ljj2meow
SO, SO SAD
Oct 24, 2009
My surgery day was Monday. This was to be the first day of the rest of my life...a day I had waited for for so long. My family was all at the hospital with me when the nurses wheeled me off to the surgery suite and I was READY!
There's where the happy part of my day ended.
When I woke up, the first thing the nurse said to me was, "Honey, I have bad news; we weren't able to do your surgery; your liver was just too big...I'm sorry". As groggy as I was, I felt the tears start running down my cheeks; I truly wondered if I was just dreaming it. Unfortunately, I wasn't. It was true, they had gotten in there, fought with my liver, to no avail, and had to close me back up.
I have an excellent surgeon and she no longer does any OPEN procedures for the sake of the patients safety and recovery. I knew this and was very happy about it, but, I didn't think it was going to effect me. She said she runs into about one case a year like this.
I am recovering from the incisions and bruising, but, I'm so sad and depressed. I'm back on my protein diet and have an appointment to meet with the endocrinologist in 1 month.
I am SO sad...I can't stop crying and I have to go back to work on Monday.
Finally got a date!
Sep 25, 2009
My name is Jennifer, I turned 40 in November ('08), am very happily married with one 17 year-old son and I live just outside of Portland OR. I'm a corporate finanacial controller and although the majority of my job is spent in my office, I do some occasional traveling for conferences, budget meetings, etc.; mostly Salt Lake, Vegas & Chicago.
I've been overweight since I was a little child and have occasionally been able to take off 20-30 lbs, but have NEVER been able to hit the 40lb weight-loss mark. I've NEVER been thin and, as far back as I can remember (kindergarten), I was always the fattest kid in school; and every where else for that matter. At this point in my life, I'm in good health and surprisingly active for my size, which is why I decided to do this NOW, and not wait until I'm NOT in good health. I know diabetes is on my heels as both of my parents are Type II and my blood pressure is creeping up slowly.
I started the program at Legacy Good Samaritan Obesity Institute in January 2009 at 465 lbs. I've lost a total of about 35 lbs so far on a liquid protein diet prescribed by the endocrinologist (Dr. Raum). I finally completed the 6 months of "medically supervised weight management" that was required by my insurance company (BCBS of Minnesota) and was granted the "go ahead" to for my surgery consult with Dr. Emma Patterson, the surgeon that will be performing my Gastric Bypass.
I had my consult on 8/25/09, the request letter was sent to BSBS on 8/31, I received my approval 8 days later (I called BCBS every day to see if it was approved yet) and then immediately called Dr. Patterson's office with my approval number in hand to schedule the surgery. My date is Monday 10/19/09.
I'm nervous, but really getting excited. This is something that I swore I would NEVER do...never say "never".
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I've been overweight since I was a little child and have occasionally been able to take off 20-30 lbs, but have NEVER been able to hit the 40lb weight-loss mark. I've NEVER been thin and, as far back as I can remember (kindergarten), I was always the fattest kid in school; and every where else for that matter. At this point in my life, I'm in good health and surprisingly active for my size, which is why I decided to do this NOW, and not wait until I'm NOT in good health. I know diabetes is on my heels as both of my parents are Type II and my blood pressure is creeping up slowly.
I started the program at Legacy Good Samaritan Obesity Institute in January 2009 at 465 lbs. I've lost a total of about 35 lbs so far on a liquid protein diet prescribed by the endocrinologist (Dr. Raum). I finally completed the 6 months of "medically supervised weight management" that was required by my insurance company (BCBS of Minnesota) and was granted the "go ahead" to for my surgery consult with Dr. Emma Patterson, the surgeon that will be performing my Gastric Bypass.
I had my consult on 8/25/09, the request letter was sent to BSBS on 8/31, I received my approval 8 days later (I called BCBS every day to see if it was approved yet) and then immediately called Dr. Patterson's office with my approval number in hand to schedule the surgery. My date is Monday 10/19/09.
I'm nervous, but really getting excited. This is something that I swore I would NEVER do...never say "never".
