Pre-Op Visit

Hi guys!  I went for my pre-op visit yesterday.  My appt. was at 1:10, but for some reason I decided to go ahead and leave home earlier than I really needed to, I thought I'd just shop a little while.  I just got into Edmond about 11:15 and stopped at a store when my phone rang.  It was Darcy at WW telling me that the doctors were going in to emergency surgery at 12:30 and my appointment would have to be changed.  My heart just sank, I had driven over 3 hours and taken my last day off of work to go yesterday.  I explained the situation to Darcy and she told me to come on then and Dr. Walton would see me before he had to go to surgery.  I know Dr. B. wasn't too happy to hear that Dr. W. still had four appts., but I did get to see him. 

I was a little discouraged by my visit with him though.  I was all psyched up because I was down 24 lbs. and Dr. W. just kind of bursted my bubble.  I'm sure he was thinking about the surgery but he asked me when we were doing my surgery and when I said Dec. 22, he looked at my chart and said, "We'll see."  Like he didn't think I would be ready.  I went in there feeling great about getting to this point and well it kind of depressed me, making me second-guess myself.

I'm anxious for it to just get here and get over with.  My life is consumed with this right now.  It's all I can think about at work, or at home.  I even dream about it at night.  I really don't like wigging out about these things, but I feel like I could!

Just feeling anxious,
Marsha

I will say a prayer that everything works out fine for you and you can keep your appointment!

Hi, Marsha.
Wow. That doesn't sound like Dr. Walton. He must have been feeling the stress of the day. Doctors are human, too. Bless their hearts. :)
How much pre-op weight do you still need to lose? Do you think that was what he was referring to? I know that he is strict that whatever you're told to lose, you have to get off every pound of it.
Try to let this go. Chalk it up to a bad day for Dr. Walton. I mean, you can't be in his head. Wondering what was going on, what he meant by that comment will just drive you nutsy, which isn't good for weight loss!
For what it's worth, I think you doing awesome!
Blessings,
Mary

I have six more pounds to lose...I ended up stripping in the weigh in room yesterday morning....now there's a lovely picture for you all to think about!  LOL  On my scales at home yesterday morning I was 5 lbs. above what I need to be for surgery...well I drank my protein drink and a couple of bottles of water...well I wasn't suppose to go in until 1, so I would have had time to get rid of the water, however, I had to go in early, so some of it was still there.

I guess my real thought is, I'll show you.  I am going to get it off, just to show you I can.  Maybe he was challenging me.  I have only seen him one other time, on my initial visit and he wasn't like that at all.  However, I know yesterday he was stressed, and I guess I just added to that stress by insisting that they see me yesterday.  I was stressed too because I'd driven so far and taken my last day off from work so I would have waited around until after surgery if they'd agreed to that.  I just couldn't afford to take another day off work when I knew it was going to cost me $200 out of my paycheck to do so. 

I am going to lose those 6 lbs. if I have to drink liquids from now until Dec. 22.  I will be on the loser's bench Dec. 22!!!

Hugs,
Marsha

I'm glad you're seeing this as a challenge, to spur you on to take off those last 6 lbs.  I find that I retain water, when I'm in the car for longer than an hour. That may have been the same with you, or, like you said, having had things to drink and not having time for it to get through you.
I believe you are going to be at or below goal weight on Dec. 22nd. Keep your eye on your goal, but don't let it stress you. I'll be praying for you, Marsha.
Blessings,
Mary

Don't you dare get down!  Keep at it and work hard!  You are SOOO close!  The 22nd is 10 days.  You CAN DO THIS!!  I know you can!

You can do it!  Going on liquids makes the weight come off FAST!!!  It's drastic but it works!

am I the only one who feels the scale at WW is 5 lbs off?  I weighed at my local Dr's office the day before my appt at WW and then I weighed at home and it had the same weight, but by the time I got to WW the next morning, I weighed 5 lbs more.  And I was 2 inches shorter to boot! 

No sense in getting down.  Go get 'em!