I have a DATE! (looks like turkey broth only for t-giving for me!)

Greetings to all my MN friends!

Met with the surgeon this morning and he said since I lost the required pre-op weight, completed the 5 phone consults with HP and passed the psych eval he would like to SCHEDULE ME! He's dictating his report this afternoon and submitting to insurance no later than tomorrow morning. He doesn't think approval will be any problem!!!! I'm so THRILLED! Just one more hurdle.

I made my pre-op appt. with my PCP and scheduled the gall bladder ultrasound. Can eat normally/healthy until the day before surgery, then just liquids. I CAN DO IT!!! Around lunch time on Veteran's Day I should be ON THE TABLE!!!!

Can't wait to join you all, becoming a more helpful contributing and SMALLER member of this community!

Blessing to you all and many thanks for all the advice so far!
Shannon

Congratulations!  You do know that the very kind PM you sent me last week was really helpful, right.  You already fit right in, no matter your size now or in the future.

RP

Congratulations Shannon! I got my approval today and set up my meeting with the surgeon and ultrasound so, I'm right behind ya!! Woop woop we are in for a ride! Thanksgiving might be kind of hard though. :( Ugh, and Christmas too. I don't know about you but, in my family the holidays are all about the food.

Thanks RP and Candy!

Yes, the holidays will be tough, but Thanksgiving has been kind of a dud for me the last few years anyway... 2 years ago the day before Thanksgiving I got my braces put on (ya, I'm 36 and just getting braces) so I could only eat potatoes... then last year the day before the big meal I had LASIK, and my eyes and head hurt to the point where I just wanted to lay on the couch with my eyes closed and didn't want to eat much. This will just be the trifecta for me :o)

You guys are the greatest.... and I can hardly wait for the ride ahead... as bumpy as it may be at first!

Shannon

YAY!!!!!!!

yipee, the holidays will be a breeze because you most likely won't feel like eating!!

YAYAYAYAYAY!! That's fantastic!!!!

Congratulations Shannon...the turkey broth will be worth it!!!

Hugs...connie d

My guess is you'll look at the massive piles of food on everyone else's plates and be DISGUSTED! 

Funny how that works.  I;ll go to Old Country Buffet with my family once in a while, and it's just unreal how awful that gluttony looks to me now!

All right Shannon!   There will be other Thanksgivings, and they will be more sane than those of the past for me.   This is for your life and health.   Can't wait till you join us on the losers' bench.