met with PCP to discuss WLS

I havent been to the doc in like 8 years, so i found a PCP in my area and had my apt with her, she was rude and i didnt like her one bit, she barley asked me any questions regarding my lifestyle or such she just assumed because i am over weight that i am not active and eat crap....well she is wrong because i swim 2-3 times a week and walk 1-2 times a week and chase a 1 and 2 year old around every day!  i cook well balanced meals and normal porportions but i still gain weight.....anyways they did and EKG and she said that there might be somthing wrong with the back side of my heart, and that i most deffinately have high cholestrol.  Then she told me i had to cut everything with out of my diet, except a wheat pasta as a side dish everyonce and awhile....she mentioned nothing about meats and cheese  or other high cholestrol foods.....she also told me to walk 1 hour every day.....this doesnt sould like a healthy heart diet!  it sounds to me like she is putting me on another diet! 

I go back over the next 2 weeks for a lung test, a 24 hour ekg, and jelly they put on your heart of some sort....and a ton of labs.

I was told by another friend who had WLS that i shouldnt lose any weight till i met with the surgeron because f they require you to lose youre 10% it will be faster and easier if you werent already dieting?

Is this true? 

Im gonna stick it out with this doc because she said she would refer me and once i get my referal i am outta there, done with her!

Hi, yes a lot of WLS doctors do require you to lose weight prior to the surgery.  There are a lot of doctors out there that are very rude to overweight people.  They just assume that we eat to much of the wrong stuff and are lazy.  They are ignorant.  I would hang in there if you can and get all the test done to make sure you are ok. 


Good luck on your journey
Laura

yah that is how she was and the funny thing is she wasnt too skinny herself  i mean she wasnt obease but she has to of been 5'2 and 180 lbs!