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RosieR

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RosieR    22

RosieR
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Well I'm basically done with all requirements BUT unfortunately I didn't get a surgery date. Turns out that I have a Fluid leak in my spine wich needs to be patched because of that leak I have Fluid settled in my neck, so surgeon says I have to be cleared by a Neurologist before I can go into surgery wich I agree, thing is I need another MRI to see where exactly the leak is coming from in order to be patched and to see if that fluid can be drained. But because I had 1 MRI they are making this big deal out of it so I was denied a second MRI. My doctor appealed the decision weeks ago and still no response, by the way my insurance is HealthFirst. I really wanna jus get everything over with so I can go ahead with WLS because I also have to deal with the fact that I am literally terrified of going under General Anesthesia .... I'd love to hear others stories of how they dealt with that scary part...

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pammieanne    269

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I'm sorry you're going through all of this. I've never dealt with a Fluid leak from the spine, but I hope ultimately it's not a huge deal!

How to deal with the fear of anesthesia?? Denial... although I had had two other surgeries prior to my RNY, I still get the creepy feelings of 'what if's' that sneak in... but I tend to try to ignore that as much as possible. I think about how many people go through surgeries every day/month/year and come out of it JUST FINE...

Talk to your doctor and ask him how many surgeries he's performed, and how successful he is. Maybe that will help?

I hope you get the MRI settled with the insurance company sooner than later! Good luck!

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Hi I had my RNY July 2,2013. Everything that you go thru will make you stronger in the long run. Everything is so WORTH IT!! I have had many surgeries in my life. In fact I have had 14 different procedures. My worse surgery was a back surgery. The second worse was my Panni (skin removal after weight loss) I had a allergic reaction to the muscle relaxant. But I can say this the General Anesthesia is kind of like taking a nap. You may remember the short trip into the Operation room but not anything to do with the surgery!! It really isn't that scary at all. I was given meds to help me relax before the actual operation so I was totally ok with it. I always figured if I didn't wake up I sure wouldn't know it!! Just KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE and relax. Put your trust into your Suregon. You will be fine. I'm not sure of the % of problems but it is low. You can look it up on line too. The problem with your spine and your neck would be more scary to me than WLS. Good Luck

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RosieR    22

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Your actually so right @@shedo82773 ! The spine issue is in fact way more serious. I just need it taken care of ASAP so that I can move on and get a surgery date I really need this to help me with health problems.... And although i know MY surgeon is great, my fear with anesthesia is fear of having some kinda reaction or BP getting high while under or just not waking up, but I've done soo much research and I'm feeling more at ease with the research I've been doing!!!(ByTheWay1stTimeUnderGA)Thanks guys for your kind words

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RosieR    22

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Hey guys just wanna giv y'all an up-date, well after almost crying my eyes out & raising some hell I finally got that MRI done. Nurse actually scheduled it for next day!!!(wich was yesterday) So now I wait till Monday for results & we take it from there. Somehow things seem to "slowly" be coming together (KeepingMyFingersCrossed)

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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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        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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