This process is taking so much longer than I thought it would. I guess because I have been contemplating surgery for such a long time in my head, like years, that once I made my decision I thought it would go faster. I have been working through the steps though. I took the nutritional classes and they gave us a bunch of useful information. I liked the girls in my group but I was hoping we could get closer, like go through this together but that just isn't happening. Everyone is busy and at a different points in the process. I went for my blood work and I have a bacteria in my stomach so I just finished 2 weeks of antibiotics and need to test negative in order to get insurance approval.
I finally meant with the surgeon and that went pretty well. He answered all my questions very patiently. Told me I was an excellent candidate and prepared me as much as possible for the surgery. I wont meet the surgeon again until the morning of my surgery. So as of now I have to go for my blood work to see if the bacteria is gone and an EKG, because my primary wants it before he will send his note of approval. If both of these things are fine then they can go to my insurance company for approval. I'm just hoping everything goes ok today.
I haven't been eating mindfully at all. I haven't weighed myself either but I can tell I am gaining weight. I think I weighed 331 at the doctors office which was a couple weeks ago. That really sucked! I am going to start working out again and just focus on that and not my food right now. Usually when I start a workout regimen it's easier to eat healthier. Your body just craves healthier food. Plus I feel like I need to get in shape for the surgery.
