Yup. I have a functioning heart. Today I had a stress test, to check my heart and such, and the cardiologist cleared me for surgery!
The stress test was much less painful than people told me it would be. First they took a sonogram of my heart in its resting state, and then they had me [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Great news! I have a heart!
Posted in appointments, breathing, cardiologist, christine, dad, diet, doctor, food, josie, medical stuff, mom, nutritionist, optifast, thoughts on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Pulmonologist, and the first problem
Posted in appointments, breathing, doctor, pulmonologist, quitting smoking, surgeon, thoughts, treatment on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yeah, so we’ve hit a snag. I was trying to have all my doctors appointments for pre-surgical testing done before November 6th, when I’m supposed to see the nurse who runs the surgical program. If I could have everything done by then, we could have moved up my follow up with the surgeon, and bumped [...]
Sleep Study
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve started with all of the pre-surgery appointments, and the first was the sleep study. I’m going to start bringing my camera around with me to photo document what I’m doing as well. these were taken on my camera phone.
I got to my appointment at 9:15, and met Shawn, the technician who would be monitoring [...]
Opti-Fast
Posted in control, diet, food, optifast, support group, thoughts on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, I started the Opti-fast on Monday. I was given these juice box sized pre-mixed shakes (which are awesome, because I can take them with me and don’t have to mix up shit). So far, I’ve had the chocolate and the French vanilla. I’ve also got strawberry, but I haven’t tried it yet. The [...]
The Doctor
Posted in LAP Band, bdsm, body image, kink, surgeon, thoughts on October 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
So, I had my consult with the surgeon. Everyone is right – he’s brilliant, but he’s got a shitty bedside manor.
Now, in the interest of being honest with my doctors, I tend to reveal all information that may be pertinent. Namely, that I occasionally smoke pot, and that I engage in BDSM.
Apparently, with this doctor, [...]
Control
Posted in control, food, thoughts on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I’ve been proud of since I decided to have the surgery has been myself control. I’ve already given up soda and beer, as I can’t drink carbonated beverages after the surgery. (And really, not at all. They aren’t good for anyone trying to lose weight.)
Even going to the Peculier Pub was [...]
