I have taken control of my situation

Well, as you all know, I am most likely going to have to start my six months of supervised weight loss over again--due to weak documentation from my PCP and because my doctor does not have a scale that can weigh me so we only have one weight from the past six months.  SOOOOOO...I was going to drive 90 minutes one-way to St. Vincent's each month to get weighed and then have the nurse at St. Vincent's fax the weight to my PCP's office.  Well I got to thinking about that and realized that I would be spending $35.00 in gas (minimum) each month to do this and decided instead to buy a scale that WILL weigh me and take it to my doctor's office each month!  I found a scale through Living Large XL for 79.99 that weighs up to 550 lbs and then googled the scale brand to see if I could find it cheaper somewhere else.  Lo and behold I found the same scale, NEW for $49.90 on ebay!!  YAY!!  It should be here today or tomorrow!  Granted I will feel a bit silly hauling my scale in each month, but better than driving 3 hours round trip!!  How's THAT for taking control of my destiny????

You do what ya gotta do. I never thought of you buying your own scale. which I need to do. I weigh 330-335 and the ones at wal-mart only go to like 330.  Sure glad you thought of that. If your going to feel silly carrying it in, maybe  put in a  a bag  of some sort or something. That way no one but you knows whats in there.  Sure hope this works out for you this round. (((((HUGS))))

Yeah--I am planning on putting it in a bag to carry it in--actually once I explain it to the doctor and nurse, I won't feel silly cause no one else will know about it--but carrying it in and explaining it to them will feel a little silly!  Oh well--I have done more embarassing things before!!  :)

        Ya know Maddie I just thought of something. You know you should donate that scale to your Dr. and tell (Him/Her) that this is for the other paitent's so that they don't have to go through what you are. That way you are helping other people that are also overweight. And congrats on taking your destiny in your own hands. But this is up to you just thought I would throw that in there. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be happy to do that once I get to a weight that a normal scale can weigh.  I have wanted a scale at home that can weigh me for so long that I don't think I can bear to donate it until I can buy another scale that can weigh me!  Money is tight, otherwise I would buy a second scale now. May sound selfish, but hopefully you understand.

 I completely understand what you are saying.  I know how the money thing is I'm going through it myself so I really do understand what you are going through. I meant it to put your Dr. on the spot about not having a scale that could weigh you. That might push her to buy one. I mean if a paitent can get one I'm sure she could too.

You would sure think they could buy one!  Especially for the amount of money I am spending there!  LOL  But, for right now, I am just relieved that I found a way to handle my own monthly weights.  Once I have insurance approval for WLS, I might start being more vocal about my PCP office needing to be more accomodating.  But for now, I just don't want to upset the boat so to speak!  The scale just arrived here at my office a little bit ago--I am so excited to get home and try it out!!!  I started to open it at work and then realized that it says "550lb HIGH CAPACITY SCALE" in BIG bold letters on the inner package so I thought twice about that!  :) Oh!  Did I mention it is a TALKING scale?!?!  I will turn off the voice for when I go to the doctor's office, but will turn it on at home!! 

Right on  talking scale....I want one.......LOL yeah i wouldn't turn it on at the dr's office either. lol COOL!!!

You Rock! Your determination and wits will get you to your goal in the end. Stay the course.

Hugs,

Angie

P.S. You won't be embarrassed in the end, when you're healthy and happy. You will know everything you had to do to get there and victory will be SWEET!

Congratulations on taking over and doing what you have to do. I think that some doctors need to be taught about thinking of their patients that have some often difficult and somewhat embarrasing medical problems. I too have found that you have to do what you have to do to get done what you need to get done and if someone doesn't understand it is their problem and not mine. I guess some would think that I sound hard but oh well-as I tell DH at times "Life is a bi***, and then your marry one!" lol I am glad that things are looking up for you. May they continue and that was a great idea about the scale