Getting started.

I got on the ball right away. From the time I got home I started making phone calls. I was going to get all my appointments scheduled as quick as possible. I left there on Thursday afternoon, and I had my first test scheduled for Monday, (told you I was gonna get this done). The beginning for me was the sleep study. I figured, no big deal. I gotta go sleep somewhere and let them watch me sleep. I can do this one easily. I wasnt worried, I don't have sleep apnea, I don't even snore. OH MY GAWD. How the hell do they expect anyone to sleep with 20 pounds of wire hanging off our bodies???? REALLY PEOPLE! That was a nightmare...no pun intended. I barely slept, and I felt like a freak! I am new to this blog stuff, but I will see if there is a place to post a pic....but no laughing allowed.
I have to wait several days, but I am not worried about it much.
So, sleep study is over. The next thing I have is the mandatory weight loss meeting. I was so dreading this. The last thing I want to do is sit and listen to people talk. I would rather be stuck with needles than sit and listen to a lecture.
Wednesday night: Time to head to the dreaded meeting. I find a seat next to two really pretty ladies....overweight of course. =) We had a little small talk and then the guest speaker (a plastic surgeon) started talking. The topic of the meeting was cosmetic surgery after one reaches their goal weight. The before and after pictures were amazing. The Dr seemed pretty knowledgeable, but kind of annoyed me a bit. After he was done, our Bariatric nurse did a little talking, (I really like her). The meeting turned about US, and where we were at in our journey. People stood and announced their success. One of the ladies started about my size and less than two years later her body ROCKED! She is my new hero. I want to be her in 2012, that could be me in 2 years. Now I had a visual of what to look foward to. I was psyched and ready. The surgeons were also there, said a little speech and then took questions from anyone who had one. They seemed genuine and loved helping people like me. I felt very comfortable knowing my health was in their hands! So lesson learned tonight....don't assume the worst. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the meeting and cant wait till May so I can go the next one. Why do they only have them once a month. I want to go again sooner. LOL I crack me up.
So onto the rest of the test I have to get done. Luckily I had a pap a few weeks prior to all of this. It would just be the icing on the cake if I had to go through that while dealing with all of the other stuff. So whats left now???? Fasting labs, upper GI, Psych eval, and thats it! Christine said if I can get it all done by the 16th of April, she could probably get my a surgery date by the end of May! I am pumped!