Bypass Surgery?

Ok where to start. I finally after considering it for a couple of years now went and saw a bariatric surgeon to see about gastric bypass surgery. I've been considering it for a couple of years I've made the appointment a couple of times and always chickened out. Well, I finally went yesterday and everything sounded pretty good. He suggested that I go with the gastric bypass instead of the sleeve or the band, so I guess we're going with the gastric bypass. Now I just have to jump through the hoops for my insurance company and do everything that they want so that it will be covered so the journey begins.

I have a list of things that they gave me in a packet that tells me some of those stuff that I have to do. I hsve to go and see a psychologist, I have to make appointments for 6 months in a row with my primary doctor, and take a couple of nutrition classes and pre op classes and anything else that the insurance decides that I need to do before they will cover this procedure. Anyways a coordinator will call me by the end of the week to let me know what the insurance said and where I need to get started next.

So this blog is where I'm going to post updates, and everything that's going on as far as the surgery goes. What the insurance company is requesting, about the classes, about the doctors visits, and anything else so that you get a rundown of what's going on as far as getting this done and then after its done I will post my progress for those interested or anyone else that is going through this. But for the most part this blog is for me.  To post what I'm going through, thoughts, feelings, emotions and anything else I decide to share. It will be a tool for me to vent and keep up with what I feel will be one hell of a roller coaster ride emotionally.

I'm excited but scared.  The results the doctor thinks we will get excite me, this will change my entire life,  but I'm also being realistic and know this journey isn't going to be easy by a long shot.  I've researched,  read,  and watched enough videos of other people's experiences to know I have a long hard road ahead.

Now for the nitty gritty,  I'm starting this journey at 352 lbs on the doctors scales yesterday,  I will weigh myself on my scale first thing in the morning to get that reading.  I am 5'4" tall according to the doc yesterday and I am 48 years old. I have sleep apnea, diabetes, high blood pressure and afib and usually have edema in my legs and feet. I also suffer from COPD. I am on medications for most of these things,  this surgery should eliminate most if not all of these health problems. That in itself is exciting!

The scary parts are yet to come!  The diet of liquid I heard about before and right after surgery, exposing myself to the emotions I'm sure will surface and the endless appointments to satisfy doctors and insurance. And pain, but it cant be as bad as the pains I face in life now due to insensitive people, the aches of carrying around this much weight and all the limitations it has put on me physically and emotionally.

So to say I'm scared is an understatement! I am terrified,  but I'm ready to face whatever comes to change my life. So here we go, pray for me, wish me luck,  and follow me on this journey.

Till next time.....