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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Tuesday December 27, 2011
Well today went by kinda quickly for me. Got my first consult with the surgeon tomorrow. My boyfriends and I are going there together so he can see what this entails as well. Kinda excited but then again nervous as well. I got all my paperwork ready that they gave me the day of the seminar in the packet (December 14, 2011). My appointment is at 10:25 am. Yeah I know I shouldnt be going to doc on my birthday but this will be something I can look forward to. And possibly by this time next year be on the journey and have gotten rid of alot of the weight by this time next year. I shouldnt say lose the weight cause I dont ever wanna find it again. So when its gone its gone not lost. Boot it to the curb. Will update you all tomorrow when i get home. If I can get my phone's camcorder to work right I will do a YouTube update on my visit. Been trying to do a firmware update it to get the front camcorder to work. If not will have my boyfriend record me cause his is working. Am sure he will have questions too. I never got this far last time I seeked out the wls. I just got as far as the seminar then decided to give the hcg a try. I did for 15 months and wound up puttin it all back on during maintainence plus a few extra. Wish me luck.
Monday December 26, 2011
Well, this was very discouraging today. I got a notice on my facebook page that someone reported I tried to add them and dont know them. What a stupid reason to report someone. So I pulled all the people I had requested etc out of my friends, cause not sure which ones I added or the ones who added me. So to be fair I pulled them all, if they want me back on their friends they can re-request me, otherwise I wont be adding. Very discouraging. I only added a few from the groups I am in for the WLS on facebook. Its very tempting to remove myself from those groups. If someone go as far as reporting me, what tells me that they will be supportive when I need it which is why I added a few. So if I was on your facebook page friends list but not now and you want me to be a friend you will have to add me yourself. I thought thats what these groups and pages are for is for the support. Am very upset over this. I know its just something little but thats what upsets me so much cause something petty like this and have to report me. Never ever been reported in all the years have used facebook.
Might just get the support from the live (in-person) groups for now on. Not sure, just very upset over this. Thats all I did was just request to add thats all.
Might just get the support from the live (in-person) groups for now on. Not sure, just very upset over this. Thats all I did was just request to add thats all.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Sunday December 25, 2011
Well, Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all have a wonderful day. Got up gave the dog their treat, and put in a pan of cinnamon rolls in oven, when done topped them with some orange creme icing. Hey better enjoy it while I can before I get started on this journey. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Wednesday December 21, 2011
Well, today I weighed in at 235, My gosh will it stop going up. Geez by time I get to submit my papers and have my surgery gonna be big as a house. I don't understand why keeps going up. It usually reaches its peak at about 239-245 then stops and goes back down to bout 219 then starts climbing again. Grrrrrr.......wish it would stop. Be so glad to get my surgery.
Talked to 2 of my kids today. They all live in a different state than I do. Its hard at holidays not having any friends or most importantly none of my family around. I'm very close to my family and hurts not to get to see them at Christmas. Didn't realize Christmas is this weekend till my oldest son said something to me bout their dinner. I was like OMG, didn't realize it was this weekend. But hey since Christmas that close so is my birthday (3 days later).
Talked to 2 of my kids today. They all live in a different state than I do. Its hard at holidays not having any friends or most importantly none of my family around. I'm very close to my family and hurts not to get to see them at Christmas. Didn't realize Christmas is this weekend till my oldest son said something to me bout their dinner. I was like OMG, didn't realize it was this weekend. But hey since Christmas that close so is my birthday (3 days later).
Tuesday December 20, 2011
Well today I woke up to yet another gain. I weigh 234.2 lbs now. It just keeps goin up and up no matter what I do. I have to go to my PCP today for my weight. Have to get started on the 6 month supervised diet anyways so what better way to get this started than now before I go to consult with surgeon. Askin him for the letter of recommendation while I am there. So will update you when I get back today as to what he decides to do and puts me on.
Monday December 19, 2011
Well I have my reg pcp appt tomorrow to get this medically supervised diet going. He not gonna like to hear that have decided to do the wls, but oh well not his life. If he wont give me the recommendation letter then will go to another doc who will.
