liltickles02
I got a date!
Nov 06, 2007
Welp, I've got a date! January 11th, 2008! That's good I guess since the holiday season is among us, but that just means I'll have more time to scare the shit out of myself!
Oh me
Nov 03, 2007
I suppose it's normal to be scared before such a big surgery. None of this seemed very real to me before now. I guess that's because of all the hurry up and wait that I've had to endure.
My iron level I believe is finally up to par. After 2 iron infusions I should be good to go. I also just got the approval from work to take the time off. Now I'm just waiting for Dr. Hamad's office to contact me to set a date and whatever else I have yet to do.
Back to being scared. I have really got myself worried. For a while rather than reading about all of the success stories I was torturing myself by reading about the deaths and incidences that have occurred because of wls. Stupid I know.
My iron level I believe is finally up to par. After 2 iron infusions I should be good to go. I also just got the approval from work to take the time off. Now I'm just waiting for Dr. Hamad's office to contact me to set a date and whatever else I have yet to do.
Back to being scared. I have really got myself worried. For a while rather than reading about all of the success stories I was torturing myself by reading about the deaths and incidences that have occurred because of wls. Stupid I know.
Ranting!!!
Sep 13, 2007
I need a moment to vent. I am currently waiting for my iron level to rise and see the hematologist for follow up on the 27th. I'm not venting about that. Here's the issue. For months now I have been told by my employer that I am had to wait until mid September to schedule my surgery because my fellow employees would be on vacation. Lucky for them I'm having issues with my iron. Now that I am pursuing ways to raise my iron level I kind of expect to have a surgery date by late October maybe November. So I tell my boss this and now they're telling me that I have to wait until 2 of my co-workers return from surgery. One is going to be out at least 6 weeks starting 10/18 and the other doesn't have a date set yet and there's no telling how long she'll be out. I'm so frustrated! My clearance is only good for six months so I have to have it by February but it's not fair that I should have to wait. One employee is having a hysterectomy and has precedence over me because this is medically necessary (mine is not?) and the other is a comp case so naturally her situation is more important than mine. If it weren't for the health insurance I would be looking for another job now.
Fears of Sagging Skin
Sep 07, 2007
I am very anxious about the sagging skin. I know that I will not be able to come up with or be financed for the cost of plastic surgery. I already am not comfortable in my body. I don't want to go through surgery just to come out of it uncomfortable. I know that my aches and pains will go away after the surgery and that should be enough. But I want to be attractive also. I am pretty, no one can tell me otherwise however I want to know that other people will see me the way that I see myself. I want my husband to be satisfied with the outcome of my "new" body. I suppose all of these feelings are normal and that I will learn to cope with the changes my body will go through.
