Jodyjoe

That is so awesome I had to put shades on to read it! You know from the glare.

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?

I don't have a lot of info to give you, as I have just started the process. but I am in your same spot- I have a BMI of 38, and I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and a thyroid disorder. over the last 2 years I've seen quite a few relatives, friends and coworkers undergo bariatric surgery. I finally hit my bottom and my general practitioner doc reluctantly sent in a referral for a bariatric consult. I had that Tuesday, and found out I qualify. I have just started my 6 mos. diet tracking for insurance, so if all goes well I would be having a sleeve done in late summer-early fall.

I put off making the appt. for a long time, because it was my "last resort", and I was afraid they would say no and I would just be gutted. i'm so thankful that didn't happen, and everyone in the office was very supportive. of course, they're getting paid by me too, lol.

have you had a consult yet? or are you just thinking about it?

Beautiful

Aww I hope you’re feeling better now!
I'm at my surgeon’s office waiting to be seen for my pre op session
i just found out that my mom is having surgery on the 18th, my surgery is on the 12th and I’ve been stressing about it ever since (nightmares of running hospital hallways looking for her drowning in my own guilt). We are really close and she’d be expecting me to be there with her the day of surgery and the next 2 days that she knows I’m off work on.
I’m so nervous as to what to do and if I’ll be ok enough to be there with her without her and the rest of my family (big fam) noticing anything.

Ok folks... 6 weeks out and a TMI post for y’all:
Ok so THIS is Constipation. 45 mins of agony on the toilet [emoji37] then an enema, which, 5-7 mins after being inserted, burned like hell. I must’ve damaged something beforehand. Needless to say hubby and I are a new kind of close now [emoji4]
At the risk of being gross; didn’t realize this much had accumulated, I mean, I’ve been having bms daily so what gives? And I’d been taking Fiber too so I guess it’s time to up it even more 🤨
Feeling better now.

Congratulations, much success.

Congratulations on your success!!!

Thank you, I really can’t wait to start my journey. I love life and I just want to live it to the fullest of my abilities. Life is so short but so precious.