Crossed Another Hurdle

Today was my appointment with the surgeon.  I could not have asked for it to go better.  I got to the appt. an hour early fully expecting to have to wait.  (Went early to make sure we had enough time if traffic backed up or we could not find the place.)  Can I tell you I was out of there before my appt. we even scheduled to begin.  The place truly runs like a well oiled machine.  And yes, despite my dreams of not getting to meet my surgeon, I did get to meet him.  He is as nice as described and definitely has the air of confidence one would want their surgeon to have.  He gets my seal of approval!  The appt was very routine.  He explained the process of a gastric bypass operation and answered most of my questions before I needed to ask.  He did tell me he did not anticipate any problems and the majority of complications (ie:death) happen to individuals who are extremely ill prior to the surgery.  Since that is not me - I have even more confidence.  He also complimented me on my 26.5 lb weight LOSS.  Yep, me - I have lost 26.5 lbs since March 3rd!!!!!  Next step - sit and wait.  I have to wait to hear from the surgery coordinator.  Once I have a date for surgery, I will post it EVERYWHERE. 

WTG on the weight loss!  I am so glad your appt went well, you sound like you are on top of the world! I wish my surgeon's office ran like a well oiled machine... its more like a rusty pinto in there.

I'll ditto on my surgeon's office.  They are so busy they cant think straight.   But I still love my doc and my insurance girl.  She always is sweet to me and she really cares. Keep up the weight loss.  I gained 20 pounds in the 3 months before surgery and I would be in the 270's now had I not been that fat.   I would recommend to start exercising if you can.  I've been going at it since three weeks after surgery.  It was rough in the beginning.  Get started now and it will be so much easier on you. Your day is coming sweetie and they you'll be with us on the WLS loosers bench.  You're already unofficially there now!

Thank you both for the kind words of encouragement.  I am a results girl - that is where I get my motivation to continue from - and this continued weight loss motivates me to keep on keeping on!

You are doing awesome!  -dawn

Congrats!   It sounds like things are going really well!  Your Dr sounds awsome!

Now see, all that worrying for nothing!  Glad to hear it all went well, and WTG on the weight loss! Kix

That's all great news - it's nice when everything just flows smoothly along!!!  Oh, that all things in life could work that way...  Congrats on the 26.5 pound loss - that's fabulous and it'll make it much easier for your surgeon to operate.  Here's hoping your phone rings soon!!!!!   We'll keep a spot on the loser's bench warm for you Kellie

yippee! way to go on the loss! and i'm so glad to hear the appointment went so well. deb

Yea!!!!  26.5 pounds is huge!! Keep up the GREAT work!!