Sunday December 18, 2011
Well today was a lazy day today. Just sat around and played on the computer a bit. Worked on some of my pics and scrap-booked them a bit, I am getting anxious just to get the consult over with and see what goes on for the consult. Not sure what goes on in the consult so if anyone can help me out please comment below. Then I guess this is where insurance goes into place, not sure on that either, so please comment on that as well. I go to my Primary Care Provider tomorrow to get the medically supervised diet going. He knows I've been struggling with my weight but hasn't been documented I don't think. I was told need to go to doc once a month for next 6 months without missing a month or it wont count for the supervised diet. So figured get started on that now. I have my consult with Dr Sprunger at Tempe St Luke's on December 28th....so excited. Will update you all as I go along.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Seminar
Well on December 14th I went to the free seminar for weight loss surgery. It was very informative, but most I had already looked up and found out online and from obesityhelp.com . After the seminar I walked on over to Dr Sprunger's office and made an appointment for a consult with him to get things going. They said I have to have had gone thru a 6 month medically supervised diet with my doctor, so I made an appointment with my reg doctor and I have to go there on Tuesday Dec 20, 2011. My appointment with the bariatric doctor is on Dec 28, 2011 (my birthday - no big deal). After that I have no idea what is next but I guess we will soon find out in a couple of weeks. I cant schedule any surgeries etc till after beginning of year anyways cause that's when the new health insurance kicks in. So I cant go thru the approval process yet till it kicks in. Once it does she says I dont even need the ID cards yet just go online and print out a temp card for now, so we can get the process going. I thinks thats the next step after the consult is getting the surgery approved then the dietician etc. They gave me a check list for Cigna of their requirements so I cant check them off and get started on it and get clearance on some of it before the time comes for them to submit for approval to insurance. I so cant wait to get this going. I have to say the only thing I dread with all of this is gettin blood drawn and the IV, for the simpple fact that I am a very hard stick. When I go to doc or emergency room it is very hard for them to draw blood or to even put an IV in me. I wont allow them to keep digging around in there and keep poking me, I start figeting and crying like a baby when they do hurts so bad. They think my arm/hand/etc is a sponge....NOT!!! Other than that I am ready for it. I will try to post my vlogs if it will allow me to as I can.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
December 13, 2011
I am about to start my long journey to get rid of this excessive weight have carried for many years since I had my tubes tied. When I had that done everything exploded every which way and I gained over 107 lbs. I will try to blog each day to let you know what I have done, the steps had to take and journal my foods etc. Some days may be a bit hectic to try to blog if that's the case then I will blog at a time that I can. I am scheduled to go for my seminar on December 14, 2011. I registered for it thru the realize.com site and seen they had one going at the Tempe St Luke's Hospital on that date. With it being end of year, and out insurance bout to change. I wont set up no other things to do just yet till the new insurance kicks in. We will have a new insurance carrier their year so instead of Aetna (which I have now) I will have Cigna. Not sure what they cover etc, so have to wait for it to kick in and be in effect, then will have to call them and get the coverages for this from them, give them the codes etc. And get the approval going. This way can get it on the ball as soon as possible.
I will be going out to MO for week in Jan (from the 8-15) to visit with my family and friends. After I come back I am hoping to get this all going. I kinda like to get it going in a rush but then I cant till after my trip and after the insurance kicks in anyways. I may be able to get the insurance coverages and approvals before I take off to MO. I am doing this for my health. Ever since started putting the weight on my health has really gone down. I have major back problems, high blood pressure, asthma, problems sleeping. With the back problems in mind I cant carry anything of any weight, I cant lay flat of my back, etc. Lots of issues.
I have tried and tried different things through the years. Alot of it has been on my own. I have done Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, T.O.P.S., and even done the hcg protocol. While on the hcg I stuck with it for over a year to give it a fair chance. First round I lost 42 lbs and was fantastic, but as I went onto maintenance till time to start next round the weight crept back up there. Well it was time to start again so because I was back in school I decided to do the injections this time instead of the drops, simply for convenience. Do shot of morning and go on bout my day without having to worry bout the drops at certain times of day. The drops was homeopathic where the injections was pure rx. Well I done that round and was a total failure. So each round I did up though round 6 was a total failure no matter which brand or dosage I used. So it was bout for me to take my week long cruise to Alaska in May 2011 and decided to take a break till come back from that. About a week after my return I started it back up again, decided to give it another chance. While on hcg if under alot of stress the hcg will NOT work. Well got into about a week of the phase 2 with the injections and we had a tragedy in our home. My boyfriend was in a horrible motorcycle accident with left him seriously injured. He suffered broken leg (small bone) at the top where the joint connects to the knee, he had ribs 2-9 on right side all broken, lacerated liver, punctured ling, and from laying on opposite side in this desert heat of Arizona the pavement was literally frying him through his clothes and he got more than 3rd degree burns on shoulder. So with all the stress from that, spending day an night at the hospital with him, etc i decided to stop the hcg protocol and just concentrate on him and making sure he got proper care he needed and make sure they kept him clean etc (which they wasn't)and after he is well, come home, and walking again, then I would try it one more time. So, he came home and started physical therapy and when he got to the point where he was walking with just a 4-leg cane then I knew he was out of the water and would be fine, still going through physical therapy but is much better. So I decided to jump back onto my 7th round (keeping in mind thru this whole time since had started the protocol had only lost like 10-15 lbs total...after the gaining) so I tried a new brand that a friend of mine told me about and done it her way since she had done so well with it. Well guess what was a total failure again. So I threw my hands up in the air and said ok time to stop spending my money on something that just don't work for me and stop. I stopped, I had heard bout this bio-medic diet and juice fast diet, tried both of those was starving with the juice fast (still do the juicing just of a morning though), and the bio-medic made my blood pressure go to 135/105 and felt really weird so I stopped that as well. Cant put my health at risk.
