wanna

I received a referral for wls in july/aug of 2011 through kaiser permanente. I was able to start the options classes in september and completed in december. I wasn't able to get in for my mental health evaluation until march, saw the doctor for evaluation (again) until may. After weekly calls I finally got an appointment with the surgeon for today, august 20,2011, a YEAR after referral. I had to get 3 people at work to switch days around and ended up working nights to get to my appointment. Got to the office 20 min early only to be informed that my appointment had been cancelled and I had been notified that morning. WRONG. I was notified, 40 minutes after my appointment was scheduled. They had already rescheduled me for another appointment, without asking if I could make it. If I turn it down it could be another 2 months before I get another. So I guess I'll be trying to switch shifts around again or have to put it off until they have an appointment that I can go to without problems. I'm just sick of waiting.I've already waited so long that I had to have my lab work done again (11 tubes). I just can't see an end. And when I got home and told my family what happened all they said was "that's to bad. Did you go to the grocery store?" I guess that tells me how much support I'll be getting after surgery.

I also completed the options program at Fontana. My last class was december 21. Finally recieved a call for preliminary exam last week. Am scheduled for my mental health eval on march 12. I was told that I would meet with the surgeon about a week after. Final clearance with pcp after, hopefully surgery 2-3 weeks after. I'm still concerned about taking time off. I do work at kaiser and they've been great but I haven't old anyone at work my plans, only a few close friends and my daughter. The only problem I have is the requirement for us to attend a support group. I don't like to talk about my private life in front of a lot of strangers, or for that matter a few. I like this site due to the privacy (or illusion)

I'm recently been recovering from a broken elbow that had to be pinned so I made use of my physical thearapist for all my questions. He said for toning use lighter weights (5-10 max) but more repetitions.

I'm 52, 5-6 and 263lbs. I am a nurse but work only with infants, if any lifting at all it usually isn't over 5 lbs. I can also keep water with me.

Do you really need to take so much time off work? My schedule varies and I have a 6 day stretch off, wouldn't that be enough?