What to do

 Ok so I have done all my pre op stuff was told i would be scheaduling with surgeon and then today i get a call that I have to see the endocrinologist. Ok......Well my APPT IS MAY 3 really im am so angry and sad I can keep up this momentum for that long. I guess they want me to lose more weight cause my bmi is high. I get it but relly May 3 I was supposed to be seeing the urgeon and having surgery in like 6 weeks. What do I do?????? Im starting the pre op diet friday after i go get all the drinks ect. they cant think im going to do this till may UUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH  Has anyone else been thru this. 

I had all sorts of delays, mostly because of my local medical group's inadequate number of staff. I started my 6-month preop diet in May. Got approved by my medical group endocrinologist in September (first saw him in May). Saw the surgeon for the first time in late October. I couldn't get my psych eval until December, but I thought I had everything else in place. At the last minute (December) I found out I had to wait until February to get a cardio treadmill test. That screwed up all sorts of stuff.  I finally had surgery on April 3.

Check with your surgeon's office about whether you need to start the liquid preop diet so soon. I would think a balanced-diet diet would probably be more appropriate up until about two weeks before your surgery. Several months of liquid diet would have put me over the edge.

I think sometimes these stalling tactics are a way to see if they can get you to change your mind about the surgery. But a lot of people I've talked with believe some wait time was important in learning more about life postop and dealing with head issues.

Any weight you can lose preop is "gravy," for lack of a better term.

((HUGS))

Hang in there!  My surgeon has an assistant whom I just adore and she helped me with scheduling to make sure that everything was in order and went along smoothly - does your surgeon have an assistant that maybe can help you get your appts in synch so that you are on target?

I too had what seemed at the time like a really long haul to surgery... several years finding a doctor that would take me seriously that my weight problem was out of my control, then establishing with a doctor who took a couple of months to get to know me and my health history and habits, then in November of 08 we started the process toward surgery.  It took 8 mos. of twice monthly appts with a nutritionist, psychologist, and my regular doctor in addition to monthly appts with the surgeon while on a diet to document his weight loss requirement of me, and during that time I also attended monthly support group meetings and got involved with the OH Cali Board and went to their luncheons to talk to others in my area at various stages of their journeys.  All of that leading up to surgery.. then the real work began after surgery...

During that time as I got closer to my surgery date a friend referred to it as the light at the end of the tunnel.. and this made me really mad inside.. because I had already wrapped my head around the fact that its a lifetime journey which I was just beginning.. and there was no proverbial end ...

.... Just a better life and the promise of finally being in control of my weight and my life.

This journey has tested and continues to test my faith in God and myself more than I ever imagined or could prepare for. But I am thankful for the hurdles... because I can't imagine being any less prepared than I was which even then didn't seem like enough.

All the best to you.. hang in there.. and take each step one at a time.. you will get there eventually if you don't give up!  YOU can do this! 

Love & Hugs,

 Thank you for your support it means sooo much. I talked the the assistant today and she said the big issue is my BMI they want me to lose another 40 pounds to make the surgery safer if I can do that on my own then I may be able to bipass the endocrine appt so it gives me something to work towards Im feeling much better these days.

I had to lose 37 lbs pre op for insurance and it turned out to be a good thing. I learned about how  I sabotage myself and how full my head was of food issues. I had good days and bad days and ended up realizing that a steady, sensible diet with all the food groups was best. If I went too extreme, I would be ravenous when I got home at night and do major damage in the evening. You can knock off 40 lbs and then get SURGERY. It's always months later than we plan on.

can you select your own and make an appointment and have them send the results to your surgeon?

 thank you all for your support. i got a call from the surgeons office and they had a cancellation witht the endocrinologist for TOMORROW WHOOO HOOO .........I am feeling way better