great news about your liver. My question is, did they originally suggest to do the liver shrinkage diet BEFORE your original surgery date? or was this an after thought once they opened you up? Some surgeons do not require it and even if my new surgeon doesn't I am still going to do it jsut to be safe. I have jumped through some hoops over the past few months then the surgeon i originally was supposed to have decided she was leaving post and the 80 that were left that she couldn't get it before she left were all filtered out to new clinics.

I just got off the phone with my NEW surgeon and I am scheduled to go see him @ 10 am tomorrow morning, YES!!!!!! I have been sweating it out for two weeks and finally decided to call Tri-Care today to find out what was up and they gave me my auth number along with the dates for my allowances. AWESOME yes very awesome. She told me that barring any complications I could be going in for surgery in roughly a month since I had already done all the stuff over at Womack that I had to do, so I am good on that. I just have to do the cardio test and the thyroid test and I will be good to go. Just have to wait on the authorization for the surgery itself which takes roughly 2 weeks (7 to 10 business days) to be denied or approved. So kind of floating on clouds right now but I just know someone today is gunna pop my giggly little bubble.

I am going to contine with all the stuff I have been doing that I learned at Womack and will do all the other stuff that is supposed to happen before surgery (doing this as though I am still getting it done at WOMACK). I do not have to do the 6 month supervised diet which is a good thing because I do not feel like waiting another 6 months, I have been waiting long enough already. WOmack has stricter guidelines than my new surgeon does so I think sticking with what i have been doing is a good bet. That way I am almost guaranteed to have any more hiccups along the way unless there is a blood panel that comes back funky I should be good to go. Sorry this is so long but I am so happy right now.

 Are there any support groups in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area? I live in Chapel Hill so I would like a support group closer than Raleigh, if there is one. I go to the monthly meetings at Duke but I would like another group too.

I AM SO SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I HAVEN'T BEEN ON HERE LONG. BUT THERE ALWAYS A FEW BAD APPLES. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THE ONLY STUPID QUESTION IS THE ONE UNASKED. IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW. AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER NOT RIP EACH OTHER APART.

WITH LOVE AND SUPPORT

KAY

Hi all you wonderful peopleeeeees!

Nice wake up alarm this morning.  BANG! rumble rumble.  That's ok.  Anyway, today I need to locate the Office of Rehabilitation and get registered.  I know it is somewhere in Durham.  It is hard when all my paper work is still being held hostage.  Have you ever had premonitions?  No, I'm not talking about the movie.  Even before the trucker came for our stuff, I had a feeling there would be issues.  Although at the time I was too caught up in my dog's issues.  By the way, she is doing much better!  Anyway, we have a wedding to go to in CA.  We leave June 1. My dress is being altered as we speak.  I'm supposed to pick it up the day we fly out.  I've had this feeling that I'm not going.  I don't know why but I have felt this from the first time my stepdaughter said she was going to fly us out.  So, all this is coming down to the wire.  I wait in great anticipation to see how all this pans out.

What's on your agenda today?