1. I am going to plan to have the surgery done this year, maybe even next month!
2. Have to secure medical loan for $12,000. Doesn't that just sound fun? Donations accepted :)
3. EGD scheduled for this Thursday. Basically, they are going to stick a scope down my throat to check out my stomach and make sure all is ok. Doesn't that sound loverly? Um, no. Especially when they have to ask you questions like "do you have a living will" and makes statements like "make sure you have someone who will be with you for 12 full hours after the procedure". Thanks, that makes me feel comfortable. I'm more nervous about this procedure than I am the actual surgery!! Prayers welcomed.
4. November 4th...scheduled for psychological evaluation and appointment with nutritionist. I'm actually looking forward to this day.
5. Tomorrow I'm going to call and schedule the surgery date. I will be in the hospital less than 24 hours start to finish. One week of recovery. Then I'm "done"! There are little complications with Gastric Sleeve (which is the procedure I've decided on after meeting with the surgeon and talking a LOT with Jason). Doc said he has performed this surgery on close friends who he goes to dinner with and said you can hardly tell except that he eats 1/3rd of what Doc eats.
6. Prepare for brutal honesty....Doc said I can expect to lose 80% of my excess body weight. Keep in mind that is based on the 120 pounds that a 5'7" person "should" weight. He said I'd probably lose around 175 pounds. That is 1.75 New Kids on the Block.
7. First thing I will do the second it is possible: plan my trip to World's of Fun. Who's with me?!?!?!?!?!
8. Next step: start day-dreaming about the clothes I will get to wear. At my current weight, my style is largely determined for me. Not anymore, baby!! I have no idea what my style might be. Do you know I'm going to probably weight less than I did in the 6th grade! Since I probably won't dress like I did in the 6th grade, I'm going to have to start researching styles I like. How exciting! Gonna need help!!
Anxious is a good word for how I'm feeling.
2 comments:
Michelle, I will be praying for you tomorrow. I have had the EGD procedure. No biggie, you won't remember a thing from it. Praying for you through this whole journey.
Laura (signed in as my mom and too lazy to sign out and retype this.)
Meesh, just caught up on all the recent entries...so many things are happening in your life. BIG things! Man, I wish I could talk to you in person about it all and laugh and cry together! Do you have a surgery date scheduled? My cousin has TS, not the Mosaic kind. I can totally understand how this information is hard for you to process as it does affect your family. Isn't it frustrating when we don't get to choose our lives?! But so good for us too. I am praying for you as you think about all this, grieve, make decisions, and get ready for surgery. Dude. That just sounds overwhelming. Love you.
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