So I am tired of all these yo yo diets that just don't work for me. I was on the hcg from Aug 2010 till Nov 2011 that's long enough for total failure and too much money spent on it. I decided to do what I had originally wanted to do in the first place before doing the hcg anyways, but thought would give it a chance, I think over a year is plenty of chance. I wanted to do this gastric surgery at that time but like I said thought I'd give the hcg a chance since it done so well with some of my friends. So I got onto realize.com created an account and looked for seminar in my area and found one here on Mill St in Tempe, AZ not far from my home.
So I have taken the first step and scheduled a seminar which is for tomorrow December 14, 2011 at 2pm at the Tempe Hospital. Sorry this is such a long introduction but wanted to get it all out there of what I have struggled with all my life.
I will be going out to MO for week in Jan (from the 8-15) to visit with my family and friends. After I come back I am hoping to get this all going. I kinda like to get it going in a rush but then I cant till after my trip and after the insurance kicks in anyways. I may be able to get the insurance coverages and approvals before I take off to MO. I am doing this for my health. Ever since started putting the weight on my health has really gone down. I have major back problems, high blood pressure, asthma, problems sleeping. With the back problems in mind I cant carry anything of any weight, I cant lay flat of my back, etc. Lots of issues.
I have tried and tried different things through the years. Alot of it has been on my own. I have done Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, T.O.P.S., and even done the hcg protocol. While on the hcg I stuck with it for over a year to give it a fair chance. First round I lost 42 lbs and was fantastic, but as I went onto maintenance till time to start next round the weight crept back up there. Well it was time to start again so because I was back in school I decided to do the injections this time instead of the drops, simply for convenience. Do shot of morning and go on bout my day without having to worry bout the drops at certain times of day. The drops was homeopathic where the injections was pure rx. Well I done that round and was a total failure. So each round I did up though round 6 was a total failure no matter which brand or dosage I used. So it was bout for me to take my week long cruise to Alaska in May 2011 and decided to take a break till come back from that. About a week after my return I started it back up again, decided to give it another chance. While on hcg if under alot of stress the hcg will NOT work. Well got into about a week of the phase 2 with the injections and we had a tragedy in our home. My boyfriend was in a horrible motorcycle accident with left him seriously injured. He suffered broken leg (small bone) at the top where the joint connects to the knee, he had ribs 2-9 on right side all broken, lacerated liver, punctured ling, and from laying on opposite side in this desert heat of Arizona the pavement was literally frying him through his clothes and he got more than 3rd degree burns on shoulder. So with all the stress from that, spending day an night at the hospital with him, etc i decided to stop the hcg protocol and just concentrate on him and making sure he got proper care he needed and make sure they kept him clean etc (which they wasn't)and after he is well, come home, and walking again, then I would try it one more time. So, he came home and started physical therapy and when he got to the point where he was walking with just a 4-leg cane then I knew he was out of the water and would be fine, still going through physical therapy but is much better. So I decided to jump back onto my 7th round (keeping in mind thru this whole time since had started the protocol had only lost like 10-15 lbs total...after the gaining) so I tried a new brand that a friend of mine told me about and done it her way since she had done so well with it. Well guess what was a total failure again. So I threw my hands up in the air and said ok time to stop spending my money on something that just don't work for me and stop. I stopped, I had heard bout this bio-medic diet and juice fast diet, tried both of those was starving with the juice fast (still do the juicing just of a morning though), and the bio-medic made my blood pressure go to 135/105 and felt really weird so I stopped that as well. Cant put my health at risk.
So I am tired of all these yo yo diets that just don't work for me. I was on the hcg from Aug 2010 till Nov 2011 that's long enough for total failure and too much money spent on it. I decided to do what I had originally wanted to do in the first place before doing the hcg anyways, but thought would give it a chance, I think over a year is plenty of chance. I wanted to do this gastric surgery at that time but like I said thought I'd give the hcg a chance since it done so well with some of my friends. So I got onto realize.com created an account and looked for seminar in my area and found one here on Mill St in Tempe, AZ not far from my home.
So I have taken the first step and scheduled a seminar which is for tomorrow December 14, 2011 at 2pm at the Tempe Hospital. Sorry this is such a long introduction but wanted to get it all out there of what I have struggled with all my life.
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