I went to see the G.I. Specialist. He is sending me for tests but seems to think I may have Gall Stones. I came home and researched the symptoms for Gall stones. I don't agree. The pain I have starts right below my throat and continues down through my abdomen. My symptoms conflicts with the Gall stone symptoms listed.
If you have symptoms, you most likely will have mild pain in the pit of your stomach or in the upper right part of your belly. Pain may spread to your right upper back or shoulder blade area. Sometimes the pain is more severe. It may be steady, or it may come and go. Or it may get worse when you eat. ( I found this at Web Md)
Whatever it is I just wanted taken care of so I can get a Lap band. But I don't want to go through a bunch of unnecessary of junk just because a Doctor looks at Me and sees a FAT person and immediately diagnosis me for a certain disease. I hate when Doctors can't look past me being Obese to see any other reason for a illness. Its really frustrating.
I'm having a ultrasound to see if I really do have Gallstones Monday morning. I will let you know!
Showing posts with label Obesity. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Bailed my Lapband Consult!
Early this morning I was on the computer and searched for my Lap band Surgeon's website to print out the patient information packet I needed to take to my appointment. The website had expired on the 14th on November. I sat there looking at the computer dazed. I was going to a Surgeon who had let his website expire??? This was my first Red Flag of the Day.
I decided to look up Dr. Hixon and see if there were any complaints filed against his medical license. There were no complaints yet he has 3+ malpractice suit he has paid. This was my Second Red Flag of the Day.
The only reason I went to the appointment was my Mom had an appointment at Emory University, and she wanted me to ride with her to Atlanta. I was so NOT going to go.
When we got to the Atlanta Medical Center, the area was run down, not well kept, not a hostipal I wanted to go to by choice. This was my Third Red Flag of the Day.
I walked into the Building, and was greeted by a Homeless Woman. Sitting with her Grocery Sacks, and empty coffee cup she was collecting change in. She was quite nice and I felt bad that I had nothing to give her.
The walls were poorly lit, the carpet were ragged and worn, the walls needs to be scrubbed and painted. When I got the Elevator, I said a Prayer because I truly was not sure we would survive the trip. When I arrived at my Floor, I got off looked for some direction to my Surgeon's office.
It was easily found, written in Permanent Black Maker on the wall. 440 to the Left. This was my Fourth Red Flag of the Day.
Shaken and traumatized from the trip up. I arrive at the office . I arrived in the office. They said they were just calling me. I looked down. yes I missed a call. They were calling me to tell me Dr. Hixon couldn't see me today he could reschedule for after the holidays. uhhhhhhhhh......... no thanks I will get my own.
I decided to look up Dr. Hixon and see if there were any complaints filed against his medical license. There were no complaints yet he has 3+ malpractice suit he has paid. This was my Second Red Flag of the Day.
The only reason I went to the appointment was my Mom had an appointment at Emory University, and she wanted me to ride with her to Atlanta. I was so NOT going to go.
When we got to the Atlanta Medical Center, the area was run down, not well kept, not a hostipal I wanted to go to by choice. This was my Third Red Flag of the Day.
I walked into the Building, and was greeted by a Homeless Woman. Sitting with her Grocery Sacks, and empty coffee cup she was collecting change in. She was quite nice and I felt bad that I had nothing to give her.
The walls were poorly lit, the carpet were ragged and worn, the walls needs to be scrubbed and painted. When I got the Elevator, I said a Prayer because I truly was not sure we would survive the trip. When I arrived at my Floor, I got off looked for some direction to my Surgeon's office.
It was easily found, written in Permanent Black Maker on the wall. 440 to the Left. This was my Fourth Red Flag of the Day.
Shaken and traumatized from the trip up. I arrive at the office . I arrived in the office. They said they were just calling me. I looked down. yes I missed a call. They were calling me to tell me Dr. Hixon couldn't see me today he could reschedule for after the holidays. uhhhhhhhhh......... no thanks I will get my own.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Got my Surgeon Consult Appointment!
It took a little bit of run around on the phone today but after not much really I was able to get my Consult appointment made with my Lapband @ Surgeon. Woooooooooo hooooooo!
