Ellis appointment this morning!

I am sooooo excited for my Dr.s appt. this morning! I can't wait to get there!
I called my insurance company last month and there were no special requirments that they mentioned. I am hoping to be scheduled next month for surgery. We have double insurance right now until the end of Novemeber. We are thinking of dropping the secondary. It sounds like it takes some time though. I also was supposed to have sleep study done several months ago before WLsurgery was mentioned for snoring but Dr.s cancelled it due to tech being sick. I never resceduled because I had decided on WLS. I figured weight loss would help my snoring. I never snored when I was thin!

Well, I am off to Ellis!
It is a 45 miniute drive.

Lisa

How did your appointment go? Hopefully great. I adore the Ellis Hospital Bariatric Center - everyone there is amazing and truly genuine. Good luck with everything! Where are you from? I'm about 25-30 minutes from Ellis.

SOOOO how did it go? Did you see Dr. Clarke? I see him next Friday.. can't wait.

Hello,
My appointment went great! They seem to be so organized and efficient! I waited 5 min and got right in! That never happens anywhere!
I saw the nurse first. The dreaded weigh in. UGHHHH! I weighed 212.1 lbs. I thought I was 5'2" but it turns out that I just a smidge over 5' ! My blood pressure was up (nothing new). I saw Dr. Panemanglore. He seemed very nice. Cute, little guy with a sense of humor. I liked him. He did the info session at the hospital. He said I was a candidate, explained the RNY(which I have chosen), etc. I spoke with Kim and she said that she will be sending info and other appts. Asked if I had any major events so not to schedule surgery around same time. I mentioned that I would like to have it before end of Nov.(due to being double insured till then), but she mentioned that she was looking at January for date. I said that I have 16 days off at Christmas(school schedule) that I would not have to take time off from work. She will check that date. So hopefully December! I will only have to do the 2 weeks Medifast too. Then, I went for blood work downstairs.
Overall, I am pretty excited!

Oh, I am from Gansevoort-Wilton. 10 min. north of Saratoga.

Lisa

Hi Lisa;
I just had my surgery with Dr P. i totally love him. He was the absolute best. You are in very good hands!!! Kim is equally as great,  Good Luck and if you need anything please let me know. I live only a few minutes from you.
Karen

Karen,
Have you attended any support groups?
i would love to check one out before surgery. Monday night I am not able to attend. I take graduate classes in Vermont that night. There is one on Wednesday nights. Saratoga I think. Right?
Have you had any difficulties? Are there any other sites or blogs that you like? This site has been the best for info! I have also been copying recipes for protein ice creams, mushy foods etc. I am so unorganized now with meals and such that I am afraid that after surgery that I will eat the same thing day in and day out for lack of being organized in planning.
Thank you for your reply and hope to chat again! I'll be frequently forum loitering!

It is nice to know that you live close by also.

Thanks,
Lisa

are you kidding i was the the queen of fast food. my life with the kids is sooo crazy i ate what ever. really organizing my meals has not been so hard. i too took alot of ideas from this site.i will forward along to you all th things i have eaten the past few weeks. to be honet i have not had one problem, i feel great. No problems with eating or drinking. Im not hungry so for the first time in my life eating is an effort however. i have stuck to his plan faithfully and that had made things go really smooth. im not a protein drink fan they gross me out. i seem to have beter luck with just adding scoops to my food i cant even taste it then, and i only put protein foods in my mouth. there is something about the protein drink that just dont settle well with me. everyone is different though.
i have gone to one support group and was planning on going to the next one. Im not sure about the one is saratoga that would definatly be closer ill have to look in to that one.
talk to you soon
karen

Karen,
Thank you! That would be great if you could forward some stuff! I am collecting all sorts of stuff and putting them in a folder.
Did you attend the support group at Ellis? I know they have them in Saratoga. I have to check what night. Wednesday maybe? Also there is one occassionally in Glens Falls. I can put info on posts.
I love this site too!
Do you know of any other sites, blogs etc.?
I am just having fun searching and reading!

Thanks,
Lisa

Dr. P is great - I had my gallbladder out and he came to see me because Dr. Clarke was on vacation. He was soo nice. Dr. Ingram actually removed my gallbladder. I love all the doctors there, I've had nothing but great experiences with them. Good luck with your surgery!

Shauna and Inkerdoodles,
Thank you for the replies! I love chatting here! It is fun!
You both are doing great! Over 100lbs! WOW, and in a short time!
If you gals have any ideas, suggestions, recipes, other sites you frequent, blogs etc let me know. I mentioned to keebler(above) that I have started to collect all sorts of stuff.
Also plan on attending support group sometime before surgery.
TTFN,
Lisa