Waiting to Exhale!!!
· gayle21 · 11/21/2007 01:07
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So i'm holding my breath and waiting to be able to "relax" because I am so nervous to make this deadline I have set. I need to get this surgury done by the week before Christmas because of school... If I can't get it done then, I will have to wait till summer. (I have completed all the requirments and I am now waiting for the surgeons office to do their part and also waiting for the insurence co. to authorize it...) I know this sounds foolish and that others have to wait so much longer, but I just really want this surgury. I am starting to really feel the affects of my weight. Until lately I have been able to live a pretty normal life even with my excess weight. But lately I have been feeling the strain it is having on my body. This scares the shit out of me!!! I don't want to be this way any longer! I know it needs to come from me and only I can change things and that the band is not the complete solution. But I also know that it will be a helpful tool for me to control myself and what I eat along with how I already try to do that now. Anyways, if you are reading this I ask that you please pray for me and others in this frustrating pradicament. Thanks and Thank God for this website!
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Excited for consultation!!!
· gayle21 · 10/10/2007 02:29
So my consultation is next wednesday the 17th of October 2007!! I am very excited to get this journey started... :whoo: I will do whatever it takes to get this done and know that it is the right decision for me! I am so excited!!! After all the reading and research I have done I know that this is going to be my tool for success! YAY! In the words of my grandpa, "We're off like a dirty shirt!" :car:
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My Journey has Started!
· gayle21 · 09/26/2007 23:51
My Stats:
Name: Gayle
Age: 21
Weight: 243lbs. as of 9/25/07
Height: 5'5
This is the start ofmy journey... I went to my family doctor yesterday to talk about a few things...
My Weight- Lap Band...
Anxiety and Depression that I have been feeling
Some much needed blood work to check for Diabetes, etc. When talking about my weight, my doctor said that Lap Band is definitely a possibility but it will be a long, hard process. I had already scheduled my first consultation with Dr. Scott Cunneen at Cedars- Sinai in Los Angeles so my doctor told me to go to that and ask lots of questions and then come for another appointment with her to follow up and get a physical. So thats where I am with that...
I have been experiencing A LOT of anxiety lately due to stress (I think)... so my doctor prescribed something for that and I am in the process of looking for a phyciatrist to help me with some issues.
And the blood work is mainly to check for diabetes and other health problems that run in my family and are linked to my weight.
Mainly I want to be healthy and happy and lately that has been going down hill fast. I am young and want to live a LONG life and I know that if I don't get a hold of my health soon it will deterierate early in life and cause me many problems.
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