And now we wait

I finally got the OK letter from the PCP to the Surgeon and now we wait. The billing chick at the surgeon's office said she was waiting for the notes from the dietician (who works in the same office) and then she will be able to present the entire packet to the insurance. So now we wait.

Trying to be patient.

Hmmm, what else is happening? OH, my brother might be getting the LB too. He's younger than me and unlike me, he hasn't been heavy all of his life. In fact, HE (and my sperm donor, AKA father) used to tease me about my weight when I was a kid. My how the tables have turned. I don't hold a grudge against him. I called him stupid since he had a learning disability, but I can recognize now that we were both kids and I think he's forgiven me. I sure have him.

So, ya, he's put on quite the pounds since he's been married. He's on blood pressure meds, has sleep apnea, and is seeing a cardiologist. He is 30, much too young to have that many problems (hmmm, where have I heard that before?!) I've been casually talking to him about my interest in the surgery and I think he's starting to think it would be best for him too. In fact, I talked to him last night and he said he has the same insurance as me and he's seeing right now if they will cover it.

I think it would be AWESOME to share this experience with my brother. Through the years we haven't been exactly close, but I think this might bridge that gap. We don't live in the same state, but I think we both could help each other through it.

So, that's that. OH, I also want to send a shoutout to my friend Mo! She had her surgery on Tuesday and when I talked to her yesterday (for the first time! We *met* online) she sounded to be recovering nicely. She lives really close to me and sees the same doctor! You can bet I will be stalking her like a cat watching a mouse!! No pressure, Mo!! :) This town better watch out when we're two thin & HAWT mamas!! haha

What is going on???

OK, this isn't band related, kind of.

Everytime I log into this blog, I swear my password changes!!!!!!! WTF?!?!?! I have a few pwords that I use randomly for various sites. Since I've had this blog I've noticed that about 50% of the time when I enter my password, it tells me it's the wrong one. OK, silly me. I think I know what it is and I enter and voila! I'm in. Well, it says that I'm wrong a lot. So last time I made a reference to something that I KNEW I wouldn't forget, and associated it with my password. Well, guess what?! When I entered it just now...IT'S WRONG!! I don't know what is going on, but now I KNOW I'm not crazy. Just irritated. Grrrrr

3D movies, Smart Phones, the Kindle and then there are Fax Machines

With all of the amazing technology that is available to those of us with poseable thumbs in the year 2010, you would think someone would make a freakin' fax machine foolproof.

When dealing with dr's staff, how many times have you heard "you didn't get it? I faxed it about 20 minutes ago."

Now either they are:
A. Full of sh*t and they know they forgot to fax it, but are trying to CTA so they lie about it, or they did fax it but didn't wait for the confirmation and it didn't go through, OR it did get faxed, but somebody on the other end 'misplaced' it. Either way, you would think that with all of our modern technology, SOMEBODY would make the dang fax machine error-proof.

Yes, I'm frustrated. I got a call from the LB Dr's office and they said they finally got my pysch eval, but not the letter they need from my PCP. So I called my PCP and left a message. That was on Friday. On Monday afternoon, I get a call from the PCP who called to tell me my lab results and say that they faxed the letter to the LB dr. OR SO THEY SAID.

So, this AM I called the LB Dr and wanted to verify they received it. Take a wild guess. NOPE, they didn't get the fax. Frustrated, but still pleasant, I called my PCP again and of course had to leave a message. Did I receive a call back today? Of course not. So again, I will make the calls to both and see if someone can give me a freakin answer. SOOOOOO aggravating.

Thanks for listening to me rant.

Pic Post, Here is me

Here is a little montage of me. Roughly the difference from March 2009 to March 2010. Interesting that I looked thinner when I was 8mo pregnant than I do not pregnant. See, I told you I was one of those weird people that lose weight during a pregnancy and right after giving birth....but then it ALWAYS finds me.

Anyway, here ya go. Oh, those two girls with me are my beautiful teen cousins. I don't compare myself to them usually, but it just occured to me that if, I mean WHEN, I lose the weight, that is pretty much what I might look like less 100lbs or so. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. ;)

Damn You Big Brother

Sorry it's been a while since I've updated my blog. I normally do it from work (teehee) except when I came in on Tuesday, I found that 'blogs and personal sites' have been blocked. WTF!?! (Anyone know how to get around Websense??? leave me a comment!) So of course I can't go and complain that my site is blocked, now can I?! So I have to just deal with it, I suppose. It sucks. I'm on the PC all day at work and when I get home for the night, the last thing I want to do is surf the net. Don't those silly corporate head honchos know that that's what work is for?!?! Sheesh.

