loris4

August 16, 2002 WOW, where do I begin. A lot has happened since the last entery. First, let me say, I DID IT... I lost my 15 pounds and then some, a total of 20 pounds. I'm sooo happy. I whent to another support group meeting today just to get weighed in and have it documented . I am glad I whent I found out a few things. One is I cant have my surgery done lap due to me having to have my gal bladder out, they cant go in laperscopically and take out the gal bladder, its to risky, they cant move the liver out of the way to get to the gal bladder, oh well, bad news for me, guess I will have to do this open, more recovery time is all. Another thing I have to do is a sphyc evaluation, dont have a date for that yet, but I am working on it, its a new mandatory test. They need to see if I am ready for such a life changing operation. The Good news is, I wont have to have my surgery so far away, they are putting another team right here in Manchester, at elliot hospital, I live right around the corner literly . So I will see the nurse and dietitian on the 8th of october and then from there I should get my surgeons consultation date the same day. I will have to go to elliot in Manchester for that appointment seeing that where my surgery will be done. Well, this is all for now, see you on the 8th of october

September 19, 2002 Update... I have a psychiartric evaluation appointment on October 3rd, just in time before i have to go to my next appointment, with out that done by the 8th ( my next appointment ) I wouldnt of got my next appointment, so I am very happy about that. A little word of advise,,, make sure you say you need a PRE OP psychiartric evaluation wich only should take a hour or so, if you dont mention pre op you will get scheduled a full 5-6 hour evaluation, the woman who I am scheduled with has done these types of evaluations for this surgery for this hospital befor, so easy streak for me yahhoooo. I will update when I see her on the 3rd. : )

October 3, 2002 Seen the psychiatrist today, it was very simple and quik. She asked me some basic questions, depression, family upbringing, alchol and drug history, then she whent straight to the surgery, spent more time with that. She wanted to make sure I was ready, she passed me with flying colors, and it dosnt look like I am nuts, he he he he.
I wasnt worried about her passing me for this surgery, I am ready and whent in with total confidance and I think she seen that.
My Nurse practitioner and nutrionist appointment got rescheduled, only for two days later, could of been worse. So know my next appointment is on the 10th of October rather than the 8th. I cant wait.

October 10, 2002 My big day, It whent GREAT. I have to addmit, I was nervous. The nurse and dietition were great.
All my required things were done. The nurse basicaly whent over things I allready knew about the surgery. Good news is she said she is going to put me in for laperscopical surgery wich is what I wanted , I must of misunderstood when I heard at one of the sapport group meetings that if you need your gal bladder taken out you could only have open surgery, talk about a glow in my eyes!!! she asked me if I ever had a gal bladder atack , I told her no, That I didnt even know I had stones, she said well then most likely you dont need the gal bladder taken out any ways, and they will give me medicine to reduce the size of the stone. Either way if I had to have it taken out, most likely I could still have lap. She also asked me to show her what they were going to do to mt stomach, she mad me veiw an un altered diagram.
That was easy!!! Oh, and she showed me the staples on a sinulated foamie stomach, that was neat, they are so tiny, nothing like I thought they would be, almost looks like thread. She then set me up for my next appointment wich is with the surgeon, yipeee, I cant belive it Its for October 31. Only three weeks away.
The dietitian was simple, talked about the diet and viatamins I will be on, Nothing she told me I didnt allready know. We talked about previous diets Ive tried. Like I said quik and simple. See you on the 31st.