I had my first appointment with the surgeon last night and I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Now, normally I am not an optimistic person. If something can go wrong or plans get messed up, it will happen to me. It's just the way things seem to work out for me.

For starters, I am really glad I chose this Dr. I like his personality, he is very straight-forward.

I had started journaling on MFP right after the seminar, so I printed off those days and put them in a binder for Dr. Gagne to take a look at. He told me not to change anything. To keep eating exactly the way I am currently eating that my protein is perfect, my calories are good, my fat is good, etc. So that was nice to hear especially since the scale has not moved in 3 weeks.

Some other good news that I was told is that the insurance I am switching to at open enrollment (Highmark BCBS DE) no longer has the 6 month supervised diet. Because this sounded too good to be true, I verified this online and with HR this morning. Sure enough, that policy changed as of last month!!!! So it looks like as soon as I have the insurance at the first of the year, the coordinator will be calling to get a date set for me!!!!!

Other good news from talking to the Dr. I asked what the pre-op diet would be. He said well exactly what you are doing now. So I told him no, I had read about people having to do a liver shrinking diet. He said for him, it depends on the patient, but I would only have to do the day before clear liquids! How great it was to hear that.

So all these good things that I found out last night......a banana peel is sure to show up somewhere. LMAO

2 minutes ago, Jenwill630 said:

I had my first appointment with the surgeon last night and I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Now, normally I am not an optimistic person. If something can go wrong or plans get messed up, it will happen to me. It's just the way things seem to work out for me.

For starters, I am really glad I chose this Dr. I like his personality, he is very straight-forward.

I had started journaling on MFP right after the seminar, so I printed off those days and put them in a binder for Dr. Gagne to take a look at. He told me not to change anything. To keep eating exactly the way I am currently eating that my Protein is perfect, my calories are good, my fat is good, etc. So that was nice to hear especially since the scale has not moved in 3 weeks.

Some other good news that I was told is that the insurance I am switching to at open enrollment (Highmark BCBS DE) no longer has the 6 month supervised diet. Because this sounded too good to be true, I verified this online and with HR this morning. Sure enough, that policy changed as of last month!!!! So it looks like as soon as I have the insurance at the first of the year, the coordinator will be calling to get a date set for me!!!!!

Other good news from talking to the Dr. I asked what the pre-op diet would be. He said well exactly what you are doing now. So I told him no, I had read about people having to do a liver shrinking diet. He said for him, it depends on the patient, but I would only have to do the day before clear liquids! How great it was to hear that.

So all these good things that I found out last night......a banana peel is sure to show up somewhere. LMAO

Congrats... don't look for the problems though... just celebrate the wins!

56 minutes ago, Jenwill630 said:

Now, normally I am not an optimistic person. If something can go wrong or plans get messed up, it will happen to me. It's just the way things seem to work out for me.

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So all these good things that I found out last night......a banana peel is sure to show up somewhere. LMAO

If you tell yourself things will go wrong, they will. Conversely, if you tell yourself things will go right, they will. Good luck.

I will try very hard to be optimistic. LOL

At any rate, I am going to continue to put the work in and am very happy that the Dr. is happy with what I am doing so far.

2 hours ago, Jenwill630 said:

I had my first appointment with the surgeon last night and I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Now, normally I am not an optimistic person. If something can go wrong or plans get messed up, it will happen to me. It's just the way things seem to work out for me.

For starters, I am really glad I chose this Dr. I like his personality, he is very straight-forward.

I had started journaling on MFP right after the seminar, so I printed off those days and put them in a binder for Dr. Gagne to take a look at. He told me not to change anything. To keep eating exactly the way I am currently eating that my Protein is perfect, my calories are good, my fat is good, etc. So that was nice to hear especially since the scale has not moved in 3 weeks.

Some other good news that I was told is that the insurance I am switching to at open enrollment (Highmark BCBS DE) no longer has the 6 month supervised diet. Because this sounded too good to be true, I verified this online and with HR this morning. Sure enough, that policy changed as of last month!!!! So it looks like as soon as I have the insurance at the first of the year, the coordinator will be calling to get a date set for me!!!!!

Other good news from talking to the Dr. I asked what the pre-op diet would be. He said well exactly what you are doing now. So I told him no, I had read about people having to do a liver shrinking diet. He said for him, it depends on the patient, but I would only have to do the day before clear liquids! How great it was to hear that.

So all these good things that I found out last night......a banana peel is sure to show up somewhere. LMAO

Sounds great! I'm only required to do a one day liquid diet as well. Good luck moving forward!

On 10/25/2018 at 10:50 AM, Ed_NW said:

Sounds great! I'm only required to do a one day liquid diet as well. Good luck moving forward!

Thanks Ed!

Aren't we lucky? I keep reading all different requirements by Doctors and I am in awe. I mean, if I had to do it, I would do it. But SO glad that i don't! LOL