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07-28-2010, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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When I was getting ready to go for my surgery, someone at the surgeon's office suggested it'd be a good thing to take copies of my records with me, just in case. I'm glad I listened!!
I was over an hour into pre-op prep, IVs running and wired for lights and sound, when a nurse with a clipboard came bustling into the room and told me that they didn't have the results of an important test, and they couldn't take me into surgery without it. She said that I'd have to wait until my PCP's office opened so she could get them to fax what she needed, and then they'd "fit me into the schedule somehow." (It was 6:45 AM, I had a 7:30 date with the OR, and the doctor's office opens at 9:00!    )
I waved in the direction of my CPAP bag in the corner and told her that if she looked in the side pocket she'd find what she needed. She looked, she found, she copied, and the crisis was over before it had really begun.
Odds are it won't happen to you. Wanna play the odds with something this important?
Just a friendly word to the wise. 
CT
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07-28-2010, 08:04 PM
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#2 (permalink)
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,729
Weight Statistics 1/1/2010 Start Date:
August 3, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
208 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
84 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7671232877 % % Lost:
December 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.1248852158 BMI Start:
33.5684113866 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Always a good reminder Perfessor!
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I'm doing this for me, so I can be healthy and live the life that God intended me to live.
23 pounds lost prior to surgery.
Mel
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07-28-2010, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Dakota..ya sure, u betcha!
Posts: 1,738
Weight Statistics Which time? Start Date:
July 24, 2009 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
213 lb Start Weight:
108 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2957746479 % % Lost:
Whenever.... Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.0160873312 BMI Start:
21.8109738581 BMI Current:
24.2344153979 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hmmm..good idea, especially if you don't have your surgeon and PCP in the same facility.
Thanks for the good reminders.
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07-28-2010, 10:24 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Illinois
Posts: 119
Weight Statistics 3/15/10 Start Date:
8-3-10 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
264 lb Start Weight:
185 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
79 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.9242424242 % % Lost:
one year from surgery date Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.9271005917 BMI Start:
30.7822485207 BMI Current:
29.1183431953 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Perfesser,
Thanks for the reminder!!!!! Quote:
Originally Posted by Perfesser  When I was getting ready to go for my surgery, someone at the surgeon's office suggested it'd be a good thing to take copies of my records with me, just in case. I'm glad I listened!!
I was over an hour into pre-op prep, IVs running and wired for lights and sound, when a nurse with a clipboard came bustling into the room and told me that they didn't have the results of an important test, and they couldn't take me into surgery without it. She said that I'd have to wait until my PCP's office opened so she could get them to fax what she needed, and then they'd "fit me into the schedule somehow." (It was 6:45 AM, I had a 7:30 date with the OR, and the doctor's office opens at 9:00! )
I waved in the direction of my CPAP bag in the corner and told her that if she looked in the side pocket she'd find what she needed. She looked, she found, she copied, and the crisis was over before it had really begun.
Odds are it won't happen to you. Wanna play the odds with something this important?
Just a friendly word to the wise.
CT |
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07-28-2010, 10:38 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 158
Weight Statistics October 2009 Start Date:
October 25 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
285 lb Start Weight:
202 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
52 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.1228070175 % % Lost:
it dosnt mater long as i feel good Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.9147949219 BMI Start:
34.6694335938 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Are these test results that they mail to you or should i ask for them . I just finished all my prep's such as diatitian , behaivior specialst and such . They are now sending it to the insurance . All involved belive i should have no problem getting aproved .So i'm hoping . But with my luck a lost test result sounds like something that would happen to me ( the only luck i have is bad luck LOL ) So i want to be ready and prepared .
Thank you for all your advice and moral support too !
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07-28-2010, 11:40 PM
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#6 (permalink)
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I went to the doctor's office and asked for a copy of everything they had. Same with the lab at the hospital where I had all my work done. It's 90 miles from my doctor's office to the bariatric surgeon's practice and hospital, so I wanted to have it all with me.
Ya gotta ask for them, but make sure you do, especially those of you who are doing it next week!! Ask now and pick them up before you go.
CT
__________________ da perfesser
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Dare to live your dream!!
If you want to be healthy for life, do for life the things that get you healthy!! Living healthy takes work. Dying fat is easy!! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." - HJ Grant
"Do, or do not. There is no try!" - Yoda
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10-24-2010, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lake Ridge, VA
Posts: 6
Weight Statistics
5' 9"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
296 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Lb Left to Lose:
Body Mass Index43.706784289 BMI Start:
43.706784289 BMI Current:
28.0550304558 BMI Goal:
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that's a great tip. Thanks.
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