I looked into bariatric surgery in 2012 and went all the way to being approved by Insurance. Then I decided not to do it because I wanted to do it on my own. After all, I had worked out and been pretty fit all up until around 2005 when I had a few family issues that hit me hard and triggered my weight gain. I was determined to lose it by myself. Well, fast forward 2 years and I actually GAINED 50lbs!!!!! Woah! How did that happen? I failed in my attempt at losing. Why was this so hard? Identifying my triggers was easy, but controlling what was happening was not. I thought I was stronger. The last straw was watching my father, who is overweight, have a heart attack and his struggle after. I decided that I needed some help and made the call. It took several months to actually get into the Dr. But now I'm just over 3 weeks out from surgery, down almost 20lbs from surgery starting weight and down 45lbs from my highest and I feel great. I am grateful to be given the chance to use this tool to my advantage and take back my health.
So I went through and got all the dates of significance and want to record them:
01.08.15 - PCP appt
01.14.15 - Called Bariatric Clinic
04.06.15 - 1st appt with NUT and General Surgery nurse to discuss weight loss procedures
04.17.15 - Met with the general surgery Dr. to discuss procedure or other non surgical methods....i decided on surgery :( I had been through several of his options already
06.11.15 - 1st appt with the bariatric surgeon
06.12.15 - 2nd NUT appt
06.23.15 - Chest xray
07.10.15 - 2nd appt with general surgeon and he was suspicious about my EKG
07.16.15 - 1st appt to see heart dr. - The electronic impulse that shoot off the heart don't go at the same time for me and he ordered a stress test...it's very common and in fact he has it
07.17.15 - stress test
07.22.15 - Phone call from Heart dr.'s nurse...I PASSED THE STRESS TEST!!!
08.14.15 - FINALLY received a call from the financial counselor to get information on insurance and she said it was cleared and i paid my deductible.
08.27.15 - Nurse visit to discuss day of surgery stuff and last appt with surgeon
08.31.15 last general surgeon appt, pro opp appt, bloodwork
08.19-09.01 - pre op liquid only diet
09.02.15 - SURGERY DAY!!!
