Follow up on PreOp

Hey everyone!

So yesterday was PreOp, and I was completely ill afterwards.
Ill, as in p*ssed off!

Anyhow, this is how it went down:

I had to be there at 7 am, so I got my vitals done and then I was weighed. I have lost an additional 4 pounds. Which is great! I have started (kinda) my pre op diet habits to go ahead and get into the swing of it. Official PreOp Protein diet starts Tuesday though.
After some others arrived, our PreOp class started. This basically was just to re-emphasize the facts and important basics that everyone should have already known if they paid attention in their Nutritional Eval. (Clearly some did not.)
After the class, we all went down and signed up for pre-registration and had our blood drawn, urine tests and meeting with the Anesthesiologist.

The Anesthesiologist explained some very interesting details to me, but basically I did find out that I could wake up with a breathing tube in my trachea - which kinda freaked me out. I knew one had to go down during surgery, but they said they may have to keep it inside a little longer. She told me not to freak out and try to pull it out, because it did NOT mean that surgery didn't go well just because it was still there. She explained that with obese people, sometimes after general anesthesia they have a longer period of time before the gasses are expelled and they don't want to risk a collapsed trachea.

March 9th is my EGD (Endoscopy), and I will FINALLY meet Dr. Duncan face to face! I am very excited - to meet Dr. Duncan, NOT for the EGD lol!!

The hospital will be calling be within 2-3 days before surgery to give me an arrival time. I will be in surgery for about an hour and a half, and will be admitted to the hospital overnight and then sent home.

This is basically the whole shabang, and if anyone has anything they wanna ask please don't hesitate to email me or comment!

*Skinny Dreams of Skinny Jeans!*

~Elizabeth

Pre Op is this week!

Video Update

And We Have a DATE!!!!

Surgery HAS been scheduled! We have a date! I am SOO excited, this is all becoming reality - very quickly!

Ready for the Drumroll...................................................

March 15th! <-- This is the 1st day of the rest of my life!

I am so very excited, and I will be posting more as we get closer. I have to go in for Pre-Op Feb 25th, and an EGD on March 9th.

Since I have never had an EGD I will surely be posting my experiences on that :)
For now,
signing off...

*Skinny Dreams of Skinny Jeans*
~Elizabeth

Communication is clearly lacking here....

Okay, so I know it has been over a week since I posted I believe....

There have been some minor setbacks, and hopefully by close of business Friday things will have been fixed.

Apparently, the case manager that handles my FMLA at my job did not clearly understand me and denied my claim. I really get upset when people do NOT listen. It is HER job to put those requests through accurately and efficiently, I understand that - but she should have just told me to hold off on sending my forms in rather than denying them because of some stupid crap.
So now, I am sitting here waiting on the Case Manager / "Nurse" from ANTHEM to get back with my Bariatric Coordinator about my benefits. This way I can resumbit my FMLA.

This is just more aggravating than anything, but I mean it's not like the world will quit spinning so I am moving on along.

Anyway,
I have really been going through some emotional valleys lately. I am not too sure as to what is going on here with me.
All I know is that I could always use a friend, and that sometimes I don't want to talk for hours, I would just rather email someone back and forth - to me that is better sometimes. Not to say I don't want to talk to my awesome friends, but when you feel down, you don't want to physically talk to anyone sometimes... so if you would like to email me, please feel free. edavis51907@gmail.com

Until next time:

*Skinny Dreams of Skinny Jeans*

~Elizabeth