves. I have written alot of question to ask at my pre-op class hoping to calm my nerves. So good luck you got this

Hi, I am looking for a buddy in the bronx area to speak to as we go through this choice and share our ups and down and maybe work out together. I am having sugery on 2/9/12 at Montefiore on gunhill rd.

I am worried and would like to calm myself down. I understand that my question may be to private but I really need to be able to relate to some one. So here it goes. I have chose to have this surgery because of my diabetes and the health problems that come with it. It has taken me a year to get my doctors to approve me for surgery. While I was looking for the clearence I was geting more problems and now that my surgery is a go I am worried about my out come. Who else out there have many problems before sugery. My list is as follows: I am diabetic on a insulin pump I had 4 TIAs that I know of and a stroke that I did not know I had until my MRI I also have a narrowing on the left side of my brain and a possible blockage in my heart that is being watched because I don't have chest pain Also sleep apnea which has made my sleep time a battle with the cpap machine. I never had a problem before I slept like a baby before and dream some good thoughts, now I get only 2 hours of sleep and no dreams. Can you share your success or if you are going thru the same thing? Surgery date 2/9/12 Hopital Montefiore Hospital (Gun Hill Rd)

Question when will you be telling you excuse? If it is before then you will need a good excuse. But if it is three weeks before the dance just got dress shoping and be very picky about the dress and then start telling your freinds that you are not feeling well and then tell them that u need your gall bladder out. Good Luck and much success

When I started with health first you have a year to complete everything and most of the requirements are up to the doctors and hospital where you are having it done. It took me a year to get approved by the doctor and had to start over again. So I started again now in Nov. 2011 and my surgery date is for 2/9/2012. I am having it done at Montefiore Hospital

I have not been sleeved yet but having my sugery is going to be at Montefiore hospital on Feb 9, 2012 Bronx,NY

Pick your head up Sunshinemom, I did that for 10 years too. I live with my children's father for ten years and he cheated and treated me badly. But one day I got tired of play house with him and once I lost alot of weight I was 250lbs to 180lbs I found a new man and married him. New hubby is so supportive. Maybe you should try some couple counseling to be able to understand why he does that. Good Luck you we be okay.

@ muller1223 thanks, that sound great what hospital? private message me did you have other medical problems?

I want to thank everyone for all the kind words. It brighten my day to know I was not alone in feeling this. I am so close and the emotions are getting the best of me. I still wish I had a live person but to all that offered to speak to me in private thanks you. And I have tryed to find some one in the group but they are really not open to having discussions out side the group. I know that I will be fine it does not change the fact that I am driving blindly in this journey. I will do well and gain the self esteem to unclose myself. I will have the energy to volunteer for the extra activties my grandkids are in, as I did for my kids. (raising grandkids) Soccer, baseball, ballet, swimming. I will network and make some friends.