I thought it would be easier to start a blog of sorts in here since I would like to keep progress notes on how things are going for me.

I have posted most of my back story in other threads so I am just going to start from today forward.

Today, I had my psych consult on base. The surgeon decided t it would be a good idea to have another consult since the psych had lapband surgery herself, and she is 74 or 75 years old. He was also concerned for me because my husband is deployed. Pleasant little lady, she deemed me fit for surgery, and invited me to join her support group.

I went to the front desk of the surgical clinic to have my med records copied. When the 2 clerks at the desk saw the stack they refused to copy them, and wanted me to leave them. Ummm NO. So, I took them back with me, and made copies at my office. I'll take them to him at my next pre-op appointment.

Not a lot to report. I start the low carb/fat diet this week. I've pretty much been doing that, but I need to add more Water, and lay off the mid-day snack.

I'm scheduled for the hematologist on Friday. I bleed excessively. Not to the point of needing a transfusion, but it took 4 days for my wisdom teeth holes to quit bleeding. I apparently heal quickly, but, I bleed a lot. All of my bloodwork has been normal, and I tested negative for the R5 factor which apparently has something to do with a reaction heparin. I read the hematology report, and it says NEGATIVE. Anyways, I am not sure what they have planned for me at this Friday's appointment. I googled R5 factor and a lot of HIV/AIDs articles show up. I am HIV negative, so I am not sure what to make of everything. I won't lie, I'm pretty freaked out mentally that I'm having to go see an oncologist. I just want to make sure I never have problems like I did with the previous surgery.

I'm a big time writer, and am often long-winded. So, if it gets too long, or I ramble it won't hurt my feeling if you just skim.

Hope everyone is having a great Hump Day! ! !

The von Willebrand bloodwork came back negative. The hematologist is going to give me DDAVP and then do another bleeding time test to see if it resolves the issue. The rest of my bloodwork is perfect. Literally nothing is indicative of any other clotting disorder. Anyways, I go in on Monday for my pre-op and the follow appointment with the hematologist.

I've turned it all over to God because me worrying about it isn't going to change anything. I can only pray that they will find a solution and I will be able to have surgery. I'm guessing the worse case scenario would be that I could just have the band removed without doing VSG revision. I can't continue to live in pain every day, and I don't want to be fat anymore.

I'm done fighting.

I'm glad you got good news and I'm sure you'll be good to go for the revision.