Dr. Bow Tie

So we're moving right along ...

July 1, 2015

Today was my consultation with the surgeon.  I was nervous.  Like, very.  The last time I had been in that office I had a lump in my breast and saw a surgeon I absolutely did not like. (Benign, no surgery, no worries.)  I didn't know what he might do as far as an exam and I already knew I probably wasn't going to like him.  ('Cause remember the surgeon I met at the seminar, Dr. Pretty Eyes?  He had set the bar high.  Oh, I didn't mention he had pretty eyes?  He did.  But that's really not important in the grand scheme of things.

So, Dr. Bow tie came in to meet us.  Yep, us.  My husband was right by my side again!  Dr. Bow Tie wasn't wearing a bow tie but in staff pictures he had worn one and that's how I had envisioned him.  Anyway, Dr. Bow tie.  He.  Was.  Wonderful.  I mean, really, really wonderful.  Buh bye Dr. Pretty Eyes hello Dr. Bow tie!

He asked if I knew which surgery I wanted and I told him unless someone smarter than me thought other wise, I was pretty set on the gastric bypass.  He smiled and said he was glad.  He said he had been prepared to try to talk me into that.

He said at my age with my obesity history, obesity related health issues, and my hurry to get back to life, he thought it was the very best option.

He laid out a list of things I needed to accomplish before seeing him again:

• Read "The Expert's Guide to Weight Loss Surgery" by Garth Davis, M.S.
• See the psychologist, required for all weight loss surgery candidates
• Have a physiological evaluation
• Take a nutritional class at the weight loss surgery center (all of which I had planned for, I even already had the book.  But what I hadn't planned for was ... )
• An endoscopy, which truth be told didn't scare me as much as the required IV that went along with it.  He wanted to see what damage years of overeating and acid reflux had caused.  Was there anything he would need to treat before or fix during surgery?

So.  There it was.  It was gettin' real up in there.  All I had to do was to wait for each of the places I needed to consult at to call me.  Oh, and get going on reading that book!

Next blog I'll try to write about what made me sure WLS (weight loss surgery) was for me and what tipped the scales in the gastric bypass direction!

"He must increase but I must decrease." - John 3:30

Be blessed y'all!