I bet you are wondering where I’ve been. Well you know that old saying; if you don’t have something nice to say don’t say anything at all? I’ve been not saying anything. The last few weeks have been a nightmare. You know how they say when life hands you lemons make lemonade? Well what are you supposed to do when life hands you piss and vinegar? Because that’s about how I feel lately. First there [...]
Wow things are going so fast now! I got approved to send to the Surgeon on the 8th of September and they called me and set up an appointment for the 13th and I was so excited because I thought, wow that was quick. Then suddenly I had a tentative surgery date for the 19th of October, and they said they would call and let me know when they got the pre-approval from the insurance. [...]
I had my pre-opt consultation with the surgeon today. My surgeons name is Dr. Cagle with Southwest Medical Group Surgical Specialists in Vancouver, WA. Dr. Cagle spent a good deal of time with us discussing the surgery, going over the risks, and basically making sure that Jason and I both understood the procedure and making sure that we didn’t have any questions. Most of what she discussed I remembered from the Seminar that she had [...]
The one person that I just really have to mention here though is my weight loss surgery coordinator Cathy Gier. This woman has been quintessential to my journey so far. I have to laugh, and I hope Cathy does too, because gosh, when I first started this we sure didn’t get off on the right foot. Looking back now I find the whole thing sort of funny really. When I first called Cathy to get [...]
I had my two month follow-up visit with the Physician at SWMC today. Really the only thing I needed to accomplish in the last thirty days to make sure that I could move forward was losing four pounds. I did better than that, I lost twenty! That puts me at 349! I guess I should not be nearly as excited by that as I am, but when I started this back in June I hadn’t [...]
Okay, so my birthday was amazing. Not sure how amazing my food choices were, but they were definitely better than they would have been a year ago. I got extremely spoiled this year for my birthday. Probably more than I should have, but Jason is just that type of man, when he can do it, when we can afford it, he does it. My first birthday gift was a new iPod Touch from a group [...]
This has been a rather “hard week” for me. When I say hard, what I really mean is annoying and frustrating and one of those moments when I want to shout and someone and I just have to remember that this is a journey and that there are going to be bumps along the way. On the 13th sleep study at Northwest Sleep Health. Late last week I got a call from them asking me to come back [...]
Date Time Blood Sugar 9-Aug 1:20 AM 154 9-Aug 2:27 AM 154 9-Aug 7:46 AM 115 9-Aug 2:00 PM 142 9-Aug 10:50 PM 126 10-Aug 4:46 AM 138 10-Aug 12:14 PM 162 10-Aug 7:16 PM 113 11-Aug 3:04 AM 164 11-Aug 1:49 PM 143 11-Aug 8:43 PM 119 12-Aug 12:41 AM 114 12-Aug 11:18 AM 150 12-Aug 3:14 PM 143 12-Aug 9:18 PM 153 13-Aug 9:27 AM 116 13-Aug 1:06 PM 117 14-Aug 3:27 AM [...]
So several people in my life that are keeping up with my blog for info on what is going on with me in regards to my surgery have asked quite a bit about what I am doing for my exercise routine. When I started exercising a few months ago, I set out to walk a mile a day from the start. It took me about 30 minutes to do that at first, and I think [...]
I went in yesterday for the Sleep Study that I have to do pre-op. Now I have been diagnosed with Sleep Apnea for about 10 years. I was first diagnosed back in my early 20s the first time my weight hit 350lbs. Later when I lost all that weight when I first met Jason, and I was back down to about 225lbs again I was able to stop using the CPAP Machine and just go [...]
