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Hi guys it's been awhile ...so much has happened since the last time I was here!  I'll give you the quick version...i was banded in 2008 lost a total of 83lbs. Late october 09' I had a bad fall and hurt my back and knees. My injuries prevent me from working out.(at least the way i used too) and I gained 45 lbs back. I'm at the tightest restriction possible so there's no more getting adjustments and if i don't want to keep getting injections for the rest of my life my doctors all recommend me losing weight.  So after much thought and research i decided to speak with my surgeon's right hand man regarding getting the sleeve. After explaining everything the first thing she said to me was that i wasn't a failure(because I sure felt like one) and that they do more revisions from band to sleeve than putting new bands in.  So after meeting with her I felt much better and now working through all my pre-op stuff so i can get sleeved. I can't tell you how excited I am....stay tuned! 

Wow what do I say? I'm excited and nervous at the same time... I know it's been awhile since I posted so I'll recap the last week leading upto today.. 

Well I had 3 appts. this week, Tuesday was the pre-admission testing which went fine except for the EKG. Now to the normal person having an EKG done is nothing but if you've experienced what i have then you would understand my apprehension. Back in Feb. when i was going thru all of my pre-op stuff i had to go to my primary doctor to get some bloodwork done. Well in the course of getting that done they also needed to do an EKG. Since i never had one done before i was a lil nervous but the medical assistant explained everything and i was fine. To make a loooooong story short it took about 5 tries to get a decent readying because of the flimsy electrode films they use that kept slipping off not to mention laying flat on my back with my breast exposed and the door to the examining room being frequently opened and closed. I was sooooo pissed and so glad that was finally over. So back to what I was saying earlier...If I would've known i was getting one done i would've made sure i went ashy instead of putting on vaseline after showering.  It took them 3x to get a good reading and while they were testing me all i could think of the was the horrific experience a few months ago. But once that was over everything else was good so I thought. 

Wednesday I had an appt with my PCP for medical clearance. Now i'm thinking this should've been a breeze since all she had to do was the same ol same ol aske me a few questions,take my blood pressure, weigh me, check my breathing, and look in my ears, eyes, and mouth right? Wrong! After doing all of the above she had the nerve to tell me that the pre-op people requested another EKG!!!. I'm like what the F?? Are u kidding me. You're not going to try and take another reading with that little computer on wheels and the flimsy film again? But of course they had to. So after the medical assistant tries to 8 times yes i said 8 times to get a reading she calls in the dr who tries several times as well and all the time the flimsy film kept falling off everywhere...when she stuck the one that fell off on my leg the ones on my chest fell and when she fixed the one on my chest the one on my arms fell it was just ridiculous...so after taking the best 2 readings out of the 12 she then asks me...have you seen a cardiologist? I'm like no  i didn't need to. If the surgeon felt i needed to after all this pre-op testing then he would've requested it.  Now i'm thinking to myself don't try to blame me for ur wack machine and acting like i now have a heart problem because of ur stupid machine. So after all of that she tells me well we have a cardiologist coming in on friday and we'll let him have a look at it and call u back. At that moment all i could do was just stare at her in disbelief. If she wasnt pregnant i think i would've kicked her. ( Now i know this might've sounded harsh but u have to know the history btwn the 2 of us..lets just say she's not the biggest fan of WLS and the fact that i went on and pursued it without her guidance she's lil pissed about it, so anything she could do to slow down the process im certain she would.) So now i'm furious and worried.  I'm suppose to have surgery the following monday on the 12th and she's talking about letting me know friday the 9th if i need to see a cardiologist or not. Needless to say i left out of there as fast as possible. I wanted to scream, cry, shout, something! Now all I can do is pray that everything goes according to plan.

Thursday was my final appt with Dr. Brathwaite before surgery. This was the appt where i bring my support person which is my mom! I'm glad she came that way she could ask him all the questions she wanted and she could stop driving me crazy..lol I also had an opportunity to speak with his nurse and I told her of my EKG situation..She told me not to worry that wont affect my surgery date! Boy i was soooo happy i almost kissed that woman(f.y.i  I'm strictly hetero). So i'm back on cloud 9 after all that drama of the past week. I just found out that i'm the first patient of the day and i have to arrive at the hospital 5:45am my surgery is scheduled for 7:00am... Looking fwd to losing...lol

Well i've just been inform that my date has been pushed up to May 12th!! I've have sooo much to do and soooo little  time to do it.

I'VE FINALLY GOT MY DATE! YESSSSSS!!!

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY..I JUST WANNA LET THIS MARINATE...LOL

Let me begin by saying i wasnt going to create a blog. I absolutely hate writing and talkin about myself, But after reading other peoples blogs, I realized how much it's helped me and maybe some day my blog will help to encourage someone else..Besides I find it very therapeutic :-) 

Ok so now back to my topic... I had an appointment yesterday to meet with my surgeon or atleast i thought i was meeting with him. But i actually met with his nurse. The visit was quite quick. I turned in my insurance questionaire and quiz(btw did anyone else had to turn in a quiz which determined if you had the surgery depending on if you passed it or not?) and  we basically talked what happens next.  So basically now i have to wait for someone to call me for my date!!  I can't wait...