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I feel like the poor little donkey being led by "The carrot on a stick".

Every time I get almost there something else gets thrown in.

1) Told I need 3 months weigh in. Did the third month then told need one more as the first one does not count. Huh! So had to wait another month to weigh. Done

2) Meet with advocate to get Nut appointment and then told 2 nutrion classes would be needed. Why wasn't this giving before as I could have hit up the classes while waiting the 3 months. Nope told after and had to add another month waiting for class dates. Done

3) Psych evaluation finished. Got the report back and he said I was aggressive. Must be because I said I will not be paying anymore for a quack. LOL! Done

4) Two year weight history, really! Well luckily I did have this and this brings up a question. Why 3 month weigh-in when I just gave you 2 years worth. Done

5) Doctors letter and recommendation. Done

6) Cardiac clearance letter. Done

7) Pulmonary letter for clearance .Done

8) Upper Gi (yuck) and bloodwork. Done

9) Meet back with advocate and told blood work that was taken 3 months ago showed high thyroid levels and would need to see a Doctor for this to lower. Why wasn't this told to me 3months ago?Back to Doc to have another test done and another charge. Done

10) Back again with advocate to submit to insurance and told they did not like the way the Doctors recommendation letter was wrote. Again why was this not brought up months ago? Back to Doc to have another letter wrote and another charge. Done

11) Submit to insurance and wait 2 weeks and nothing. Call insurance and nothing has been submitted. Call advocate and said he submitted it back then but will submit it again. Call insurance latter that day and the now they have it but said they received backdated papers. Imagine that. Done

12) Received call from Docs to set appointment with the actual doctor to set surgery date this Monday. Yesterday get another call to reschedule Docs appointment for Friday. AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!

I was originally told I was on the fast track 3 month wait instead of the 6 month one. Not! Oh well it has been interesting so far and have done all that is required so eventually I will get there.

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I am feeling a similar frustration (very similar story - but about 5 months now), but am trying to convince myself that the delays are giving me the chance to practice patience, do more reading and shopping to be prepared, and that all of the various doctors they've sent me to, will ensure that I am healthy enough to come through the surgery with flying colors. It helps... sometimes.

Wishing you WELL!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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