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hi Ronda

You have a very good surgeon there.  I agree about the type of surgery you had doesnt matter.  We all share the same goal.  Welcome to the MI board and try to post often if you can.

congrats on your success!

 Thanks for response. Sorry I didn't see it sooner. I did not see it under the original post but found it under recent post instead. Like I said before I do not post often so guess I dont really know what I am doing :-) I will get the hang of it once I post a little more often. I agree with you that Dr. Gluck is a very good surgeon! I drove 3 hours all the way across the state just to have him do my surgery! I was not sure what surgery I was going to have at that time,but I knew I wanted him to do the surgery after I met him :-) I enjoy this site and each of the forums, and I am sure I will get even more out of it now that I am posting.

My name is Joyce.
I live in Grass Lake, Michigan
I have 2 grown daughters and 2 wonderful grandsons.
I have been married 40 years to my highschool sweetheart.
I am having RNY at St. Mary Mercy in Livonia
I am 59 years old and looking forward to a new healthier me!
My surgery date is June 12, 2012.
I would love to be part of an active MI board !!

 I am a newbie and going to my first seminar tomorrow at Beaumont. I have thought abought this for years and finally have chosen to go for it. Any tips on a good doctor from the beaumont network? I heard Kevin Krause is good but I have not meet with him yet. Any advice while just starting out?

Hi Everyone:
I have been hanging  around here since Janurary.  I had my surgery Feb29th, had  the sleeve.  So far doing  well  but  part of me wishes  would of had  the RNY.  But doctor  thought  would  be better  with  sleeve,  already had gallbladder out  and  everything  goes  threw me,  so said  RNY  would  not  be  best  for me.  So  I  went  with the sleeve.
I have  two childrens, Son is  30  with  two  beautiful  grandaughters.  My  daughter will be 23  soon, but  she is special needs,  and  will  lives  with me.   For  use  been hard  year, her father passed  away last month of  4th stage  cancer.  We  have not  been  married  for  about  10  years  but  we have  been  good  friends.  Very  hard  on  her.
As  for  me  I  work  full time,  had  my  surgery  threw  Dr. Foote Out of  GHP.  But  I  had  surgery in  Grand  Haven , MI.  I  live  in  Holland.   Nice  to  meet  everyone.
 

Wow People are posting PEOPLE ARE POSTING I am so happy People are posting. and let me know when the walking cough cough(shopping) will be . the assignment ended and the temp service aint called so i am free. To spend some time with BEE and everybody!

I'm getting impatient--Mini-rant coming--sorry, I don't know where else to vent. First of all, because of my PCP'error in not recording all the information relating to my 6 month insurance pre-approval doctor supervised diet (he just recorded my weight at my visits but didn't put down any information about my diet, exercise, ect) BCBS made me do the 6 months over. I finished that 6 months about 10 days ago, making sure at each visit it was put into my records what I was eating, how much I was walking, how I felt about the whole thing. 2 day before that I had the psych-eval ( Turns out I'm NOT nuts !!) and I signed a release with the PCP's office and they said they would send my records to the surgeons office. I'm on my way--I thought. I haven't heard anything from the surgeon's office so today I called my PCP--they haven't even sent my records yet !!! After the first 6 month delay thing you would have thought they would have made a special effort to help me out. I just want to get a date, have the surgery and get on with life. The longer I've had to wait the more "self-doubt" talk is working on me--the old "what if I'm too old (I'll be 67 next month)", "what if I have really severe complications" and on and on and on. I'm really upset with my PCP's office and I can't even complain to him because he went on vacation the day after my last appointment and won't be back for another 2 weeks. I know this is probably something you can't give advice for but it helps being able to talk about it. Thanks for letting me take up space on this forum !! 

 I am sorry you are going through so much! Insurance company's dont make anything easy that is for sure then you add in slow moving Dr. offices and that just makes it worse. Did your PCP office say they would fax over the information for you? Your Dr. does not have to be there for that. As far as the "self-doubt" goes, we all went through that I would bet! When you do get a date you will be so thrilled, but then the doubt will come back even worse! It is very scarey the unknown of any type of surgery. No matter what type of WLS you have they all come with risk and possible complication of some sort. Just inform yourself as much as you can. Use this forum and any support groups you may have available to you! Best of luck to you on your journey. Keep us posted on how things go.

Thanks Ronda, Just knowing someone took the time to read what I wrote and respond to it has made me feel better. PCP's office called about 4pm and want me to come in tomorrow to sign another release-seems know one can find the one I filled out 10 days ago !! They said as soon as I did that they would fax everything over to my surgeon.

 Glad that they are finally getting this taken care of for you! I do read everything on this board several times a day now that I am unemployed. I may not be able to help with many issues but I know that it is nice to know that there are others out there listening and being here to support each other in our journey! Keep us posted on when you get a surgery date.