First Appointment With Surgeon Today

That's great! Congratulations! 2-3 weeks? Wow, how are they getting everything done so fast? Do you have to have pre-op testing done?

Hi there...I guess because last year I decided because i wasn't getting anywhere with what I was doing..that I would just try to do the whole weight loss thing manually. I thought well the bigeest thing that happens is you can't eat after you have the surgery, I know your suppose to and they get onto you if you don't eat and drink enough...but alot of people just can't eat hardly anything..(for a while, so I hear) So I stopped eating and started walking a mile a day. I did it for about 8 months and lost 75lbs. and everything was going great till I had  a relaspe. Since then I have gained about 15 lbs. Im so motivated right now about everything happening so fast, Im on a fast track to recovering from that little episode!! Im going down!!! But in any case...I was very diligent about keeping up with my Dr. visits with this diet...(well diligent enough) and that was my main hand up. I went to my local dr. today and he set me up with an appointment on thursday for the Upper GI, and On the 8th for the strees Echo. I will be called soon (I waiting to hear back now) for the appointment for the Psych Eval. and then i will be given an appointment again with my sergeon once all the data is recived by their office. That should be in about 2 weeks or so...and then...upon my visit with my sergeon, I will go through some other little tests they do there and given instructions for a liquid diet for a solid week and an appointment time for the end of that week to come in for the surgery.

As far as how it is all happening so fast for me? even as I write what i am writting, I ask myself that and wonder why in the hell did I not just see it all so clear back in 07 when I first started this. I was born with no patients I guess, but advice to anyone starting out....please please please, don't stop. You will regret it forever if you put it off.

Im so so so excited.

Thanks
Linda