LilGemi

Thanks

I'm getting very nervous. Tomorrow I go to San Diego and the next day I will have my consultation, blood work and psych eval for WLS. I've been reading about it and I hope I'm prepared, but still very nervous and the closer it gets the worse my nerves. Has anyone else gone to Scripps Mercy Hospital?

Congratulations, I can't wait to be where you are, pain and all, it will be worth it.

So I flew down to Scripps Mercy in San Diego, met with a woman named Darcy who took me to all of my appointments at the campus. First was a blood draw, no biggie just 4 or 5 vials and we were done. Next was the psych evaluation, they asked basic questions, how am I doing, how was my childhood, any trauma or abuse, etc., (no you don't have to have had a perfect childhood to pass this I guarantee mine was not) not too bad and they didn't go too in-depth. Next was the physician check, they went over my health history, took an EKG, checked my breathing, lungs heart, blood pressure etc. pretty standard, not scary at all. Last was the surgeon, they checked my height, weight, felt my stomach, checked my feet and again lungs and heart. The surgeon went over the surgery and disappointed me because he did not agree that I should get the sleeve, he seemed pretty set on RNY so I'm going to be giving it a bit more thought. Also he put me on a pre-opp diet replacing breakfast & lunch with Premier Protein shakes and a minimum of 10 lbs. loss in the next month, not too bad. Everyone said I should be good to go and I should hear something soon (my bloodwork results were not in yet). I'm excited, can't wait for the next step and to hear that insurance approved me.

Congrats, it is not nearly as scary as it seems. Just had mine and I'm so happy now.