Dr. Kim in Celebration

I am doing great. Just had my one month appt. I had no complications and no issues. Losing at a steady pace, and starting to feel like my old self.

Got my pulmonary clearance today from Dr. Alabi. He and his staff were very nice.

Glad that turned out good. I'll go there if I have to . 

Today I got my psycho appointment for next week.

I also got my appointment with the nurse for next month.

I also saw my pcp and he will give me a letter of necessity. It should be ready next week.

The nut has not returned my call yet.

I read that the liver has been known to crack when they are trying to pull it out of the way. I know the pre op diet helps make the liver more floppy.

Does anyone know how often liver cracking occurs?

I don't know the frequency. You should ask in the rny forum. There is little chance of it with Dr. Kim. You have to lose a certain amount of weight before they'll schedule you, and he puts you on a two-week liquid diet before surgery to shrink the fat in the liver.

Hi Katie

What is your next step?

I don't know. I'm assuming Shawna will contact me once my clearances are in. Then it depends on my weight loss. At some point I meet with the doctor. I know that my pulmonary clearance is in. I will call the cardiologist's office on Monday to see if they got my ct angiogram.

How did your week go?

I had my psycho eval. I think it went well. I see the nurse and Shawna on 6/12 and the nut on 6/17. I suppose I will need a couple of clearances.

I have all my clearances. I weighed in at my pcp's office this morning and they faxed it to Shawna. She emailed me and said I had reached my goal weight. She said she was waiting for my file to return from the nurse who was reviewing it. It's going to be a looooong holiday weekend.