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ECHOCARDIOGRAM now needed after ekg this morning

Amy Wolfe

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Amy Wolfe    49

Amy Wolfe
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Surgery scheduled 12/14/15.im 39, healthy besides being 288 pounds. I had kidney stone surgery in march, Surely i would have known by now if something is wrong with my heart. Im just scared that after all this work they are going to reschedule. Cancel. Whatever. I've put in a lot of time and work into this and i know im healthy. Did anyone else have this problem so close to surgery and were you able to get your surgery as scheduled? Thanks in advance. I'm trippin. Im looking forward to my brand new start and as of this morning thought all my pre op stuff was done. Grrr. Another bump in the road. Im sayin my prayers.

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magtart    603

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What was the problem with your EKG? I have A-fib and it didn't impact my surgery.

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Amy Wolfe    49

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She didn't say. Just said that after getting my ekg back surgeon wants me to Have the echo. I guess im mostly stressed about time, being that everything has taken so long just to get scheduled. Hoping perhaps the drs office can work their magic with cardiology and get me in soon.

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Sophie74656    1,572

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I had to have an echo after my ekg. They said my pulse was very fast so they wanted to check it out. My surgeon said that because this is basically elective surgery they check everything

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kdelrosso    124

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I wouldn't be too concerned About them cancelling. If there is something wrong (fingers crossed you're okay) they just may bring in a cardio team to monitor as well during the surgery.

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Amy Wolfe    49

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Thank you so much ladies. Im pretty sure it was from my high pulse as well. Thank you. I shall find out more today.

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shellyd88    463

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Hi I'm nearly 9 months post op sleeve this happened to me too I have AFib and I have to take meds for it I'm fine I had my surgery there wasn't an issue they are just covering their ass if u even have a minor issue and anything happens during surgery they don't want law suits increase in malpractice insurance or to screw up their statistics so try to calm down and wait to hear what's going on where I went it seemed standard for them to check for heart conditions as many ppl have them and don't know or haven't been diagnosed best of luck

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Amy Wolfe    49

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Thank you. It's scheduled for dec 2nd. So far, pre op on 11 30 hasn't been changed or pre op 3 hour class on Dec 2nd. Do im pretty positive things should stay as planned. Excited, nervous, and scared. But ready.

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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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      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

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        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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