Well here I am making my first entry. I went to see the doctor that hopefully will do my gastric bypass surgery. He was very nice. I would say that he is around 35-40 yrs old. Now with the visit.
After having to have my primary doctor fax up the letter that they were suppose to do last week, because this doctor would not see me without having the letter I finally got to see Dr. Camacho. First off he went over most of the stuff that was covered in the seminar and then said that he would suggest I have the bypass and not the lapband. I said that I was wanting the bypass anyway. He also said that he does his surgeries laprascopictly. He also wants to set me up with their cardiologist, pulmonologist, physicaritrist, and dietician, plus there is a whole battery of other tests that have to be run. BUT FIRST I have to lose 30 lbs. I am high risk to begin with and it is in my best interest to lose it first. I figured I would have to before he even said it. I have an appointment for Oct. 5th to see the dietician for their diet, but until then I am going to follow the diabetic diet that I should have been doing better. I'm hoping that they will weigh me when I go next Friday and that I will have lost.
My sister Judi went with me today and is going to be with me through this whole thing. I have a lot of support between family and my church family. I feel very blessed to have all this support. I will hopefully keep this up to date after my appointments.
