Have my initial consult with the WLS program and surgeon tomorrow (Thursday 4/21) at St Vincent Charity Hosp in Cleveland.

What should I expect to happen? My appointment is at 3:30, so what could happen that late in the day?

Thanks.............

started a blog Working 2 Lose It

Steve

NE Ohio

Initial consult 4/21/2011

Pysch consult 4/26/2011

Hi Steve,

I had my initial consult on April 8th. It really wasnt a big deal although i had a lot of nervous energy, which translated into my BP being higher than usual. I met with a patient advocate who had the surgery herself (actually her husband and two kids also had it). She shared her story. I met with the surgeon(who is one of the surgeon's who teaches the others how to do the sugery) so glad about that. He showed me a model of a stomach and the lap band and explained how it worked. He looked over my medical information i filled out and said I was a perfect candidate for the lap band ( 36 years old, height 5'2", weight 240lbs) It's amazing how willing I am to share that number when before you would have to kill me to admit that! LOL! Any how I also met with the dietician who gave me lots of handouts concerning how my eating habits will change and what i could eat and at what stages. I had 4 pages of questions for everyone I spoke to from....have you ever been part of a malpractice suit....to is there anything I wont ever be able to eat again.

My surgeon and everyone was really nice. They answered all my questions and I'm sure they get a repeat of the same questions a zillion times a day but i didnt feel like they were tryn to rush me out of the office. My pre-op testing is May 6th. start pre-op diet may 9th, surgery may 20th. I'm self pay so everything moved very quickly for me.

Hope this helps! Feel free to message me with an other questions.

Jennifer

Have my initial consult with the WLS program and surgeon tomorrow (Thursday 4/21) at St Vincent Charity Hosp in Cleveland.

What should I expect to happen? My appointment is at 3:30, so what could happen that late in the day?

Thanks.............

started a blog Working 2 Lose It

Steve

NE Ohio

Initial consult 4/21/2011

Pysch consult 4/26/2011

thanks Jennifer for your comments......

Hi Steve,

I had my initial consult on April 8th. It really wasnt a big deal although i had a lot of nervous energy, which translated into my BP being higher than usual. I met with a patient advocate who had the surgery herself (actually her husband and two kids also had it). She shared her story. I met with the surgeon(who is one of the surgeon's who teaches the others how to do the sugery) so glad about that. He showed me a model of a stomach and the lap band and explained how it worked. He looked over my medical information i filled out and said I was a perfect candidate for the lap band ( 36 years old, height 5'2", weight 240lbs) It's amazing how willing I am to share that number when before you would have to kill me to admit that! LOL! Any how I also met with the dietician who gave me lots of handouts concerning how my eating habits will change and what i could eat and at what stages. I had 4 pages of questions for everyone I spoke to from....have you ever been part of a malpractice suit....to is there anything I wont ever be able to eat again.

My surgeon and everyone was really nice. They answered all my questions and I'm sure they get a repeat of the same questions a zillion times a day but i didnt feel like they were tryn to rush me out of the office. My pre-op testing is May 6th. start pre-op diet may 9th, surgery may 20th. I'm self pay so everything moved very quickly for me.

Hope this helps! Feel free to message me with an other questions.

Jennifer

It's pretty easy stuff. Mine pretty much consisted of meeting with my surgeon, she basically quizzed me to make sure I knew what I was getting myself into. I met with my nutritionist who gave me all sorts of great information about what I was going to be eating (all my phases after surgery), what I should starting eating now (then). Then I met with the NP who basically gave me a whole physical. I don't know if every office does this BUT I had to bring someone with me like a friend, parent, or family member who was over 18. Honestly I still don't know why I had to bring someone, maybe to make sure you had good support for afterward but I know they wouldn't of seen me if I didn't have that someone with me.

Good luck with everything!!