TWO MORE APPOINTMENT'S TO GO

I went to see the nutritionist yesterday and she signed off on me having the surgery. YAY!!!!  I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in 2 weeks so he can sign off on it too (hopefully he won't give me any grief about it). I tried to make my appointment with Dr. Kaula on the  same day as with my psychiatrist but she didn't have any time available on that day so I'll have to wait another week to have her sign off on it and send it in to Tricare. It would be great to have the surgery before the new year!!! I would like to have it done before Thanksgiving, but I'm not sure that's an option, it just depends on how fast everything gets done. I'm so ready to have this surgery done!!!

MORE CRAP TO GO THROUGH

So I went to the doctor on the 7th and she gave me a paper that I have to take to my nutritionist, and my psychiatrist, so they can sign off on it and say they believe I'm a good candidate for the surgery, blah blah blah. I was so disappointing that the doctor couldn't just go into the computer and see that I've done all the prerequisite stuff for the surgery, sign the damn paper and send it to my insurance!!!! URGH!!!!!!!!!

 Ok so I've got an appointment with my nutritionist on the September 14th and an appointment with my psychiatrist on September 29th, so I'm going to try and make an appointment with Dr. Kaula on the 29th later in the day so I can get it all out of the way!!! so hopefully on the 29th or a couple of days after that my insurance company will have the paper work it needs and I can get a date on my consult with the surgeon soon. My friend Katherine says that it only took a day for Tricare to get back to her on their decision. I'm so freaking ready to have the surgery done, I'm hoping to have it done before Thanksgiving. Well I guess I'll post again when I have some good news!!!

NERVOUS

So it's the weekend before I go see the doctor and I'm nervous about it because I keep having this dream that the doctor refuses to let me have the surgery. I want this more than anything, I know I qualify for it, and I've taken all the necessary steps. My fears are probably unwarranted but they're still there. I talked to my friend Katherine the other day and told her how I was feeling and she said that she went through the same anxiety and that if she could get approved I would definitely get approved, so that made me feel a little better. I guess I'm just really anxious and ready to get this doctor's appointment out of the way to I can see the surgeon. Katherine has been my lifeline throughout this whole ordeal, she keeps me positive. She had her surgery done by the same surgeon so that also helps, since I'll be having this done in a German hospital she's been giving me information about the experience. I'll be in the hospital for 10 days after the surgery to make sure that my pouch is in good working order, I'm glad they're thorough, and while they are performing the gastric bypass they will also remove my gallbladder, it's very common for people who loose all that weight at once to have gallbladder problems so they go ahead and remove it during the surgery so I won't have to have another surgery to remove my gallbladder later down the road. 
  I've been eating pretty much everything I can get my hands on that I know I'll never be able to eat again lol, which is a little premature since I don't know if I'm approved yet, I guess I'm just doing a little wishful thinking and hopefully I'll be approved, or maybe I'm just trying to fatten up so I'll be more than 100 lbs over weight. I haven't weighed myself in a few weeks because I need batteries for my scale, but the last time I was weighed was at the doctor's office a few weeks ago and I weighed 230 lbs which put's me exactly 100 lbs over weight, I figure if I weigh more than that my chances are a little better. You can say that's stupid logic if you want but I just want to cover my bases I also had elevated blood pressure at my last doctor's visit so I figure I wont do my usually calming down technique before I get my blood pressure taking this time either and I'll have the high blood pressure thing on my side too, which I know I have elevated blood pressure anyway so really I'm not cheating there lol.

I got new glasses the other day so I thought I'd add a pic of me in my glasses, I'll have to get used to them, I haven't worn glasses in over a year.