I thought I was all done with the hoop jumping until Nut doc ordered more blood work and surgeon ordered cardiac consult. I know this is all important but why does it all have to take so long??? Surgeon now booking into Feb. I was hoping to be done before the end of the year. Sigh......

Oh I know! I have a visit with the NUT on Friday morning and my psych eval next Monday. I am going to ask how much longer I have to wait....how far off are they booking surgery. If I am looking at waiting till next March I am going to start working on Plan B...which is going to Mexico. My deductible is $4500 and that is how much it will cost me to go to Mexico.

I've been where you are and I felt the same way to an extent.

Once you get through the hoops, you're going to feel even better that you had such a thorough physical and psych evaluation. Although it's partly for insurance purposes, you are getting as complete evaluation as possible to minimize complications during post-surgery. This is a major surgery and not a quick out-patient tune-up, so don't lose sight of that.

Once you're on the other side, all the hoop-jumping will quickly fade into memory and you'll be on the loser's bench with us!

Hang in there and take advantage of the great nutrition and psych advice! They're great tools in addition to your soon-to-be tummy tool!

Best of luck!