:mad: :-@ Got My Date ... WHAT A JOKE THIS IS!

Well, we got the call from Emory this afternoon ........ I can ALMOST spit NAILS! They don't have a big enough time allotment for me until September 12!!! UNFRICKENBELIEVAB!LE!! Are these people THAT ignorant to HUMAN SUFFERING????? My gawd, we have been dealing with them since April, week after week I get sicker! My goodness ... I am NOT a new bariatric patient! I am one who has a botched VBG, can't eat frickin food, fevered, infection riddling my body and STILL another THIRTY-FOUR DAYS! I'm on late (as you can tell, gettin up at 4AM I am usually down for the night by now) But not long before I had hung up with my sister to tell her the date my 'HUSBAND' and I started the bickering! He has NO CLUE how it really feels to be the ONE that CANNOT fricking eat, have tons of medical professionals poke and prod you for what is NOW close to FIVE months, not to have A SINGLE PERSON really understand the discomfort you are having. Sure he is living with it AND me but he can only EMPATHIZE! So I have ONCE AGAIN unpacked my bags and told him I AM calling Emory FIRST THING in the morning and telling them JUST where they can stick it!!! MY GAWD THIS IS RIDICULOUS! At this point I REALLY don't give a tiny rat's ***you know *** if I have the dang surgery or not! I did the right thing twelve years ago, got my stomach stapled, lost boo coo weight and then my life gets ripped upside down because of the defects in the procedure. Sure, if I had done ALL THE WRONG things, overate, didn't exercise, ate all the wrong crap and did this to myself that would be TOTALLY different! But I DIDN'T. I have done EVERYTHING that I was supposed to do! Up until mid April I was still exercising religiously five or six days a week, grazing small meals, mostly veggies to boot, and now these people with a God complex take their sweet ole time not giving a hoot about my health, making things even more difficult and unbearable than needed! So if this evening continues at the rate it has with my husband I'm considering just repacking my bag but this time with all my new fat clothes and telling the world kiss my butt and just disappearing into the sun! Never have I met people like we have at Emory so set on making life sux beyond belief!

Lisa, I am so sorry to hear that Emory has once again pushed your date back. I can understand why you are so upset. You have every reason to be. Please, don't make any rash decisions right now. Let your husband be your sorce of strength and shoulder to lean on. I'm sure he feels helpless right now b/c he has seen you go through all these problems and can't fix them himself. You are in my prayers. HUgs, Tonya

I know you need to rant... so would I... Now that you have gotten it out of your system, slow down and do the smart thing. You have been through hell for the last 5 months, so suffer another 34 days and then get this fixed.

Lisa, I am so sorry to hear of your difficult time! I was on a waiting list for Emory last year, but I found the Center for Laproscopic Obesity Surgery in North Carolina while waiting to hear from them. After much research, I knew this was the surgery for me. I am down from 378 to 206 in a little over a year. Do me one favor-RESEARCH all that is out there and at least look at CLOS. net to see why I chose this route. I don't know if they can help in your case--just please just check into it. You have my best wishes and prayers. Please don't give up! Sandy