Anyway, so it's Mom's Day eve and my big girl and DH are out shopping. So typical, but at least it gave me some quality time with P2, and I get to update my neglected blog.

On a band note, I had the visit with my PCP on Thursday. This was the visit to get my "OK for surgery" letter from him. Here's how it went.

Dr: So you're finally getting the lapband.
Me: (errr, that was kinda rude) Yes, I'm hoping to.
Dr. So, what do you need from me?
Me: Ummm, I'm not sure. Just a letter saying that I'm clear for surgery, I think.
Dr. Oh, is that it?
Me: Yes, I think so.
Dr. Well, do they need an EKG or some labs?
Me: (getting irritated at this point) I don't know, maybe you should call their office and ask what it is they need done exactly.
Dr. OK, let me see if I can get them on the phone.

I'm thinking, HELLOOOOO McFly!!!!!!!! You're the damn doctor, FIGURE IT OUT!!!!!!

Then he leaves. Comes back a few minutes later and says, "we'll just get some labs on you to make sure everything is within normal range." Ummmmmm, OK.

So once that is done he comes back in and says that's it and mentions that his staff will get on the letter. Now I'm waiting. Yesterday, I called the surgeon's office to see if they had received that note. Nope, not yet. They hadn't rec'd my shrink eval either, so I called my PCP again and left a message. Of course since it was a Friday, no one returned my call.

Now I'm waiting, AGAIN. No one told me this whole band thing is a 'hurry up and wait' game. Patience is a virtue I was absenst the day it was handed out. :)

On a good note, I went to Old Navy today and bought a cute pair of lounge shorts with a cute little tank top. Right now, I don't even know if it will fit my ass (it's an XL), but I think I will use it as a point of reference outfit. Maybe I will try to squeeze my hiney into it, take a pic in all my fat glory, and just hold onto it until I start to look better it in and then post a before and after.

To all the moms out there, I wish every one of you a beautiful Mother's Day with your family!

Surgeon's office called

So my surgeon's office called yesterday to let me know they didn't have my pysch eval or my clearance for surgery letter from my pcp. Grrrrr

The letter: The day after my first consult with the surgeon (Dr.D from now on), I called my pcp (Dr. G) to have them send that letter over to Dr. D's office. Well, Dr. G's nurse said that Dr.D's staff would need to contact them in order to get that letter. Grrr. I called Dr.D's office and left a message for them and I never heard from her again. Well, she's the same one that called yesterday so I informed her that I tried to get that letter but Dr.G's office was waiting on her. Grrrr

She said she would call them. (twiddles thumbs)

Dr.D's also asked if I had my pysch eval and I said yes, and she said she would call Dr.M for that.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I'm hoping she got all of that sorted out so she can hurry up and submit to my insurance. Doesn't she know I'm ready to be thin???????????

I bought two things yesterday, for the future me. I bought them on clearance! A form fitting sleep shirt, a size large & a tight little black sweater, again a large!!! I'm hoping by December I will be able to wear both of them and not look like a stuffed sausage!! :)

Speaking of which...we had a few family pics taken at my DD's birthday party and BLAH is all I have to say. :(

Busy Busy Busy

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. My DD had her first birthday party this weekend and we've been super busy! I can't believe my baby is ONE!! Seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with her and now she's a year old!! My, time does fly once you have children.

Anyway....so last Friday I had my visit with the dietician. That was one hour of my life I will never get back. There were 4 women and myself, plus one man in the class. One lady was having the full bypass, one lady was getting the sleeve, and the rest of us were getting banded (hopefully!). I found it interesting that was only one man there. Is weight loss surgery patients prodominately women?? I wonder why that is? Interesting what that says about our society, if it's true.

So about the class. We were given a booklet with a rough outline of what we're supposed to be eating post op. That was it. He gave a little speech about the importance of eating slowly, choosing proteins over carbs, etc... Nothing new really. One lady asked about the vitamins we should take and it wasn't anything out of the norm. Multi vitamin, D with calcium, and B12. Maybe iron if we need it, but we won't know until after the surgery and they take labs. Anyway, it was kind of a waste of time, but it was another hoop and I gladly jumped through it!