I met with Dr. Kurian at NYU last week. She is terrific. The staff was very nice. It was a long day, however, and lots of paperwork. Even though I brought in documentation of 6 month diet, I need additional details for both 6 month diet and five year weight history. Once I get that in, will await word from insurance (Cigna). Am nervous, but also excited. I just keep telling myself "one step at a time." Am focusing on getting to the gym now, so that I will feel as good as possible pre-op and will be ready to get back to the gym as soon as possible after surgery. For me, exercise is always the key to losing weight. Even at my highest weight, if I am working out I feel so much better.

Weight at consult 225 (5/15/08)

Pre-Op: ?

Goal: 130

I was approved today! Yipee! So Staylucid, I'll see you on the 1st at NYU. Just a few more days now.

Congratulations! We'll be thinking about you on Tuesday.

Wendy, that's great! I know the anticipation has been awful. I will see you on Tuesday. Are you nervous?

Yes. Nervous. Not so much about the surgery, but about what it will be like afterwards. I think part of the nervousness has more to do with letting go of food as a coping mechanism. In many ways the liquid diet is a huge psychological jump start, but it is still strange to think about the "after" part. I know this is the right move for me, but that doesn't mean I am going into this worry-free. Just a couple of more days --and I'm working on Monday, so I will be very busy and distracted. I'm taking the rest of the week off and plan to go back to work on 7/7. Hopefully, I'll feel good enough to do so. See you then.

How did it go Wendy??

Hey Lauren,

All went well. Thanks for asking. The day of surgery I had some bad gas pains, but once I started walking, the pains eased up a bit. Felt like I did way too many sit ups for the first three days. A little bit of bruising, but not that bad. I was very tired for a couple of days, but felt better by day 4. I went back to work on Monday the 7th. I don't feel hungry at all. I had my first post op check up and all's well. I've lost 14 pounds since my pre-op visit. I will go back in a few weeks for my first fill. Good luck to you. Keep us posted (pardon the pun) about your progress.