Got My Surgery Date!!!
Hooray!! It's a long way out still but at least I have the date! Surgery set for September 22nd at TWH. Very excited to finally know when it's happening and have a date to plan around. 3 weeks of Opti coming my way, and I start that on September 1st.
Sleeve Gastrectomy was what she recommended for me and I'm leaning in that direction but she said I could opt for the bypass day of surgery if I changed my mind.
The countdown is on!!!
Feb 17/16 - orientation TWH | March 3/16 - nurse | Nov 22/16 - Phone call f/u re-entry | Oct 18/16 - nurse | Nov 29/16 - nut class | Feb 16/17 - social worker | March 7/17 - nut apt | March 22/17 - psych apt | March 30/17 - team approved | May 5/17 - surgeon apt | June 8/17 - endoscopy | Sept 22/17 SURGERY RNY @TWH
exciting times ahead!!! Congrats.
Surgery Jun.2/17 at TWH ----- HW 215 - SW 197.2 - GW 125 CW 124.6
Pre-Op=8.8lbs --- Optifast= 8.4 (was on it for 9 days due to cancellation)
M1 - 20.6... M2 -10.2... M3 -8.0... M4 -5.8... M5 -9.0... M6 -5.2... M7 -7.0... M8 -2.2... M9 -0.9... M10 -2.6... M11-0.6... M12-2.0
Thanks all! Feeling great knowing that there's now a concrete date to focus on. It's really happening! Woot!
Feb 17/16 - orientation TWH | March 3/16 - nurse | Nov 22/16 - Phone call f/u re-entry | Oct 18/16 - nurse | Nov 29/16 - nut class | Feb 16/17 - social worker | March 7/17 - nut apt | March 22/17 - psych apt | March 30/17 - team approved | May 5/17 - surgeon apt | June 8/17 - endoscopy | Sept 22/17 SURGERY RNY @TWH
on 5/6/17 3:03 am - Brampton , Canada
Awesome! I hear you on the long way off, I'm waiting for September 12 to get here rather impatiently!!!
That's so awesome Tanya! Only 10 days apart! I'll be routing for you!! Long road for us but I'm sure it will be well worth the wait!
Feb 17/16 - orientation TWH | March 3/16 - nurse | Nov 22/16 - Phone call f/u re-entry | Oct 18/16 - nurse | Nov 29/16 - nut class | Feb 16/17 - social worker | March 7/17 - nut apt | March 22/17 - psych apt | March 30/17 - team approved | May 5/17 - surgeon apt | June 8/17 - endoscopy | Sept 22/17 SURGERY RNY @TWH
Thanks Kathy! I'll take that as a good sign! :)
Feb 17/16 - orientation TWH | March 3/16 - nurse | Nov 22/16 - Phone call f/u re-entry | Oct 18/16 - nurse | Nov 29/16 - nut class | Feb 16/17 - social worker | March 7/17 - nut apt | March 22/17 - psych apt | March 30/17 - team approved | May 5/17 - surgeon apt | June 8/17 - endoscopy | Sept 22/17 SURGERY RNY @TWH
Congrats getting your surgery date! I know that's what we all are impatiently waiting for.
I had a sleeve 7 plus weeks ago. It's nice your doctor is giving you a choice between the two surgies. Obviously you know why she is recommending the sleeve over the RNY so consider both carefully.
I had the VSG for medical reasons, and sure the first month is definitely the hardest after surgery, but no regrets.
If you have any questions regarding the sleeve feel free to ask. There doesn't seem to be a lot of us on the Ontario forum. And not sure about your site, but RNY is heavily pushed and not alot of information is given about the sleeve, unless you ask directly.
Good luck with your jouney!
Orientation April 2016 - Final approvals December 2016. Surgical Class January 23, 2017. Met with Dr. Reed February 7, 2017. Opti start date March 1, 2017. Surgery March 15, 2017 (Dr. Foute-Nelong).
HW 348 SW 316 CW 191
GW 160