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Surgery Date March 31
Mar 01, 2008
I had my pulmonary and blood work last Thursday and finished my consult with Dr. Keith. I love that man. I went to high school with him and probably should have chased him!
I'm confident and my mind-set is good. I know that because I walked through the Easter aisle and the bakery at WalMart yesterday and didn't even WANT to buy anything.
I need to make an appointment with Dr Potts for a "required" visit with my counselor (only approved by Psych with 'reservations' provided that I continue seeing Dr. Potts.
I also need to get a colonoscophy, attend a group meeting, and make sure I can get the three drugs required after surgery. I don't forsee a problem with any of that.
Sherry (my sister) will take me to the hospital on the 31st ---- after she gets home late from a weekend dance trip the night before. I couldn't ask for a better sister.
I do worry about the injections I will need to give myself for the ten days after surgery. I really hope my daughter, Kelley will help me with that.
So, Finally, it's good to have lots of things settled now and I can get things done ----- like I just realized I need to get my taxes done before surgery.
Let me say one more time that I LOVE DR. KEITH!!!
Saw the Psychologist and she was wonderful
Feb 08, 2008
I waited for a report from Psych. until February 7 with no word, so I called the Surgeon's office and announced to the Receptionist that I was ready to go to the next step. Without any hesitation, she scheduled the nutritionist and the Stress test the same day --- February 12. That day should be easy and the pulmonary test will be soon after....It's going faster and I like that. I guess I can't have the surgery on Valentine's day as I would have liked....That would have been the perfect gift to myself.
Not the first day of the rest of my life
Jan 27, 2008
Well, Darn it! I desperately need a GPS. And I need to get over my fear of driving on a highway. I was scheduled to go to my first seminar at the Dr. office on Jan 3, but I got lost and drove around for an hour looking for the darn office which I thought was in Norman Hospital. NOT.
I had to reschedule my first appointment for Jan 17. I was able to con my sister, Sherry, to take me. I also wanted here there because she wasn't sold on me having this surgery at all. No problems at all and I submitted my paperwork for the insurance at that time. I was assured I'd have no problem being approved since I had Medicare and BCBS. I was to wait for a phone call within two weeks.
I got that call on Tuesday, Jan 22, and set up an appointment with Dr. Keith for that Friday, Jan 25. Well, I guess I scared him when he found out I had been under psychiatric care for the last 10 years. Instead of scheduling a date for the surgery as he usually does at that point, he immediately said, "I'm sending you for a psych eval." That was okay, but I was upset that I had left Dr. Keith with a negative opinion of me.
I came home and immediately called my therapist, Dr. Potts and told him all about it. He soothed my fears, encouraged me to tell the psychiatrist EVERYTHING about what caused my breakdown and give him/her Dr. Potts telephone number. I feel better about the appointment, but hate the thought of going back over all the crap that wore me down so that I fell apart with the idiot threatened to kill me for the third time.
I don't look forward to Jan 30....This is Sunday so I have a few days to go. I feel like I WILL have this surgery, but this will be my BIG hurdle to cross. With most others, it's the insurance not kicking in, with me it's my mental health.
I feel very blessed that I have such wonderful doctors and that we've worked hard to make me healthy ---both mentally and physically --- again. Well, as healthy physically as I can be, being obese.
I haven't had to see Dr. Potts bi-monthly for about four months now. That's an extra $200 in my pocket each month. I just call him once in a while to check in!
I'll write more after seeing the psychiatrist. Good Luck to me!
January 2, 2008 The first day of the rest of my life!
Jan 02, 2008
AND, today I saw my MD: Dr. Dickenson. He has been through this surgery with other patients and knows just what to do. He thinks I'll come through with flying colors since food isn't my instrument for comfort when I'm stressed. I play some mindless game on the computer, read or sleep and don't even think about food.
So, tomorrow I attend my bariatric seminar at Norman Regional Hospital with Dr. Keith, my surgeon. I'll meet him and hopefully go forward. I've completed my forms, had many of the tests run already, celebrated New Year's Eve with a mammogram......Something's wrong with my idea of celebration...
I figure I'll be in a wheel chair in a couple of years if I don't do something and obviously dieting isn't working. I might die on the surgeon's table, but how would that be different from now. I'm not living a life, I'm just existing.
I want to take the girls to Disneyland, to go on a cruise again, and be able to run and play with them outdoors.
I will start entering sweepstakes again so I can win that trip. I've neglected sweeps lately, but I'm readly to get busy again. I can't win if I don't enter. I have only won about a dozen prizes in 2007 so 2008 will be much better in so many ways.
All around, 2008 will be a great year for me and probably the happiest one since before 2000.
