New Patient Class

I attended the class today. They basically explained the surgery, how it works, why it works and complications.

Then the co-ordinator scared me with the insurance. She stated that some insurances require a six-month doctor supervised diet. I was thinking, "Oh, great....another road block."

I finally got to see the P.A. and he checked my belly button to make sure it wasn't herniated from my oophorectomy (ovary removal). Then I saw the Insurance Specialist and she advised me to schedule a Nutrition Class, a Doctor Talk (group lecture) and a "One-on-One" with the surgeon (NO SIX-MONTH DIET--yipppeeee!). I also had to schedule a Psychological Evaluation to help me cope with what is going to happen before surgery, after and the years to come.

I will FOREVER be on supplements (vitamins, iron and B-12). I would rather be on vitamin supplements forever than insulin and hypertension meds and God knows what else.

I will NEVER eat the same way again. If I do, I will get sick (dumping syndrome). Kinda scary thinking I will HAVE to change, not just "decide" to change. This is going to be for a lifetime. I cannot just divorce it or give up when I am tired of it.

And it could all happen within four months; not over a year as I anticipated.