i have a new date!!

april 20th, not May 23rd!!! wooohoooooo i love dr. roye. he's my hero! i just can't beleive it's 2 weeks from thursday. 2 weeks!!!!!!!!! he's asked me to shed as much weight as possible within the next couple weeks.. so i'm all about the protein, no carbs, no fat AND gonna try to walk my dog the 2 miles on the beach everyday. anyway. just had to share my excitement. kristen!

that's awesome Kristen........we're all behind you 100%. Congratulations!!!! Shel

That is awesome!!!! Just curious, why did he changed the date? is that normal? I go see him on 4/14 and i'm hoping that he gives me a date ASAP.

Hi Al I have been trying to have this surgery for over 4 years now. It has been one battle after another. I saw Dr. Roye for the first time in January [this was almost a year after i had met with Helen] and that's when he gave me the May23rd date. It was a bit out of the ordinary, as I hadn't finished my pre-op testing. My need for this surgery is mostly because I'm a high risk candidate for very painful, very dangerous hernia's. I have had 4 major abdominal surgeries since 2001 [massive smooth muscle tumors in my uterus, 2 hernia repairs and emergency gall bladder removal]. I currently have 2 hernia's.. 1 of which has some of my intestines all tangled up in it. the intestines aren't strangulated, yet.. but it makes eating very difficult [food is painful going through the kinked intestine], and anytime something brushes against my stomach.. it nearly makes me cry. He gave me the May 23rd date because I hadn't gone through my sleep study. He refused to do surgery on me until I've been on the CPAP for a month. So, I had to to everything I could to get my sleep study done ASAP and get my machine without any hitches. On April 20th, I'll have had the CPAP for a month.. so he let me have that date. Apparently he "saved" it for me back in January, but didn't tell me. that's my story.. kristen

I am so happy to hear that you have a new date. I just found out yesterday, after years of telling me no, that my insurance plan changes slightly, and now WLS is covered!!! I am going to do it. I don't have a date yet, and I am in the beginning stages of the whole process, but if I am this excited, I can imagine how you feel. I am so happy for you, and I wish you the best of luck. Kristen