Hi Gang!

Well, I did it! I went for my consult on Thursday to see Dr. Mumford. I booked surgery for August 31st. He was one of the nicest, empathetic people I have ever met! His nurse Marie was so lady like and friendly too.

They let my Sister, Husband and Niece all pile into the room with me, bless them. My husband, who had reservations, was really impressed and is convinced now that I'm doing the right thing. I paid the $200 consult, $500 deposit, and I bought the Optifast.

Stressing about the money now, but will tweak the budget as much as I can!

I told him about my work problem and doctor's notes, and he said that he would write a letter on his general surgery practice letter head, and would say that i needed the day off. period. ( I have vacation booked after that)

I have to buy a blender, too, as I havent had one since about 10 years ago when one of my teenagers (they're grown and gone now) tried to make a milkshake out of just ice cream, nothing else! and burnt out the motor. Little bugger.

I don't have a family doctor, so now I have to find walkin clinic that will do the physical.

Sorry for rambling, but I'm stoked!:biggrin1:

Oh btw, I have to change my weight ticker, I weight 230, not 225:tired Oh well.

oh me again, forgot to mention that he thought my weight goal was unrealistic, and I should aim for 150! I realllllly looovvvve this doctor!

Hip Hip Hooray! Your on your way!!!

Best to you. - Keep us informed!

Terry :eek:

Good for you Neenagh, it will all be worth it when you see the end result.

A new you, my husband is working all the hours he can get to help pay for my surgery. "WE ARE WORTH IT"

Thanks TexasTerry!

Hey IrishMist, thanks, and aren't we lucky to have supportive husbands?

p.s. I'm Irish too!

Hey Neenagh,

Congrats on your date! That's awwwwwesome!!

me too, me too....I'm Irish...red hair/freckles and all! LOL

Hey Neenagh...that is AWESOME!!!! I'm glad your hubby is really supportive; it makes ALL the difference... I'm lucky enough to have one of those too...supportive in ALL things!

So...what was your original goal that the doc thought was unrealistic? Do tell....was it higher or lower than 150?

Thanks Argon!

Hey Yoda, I'm a freckly redhead too! except I hate it so much i dye it blonde. cant control those freckles tho,heehee

My original goal weight was 140, and he thought that 150 was more realistic. yay!

That's good to know. My doc didn't really talk to me about goal. Just to pick a number, I picked 150. (I'm 5'5"). So, I guess that sounds about right. You and I also started around the same weight...(I was 273).

I don't ever see myself going below 150. However, if I look and feel fine at 160 or even higher...then I'll be happy and will just go for maintenance rather than further loss.

When I was dieting thru Dr. Bernstein, they were trying to tell my that my goal should be 135. I said "ok, but i'll be dead", the skinniest i'v ever been is 160, so i was quite happy that the doc upped my goal weight!

WTG Neenaugh!!!!! Sorry I'm not Irish:cry . But I'm Banded:) !

Hey cloe, Irish or not, your doing great!

How tall are you Cloe?

Well I used to be 5'6", but apparently I have shrunk to 5'5":confused:

Well I used to be 5'6", but apparently I have shrunk to 5'5":confused:

LOL....okay...I was just wondering based on your goal how tall you were. Where did the figure come from? Did the doc help you set it? I guess I"m just wondering why 147 and not 150 or 145.

Can I butt in again? I'm guessing her goal is 147, because her 'start' is 347... and that would make an even 200lb loss!