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Thank you Nikki will keep posting :-)

Thanks Jenn! After feeling so sad I was happy to see him and thank him.

Amen! Hopefully I'll get there!

I went to see my cardiologist on the 10th and he ordered a 24 hour holter monitor that they put on me and to draw bloods again because my cholesterol and diabetes was high. Then I saw my surgeon on the 11th. When he saw me he gave me a hug and kiss and said to me that he pulled me from heaven. I wanted to cry. He said I can do this. He's glad I lost more weight. He said he wants me to lose more weight and to come back within' 2-3 months. He said he wants me to fit and strong. He said to keep following up with the nutritionist and still follow the diet. He was on vacation last week at the Dominican Republic on a conference of the RNY with other surgeons around the world. He said he sat next to a top surgeon from Chile and he was telling a story of a patient he almost lost and the same thing that happened to me. He said he was thinking of me the whole time and know I wasn't the only one this happened to. But thank God he saved my life. Looking forward to start over again...

I'm fine thank you for asking. I just returned to work on Tuesday and I still feel a discomfort on my upper abdomen area. I seen the cardiologist last week and he ran more tests on me and I'm going to see him on the 10th. On the 11th I'm going to see the surgeon again. I still can't believe what happened to me. Some people really think I did the surgey because I lost some weight. This time I'm not going to say nothing to anybody and just do the surgery. I' m only going to tell u and everybody else here in this forum. But will definitely keep you posted :-)

My doctor is on vacation and I was seen by another doctor who removed my staples. He suggested that I see the pulmonary and cardiologist specialist so they can give me another clearance. He said to make sure before all my other testings will expire. Everything has to be done within' 6 months to a year. I saw the Pulmonary doctor on Saturday and he said to me that what happened to me has nothing to do with my lungs. He said I'am perfectly fit for the surgery. Then I saw the Cardiologist dr ( a new doctor because I refused to go back to the other cardiologist who cleared me without a recent stress test) on Monday and he took my bloods, ekg, 2 d echo, and a breathing test. He asked me to get the my medical records with all the labs and testings the hospital did to me when I was admitted. He explained to me that what happened was that there are two different anesthesias that can jump the heart rate high or lower it. When doing the gastric bypass the doctor has to inflate air to your stomach area because a camera and tools has to go in the incisions for him to work and see the procedure. Once the air is blown in that is when the anesthesia made my heart rate drop. He asked me if I thought about doing the lap band or sleeve. He said the lap band is reversible not the gastric bypass. I said doctor I feel strange thinking to have a foreign object in my stomach and at least with other one I don't want to look back or change nothing. I just want to be healthy again. So I have to return to him in 2 weeks and I go back to work on Monday. Well at least I lost some more weight :-) I was 278 lbs and on surgery day I was 265. Now I'm 260 lbs. I'm going to keep going and hope things work out well. I will keep posting :-) God bless u all.

Excited for you! I'm thinking of you now and have you in my prayers. Good luck!

I'm was depressed until my cousin came over and I was happy for her because we went together to help her find a car. She picked out a Jeep Cherokee. We had fun. Otherwise feeling better thank you for asking.

Yes my doctor is great. I'd go back to him anytime because he has good hands, especially for saving me. I was so depressed and reading your post and the others made feel better. Thank you for being so kind :-)

Great words of inspiration! Thank you. I was feeling so depressed.

Thanks Anume. Only 2 c-sections with my 2 kids on 1993 and 2000. The cardiologist keept asking how many flight of stairs I can go up and how many blocks I can walk. I had 1 Liposuction in 2003.