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So I've been slacking getting these from youtube to here so here ya go!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqG-padwgOQ[/video]

 

 

 

 Ok, not really. I mean it's a lot....just not a lot of reading on your part!

Since I was here last, I:

- Got in to see a Dr
- Did my diet (6months)
- Got my insurance approval
- HAD MY SURGERY!!!!!


So here I am. 7 days post-op LapBand.  I went with the Relize band.  It has a lower profile port and my Dr sias his PA hits the easier....that was enough for me!

I'm still getting a little tightness and a TINY touch tender from my incisions.  I've got a youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/BandedB

And when I figure out how to embed the videos I'll start doing that!

Till then...Stick around! I'm ready to ROCK!!!

So it's been like....a while :) since I travled this path.  I've been so busy working (7 days a week now) that I haven't even considered it.  But its been a topic lately...one we've been seriously revisiting.  We were really let down by the last surgeon.  They really made my SO feel "uninportant".  Now I know its MY decission.  And mine alone...but I've made it.  It's done.  I want her to be part of my journey.  Is that wrong?  So I decided to find another surgeon...which means...another seminar...more paperwork...but in the end if she's more comfortable about it...then I'm happy.

Well...that's it.  That's where I am.  I'm sorry It's been so long...but hey...its a long road right?

:D

So...I did it.  I went to the seminar.  I learned a bit...of course I left with more questions than answers.  I went to this online thing they have and I filled out all the information...or as much as I could.  Now I'm just waitin for an appointment.

I'm still hittn the gym hard.  5-6 days a week. Nutrition is good. But I'm having doubts.  I'm still not certin this is the thing to do.  I mean I got down to 225 pounds before....why all the sudden is it different.  Why do I want surgery now...am I just being lazy?

So I figure for now...I'm going to keep chugging. I mean...Its not an overnight process.  If I have the WLS or not I gotta start eating right and working out....so I just decided I'd start my diet, get in to see the doctor. Start my 6 months, and when I get the red tape cut, and the tests out of the way and that day comes to set a date...I'll know then if its the right thing to do...right???

*sigh*

So I spent the last 5 days on the computer.  Reading...searching...reading...calling...emailing...calling...searching...then I found him.

His name is Dr Erik B Wilson...of course I looked up his information on the Memorial Herman website:

http://www.memorialhermann.org/physicians/PhysicianDetail.asp?person_id=7530428

Local doc...which I kind of like.  And I read ALL the reviews on OH:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bariatric+surgeon+profile+Erik+Wilson+kjp.html

So I figured what the hell...I called him to schedule an appointment.  HURDLE #1

So before I can actualy see a the Dr, I have to attend a seminar...understandable.  But kind of frustrating.  I'm hoping its not an indicator of things to come.  So Scheduled it for next Wednesday evening.  Should be informative!

Another thing thats been kind of bothering me is my qualifiacations.  I've never been diagnosed with Hypertension...sleep issues...diabeties, althought I have an extensive family history and struggle with hypoglocemia when I dont eat right...any I have throyd issues that I take medicine for.  My BMI is 43.2.  Now even thought I've spent the last 3 years on a nutrition/fitness program...I fear that if I have to spend the next 6 months under a Doctors spervision...My BMI will fall too low for my insurance to cover it...that's a serious issue.  So then I ask myself...maybe this isn't the path for me.  Maybe I'm just not as bad as I thought I was...I can tell alreday...the next few weeks is going to be nerve racking....