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May 2001 Woo Hoo! Lots of news for this month. First, my consultation went well. I was impressed with Dr. Thayer and feel he is a genuinely warm, caring doctor with a lot of concern for his patients. He believes I am a good candidate for the surgery, and he seemed a little surprised that I had no other health issues other than my bum knee (from a skiiing accident long ago) and asymptomatic abnormalities in my kidneys (which always decrease/disappear then the weight goes down). The appointment was a little rushed but I will have a chance to talk with him again in June. All this makes me feel pretty good as I truly want to go into this surgery with the least health issues possible. And, within 3 weeks of the consultation I received surgery approval from Blue Cross Blue Shield. No questions, no problems! My surgery date has been scheduled for August 27. It's all going so well for me and I give God thanks for that :) Also, I weighed in during my consultation at 281, but that was with a lot of heavy clothes on (no rocks in my pockets though!), a large meal, and lots of water rolling around in my stomach. At the time I was actually about 275 or so. They calculated that the 281 is 141 lbs. overweight, so I can go down to 241 without losing my candidacy for the surgery. Yeah! And on that note, I picked up the treadmill again and am eating Nutri-System or Smart Ones frozen meals 5 days a week and on weekends I pretty much just eat regularly. Still losing weight, just slowly. That's great because if it keeps up at this rate my weight will still be acceptable by August. |
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