Congratz on having the right state of mind for the surgery! I'm having mine done in two days and I'm very excited!
I understand about letting the wild child in you out and doing things that you are embarrassed to do right now! I feel the same way myself!
Good luck!
Lucy
I'm having my pre-op blood work tomorrow too. Is there anything that would *stop* the surgery from happening? (Assuming my blood clotting test comes back normal...pretty sure that's important! Lol!) I'm scared they'll reject me. My flight is booked. My brain is ready. I don't want anything to stop this!!!!
hang in there .... our journey has many similarities I decided to make a drastic change in Dec 2012 ....started to see the surgeon and nutritionist Feb 2013 @ my highest weight of 296 and BMI of 57 I'm 40 yrs old and only 5'1 the 1st thing the surgeon said to me is ... I need to start loosing weight asap because he will not work on me with a BMI that's so high !!!! I was mortified I couldn't believe what he said to me ...He basically said I was a walking heart attack and my BP was out of control so I have some homework to do .... at that point I started all my appointments , I saw psych , did all my cardiac clearances , pfts, sleep study , my primary doc clearances , endoscopy (pos for h-pylori e ) blood work and last but not least .. I have to see my nutritionist every 2 to 3 weeks .... started my diet and and slowly working out ... as of today I'm 258 lbs with a BMI 50 I cant wait to see the surgeon on June 5th because he wanted me down at-least 25lbs and I'm down 37 ... they finally handed in all my paper work and I've been approved by the insurance so hopefully some time in July 2013 I will be able to keep going on this Journey .... My insurance asked for a lot and kicked it back 2 times because something was missing ... slow steady wins the race ... it does feel like our lives are on hold but I feel that in the long run its going to be worth it because we are going to be healthier than ever for our children and our love ones .. I wish you luck in this journey and will be praying for you
Kat
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