Here are my pre op postings! ENJOY!!**DECEMBER 7th, 2001 Hi! Kriss here, a very bubbly, over spoken 34 year old mother of 5! I am a very earthy person, that loves to scrapbook, always has a book in my hand and in an artist to the soul! I do tons of web graphics and enjoy all aspects of the new digital art world! My kids range in age from almost 13, almost 9, five in a half, 3 (dec 16), and 19 months! A boy at the top and a boy at the bottom and three girls in the middle! My husband is an Army MI UAV Pilot! I WILL be having this surgery, no one is telling me no, even if I have to pay for it myself. However with the help that the military gives to folks with severe morbid obesity (56% BMI right now) I am thinking it will not be a problem! I start my journey on Dec 14th with my first appointment/seminar and cannot wait for the rest of my grand adventure to a place I long to be! ** December 13, 2001 Well Tuesday I went to the doctors office to see my primary care giver. WHAT a jerk. Talk about frustrating. I did get an appointment for a psych eval, even if it will probably have to be redon. Who knows. I hate this medical facility. Am glad I do not have to go to a doctor here for this surgery!! Atleast the military is paying for it! I did loose a lb, so officially I am 361 according to the same scale. There is a nurse there that could be of more use to the insurance group then anyone else. She is FANTASTIC! She remembers me and today told me I remind her of Mama Cas, from Mamas and the Papas.. oh JOY.. lol bless her heart. Tommorow I got to the seminar with Dr. Zahn. We had a disappointment because my husband was coming with me without kids, but now a friend was ill and could not watch them. I really wanted him at my side. Will write more when I find out more! ** March 3rd, 2002 I had updated this, but I got a note telling me that there was a glitch, well DARN it.. lol I have an appointment Monday the 4th, TOMMOROW, and I am SO nervous! I do not even HAVE directions, why? Because SILLY me assumed they were in the same place as the seminar! I was told by someone locally they are not, but she has not gotten back online to give me the directions, but have no fear, even if I have to leave six hours early I will prevail and find it! *smile* I did a weird thing, I cut bangs for the first time in over 10 years, will have to put up a new PRE OP pic just for giggles, so it is more accurate! I am SO excited, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.. no worries on the Tri Care Prime front AT ALL! I have ALL my stuff done, did it all in waiting time! All I have to do is pick up and bring my psych eval up with me! I will have to run to the hospital to get it, BUT that is AGAIN ok!! I have ALL the support I could EVER hope for with my friends and family STILL!! My biggest thing I am thinking about, is OMG hmm I can pick my OWN style now.. I can DRESS the way I have wanted to dress in FOREVER and a day.. Oh but wait, there is more then one.. hmmmmmm what shall I WEAR when I am loosing weight.. lol
**MARCH 4th, 2002 Well I GAINED weight.. but I MADE IT to Pheonix! With ALL my ducks in a row, thanks to ALL the other LOOSERS in the area, I got a great set of directions, turns out it IS at the hospital I went to for the seminar! Again thank the gods! lol But it was an eventful drive up there. Embarrisingly enough, and I figure if I cannot be straight here, then how can I be straight with myself... I had an upset stomach, no big thing. I get one when I am nervous, there are TONS of rest stops, so no accidents.. right?? Well I felt better, and had to pass a little gas... right? NO... Hail Eros, she was looking out for me.. lol Apparently I had to REALLY want to go if they were going to let me get there, for I had an accident in my undies and it soaked to the skirt, and again THANK the GODS there was a Dress Barn on the way, and they had STRETCH jean materiel clam diggers, and a Hanes outlet store next door with my size undies.. yep you got it! BUT before I found the store, there was a hopeful period of rinsing them off in restroom sink, and try to clean the skirt off, it did not work. So when I got into the van, I took it all off from the waist down and prayed I could drive fast past the semis till I found a store.. BUT I made it! AND THAT is what counts right??? So the EXCITING news is that Tricare is QUICK to get back to the surgeon, so I have a SHORT wait!!!!!!!! I should know, and I qoute Samantha, "in about a week." WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Now off I go to CRASH, and dream about being able to NOT have these accidents, and if I do, any old store will do because I will be a NORMAL size!!!!!!! **April 10, 2002 Sorry about that, it has been a bit since I updated! I am SCHEDULED found out the Friday after my Monday appointment that Tricare approved me! So that was FOUR days and BOOM I had an approval! At times I think, "WOW that was just TO easy..." Then I realize, HEY the military takes care of their own and are ON THE BALL!! So... here I am today, exactly 6 WEEKS OUT.. and I am just nervous .. excited.. thrilled all rolled into one! I have since going to meet the doctor, lost 10 lbs, wahoooo... and been to two meetings with the Southern Arizona Support Group in Tucson, and even helped mediate it. But well I talk to much so it was rather funny. Thank goodness Brandi was there to keep everyone in line! I think the BEST advice I can give you is FIND A LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP and one online... Yahoo groups has TONS... there is no excuse, and on here, Obesityhelp.com it is INCREDIBLE info! I am SO excited!! Funny story, my mother and I went to Nogales to see the sites, and check for the prices of certain meds of course... and on the American side there are TONS of clothing stores with TONS of Hoochie Mama Clothing! I just looked at it and thought, with 100 bucks and my weight gone, I COULD have a whole new wardrobe! Latino Hoochie Mama CLOTHING! WAHOOOOO !! I cannot WAIT to have this surgery! **May 9, 2002 Again sorry for the NON update... my website has more info and updates! Pretty proud of that thing too! WELL I am DONE DONE DONE with the pre ops! All is good, though my thyroid is a little TO high.. LOL funny ha ha, I am FINALLY taking my thyroid meds on SCHEDULE, never missing a dose! And so now it needs to be lowered again! Oh well after the surgery, makes no sense to do it now... oh man, the SURGERY, it is 5 days away FIVE FREAKING DAYS AWAY... am I freaking out?? No, I have some things left to do, but am not freaking out. In fact I am being accused of being unemotional (ROFLMAO, me UNEMOTIONAL??????????? HAHA) I am just set, I have been, been researching and waiting there is no FREAK OUT yet... of course I WILL... I know this as well as anyone else does! I have been doing TONS of things to get ready, and I am still not even half way done, but HEY that is ok I will get it done. SO... keep checking the updates for me being on the other side are SOON to come! **May 12, 2002 Two days before surgery. We leave for Phoenix in less then twelve hours, I just have to wait for my mother in law to get here and then away I go. NO panic attacks yet, my kids are ansy, they want to go to bed, but I want them to see Grandma when she gets here because this is it, they will not see me tommorow morning. I am trying to make things as normal as possibly, I have not written any of those, "if you are reading this I am dead" letters. I just cannot do it. I had my nails done really wild except for my pinkies, check them out my NAIL picture!!! Oh My mother in law just made it!! That is the final step... I do have to say, however, it was pretty funny when there I was in Walmart deciding on tongs or a long wooden spoon.. measuring to see if it would reach my butt... ya my butt, in the aisle... ya it was a cute sight... sigh... So, away I GO!! wahoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you on the flip side!!!!!! |