Things are on a roll now! I got on his website and got a bit frightened there was no information there about Lapbands@ only Gastic Bypass. I called the office back and asked if Dr. Hixon did Lapbands@ regularly. They said he did, and had been for 7 to 8 years now. Okay, that makes me feel a little better but I would still feel better if he was listed on the Lapband website.
I had a MRI scheduled today 40 miles from my Home. I got there almost a hour early to do paperwork. I played on the internet on my phone and hung out in the lobby while I waited for my appointment . I was in no hurry, I was doing just fine. They took me back to do my MRI, and she casually asks me you don't have a pacemaker do you? UHHHHHHHH, YES I DO! I have a ICD! Did you miss that on my PAPERWORK?
I Couldn't have the MRI. Apparently I can never have a MRI again. It will destroy my ICD. It will burn out the battery in it completely. You would of thought, my Doctor would of known this.
I surely will from now on. So, they ask me if minded waiting while they called over and tried to get my Doctor to send order for a Cat Scan instead. Yeah, Im already driving a 100 mile round trip, and I want to know what is causing the headaches that are worse than my Migraines. I want to know if something is wrong with my Brain.
I finally got in the CT scanning room 2 hours later, and she tells me to lay down flat. YOUR KIDDING RIGHT? Flat on my back? All 320 lbs of me lay down, and I'm instantly in agonizing pain. Pain shoots up my back and down my legs. I ask if I can bend my legs, and she swiftly puts a support under my lower legs. MUCH BETTER. Still I am about to fall off the thing. I can't figure out what to do with my Arms. I can't let them just hang down and they are too fat to cross over my chest. We finally figure out to hook my hands through my belt loops and hold on. Seriously. This one test made me wonder how I am going to make it through testing for my Lapband@.
One great thing about the day, I weighed myself before I left, I'm down 2 more lbs!
Things are on a roll now! I got on his website and got a bit frightened there was no information there about Lapbands@ only Gastic Bypass. I called the office back and asked if Dr. Hixon did Lapbands@ regularly. They said he did, and had been for 7 to 8 years now. Okay, that makes me feel a little better but I would still feel better if he was listed on the Lapband website.
I had a MRI scheduled today 40 miles from my Home. I got there almost a hour early to do paperwork. I played on the internet on my phone and hung out in the lobby while I waited for my appointment . I was in no hurry, I was doing just fine. They took me back to do my MRI, and she casually asks me you don't have a pacemaker do you? UHHHHHHHH, YES I DO! I have a ICD! Did you miss that on my PAPERWORK?
I Couldn't have the MRI. Apparently I can never have a MRI again. It will destroy my ICD. It will burn out the battery in it completely. You would of thought, my Doctor would of known this.
I surely will from now on. So, they ask me if minded waiting while they called over and tried to get my Doctor to send order for a Cat Scan instead. Yeah, Im already driving a 100 mile round trip, and I want to know what is causing the headaches that are worse than my Migraines. I want to know if something is wrong with my Brain.
I finally got in the CT scanning room 2 hours later, and she tells me to lay down flat. YOUR KIDDING RIGHT? Flat on my back? All 320 lbs of me lay down, and I'm instantly in agonizing pain. Pain shoots up my back and down my legs. I ask if I can bend my legs, and she swiftly puts a support under my lower legs. MUCH BETTER. Still I am about to fall off the thing. I can't figure out what to do with my Arms. I can't let them just hang down and they are too fat to cross over my chest. We finally figure out to hook my hands through my belt loops and hold on. Seriously. This one test made me wonder how I am going to make it through testing for my Lapband@.
One great thing about the day, I weighed myself before I left, I'm down 2 more lbs!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Where it all Started
I have been struggling with weight issues, and food my whole life. Like others I was always the fat girl with the "Such a Pretty Face". When I was school age child I was actually a normal size but I had image distortion because of my Father. The little belly I was carrying no way had me in overweight or obese BMI but he called me his Baby Elephant, His Baby Hippo. When I reached my PreTeen years I became very curvy and tall at very young age like 12 and 13. I was 5ft 7 and worn a 36DD cup.
In the 8th grade my Father grounded me the entire summer, unless I stayed on Cambridge ( A Liquid Diet Supplement) and got down to 120lbs. I drank the Cambridge in his Face, and binged on anything I could get my hands in behind his back. Of course, instead of losing weight I gained weight, and became depressed from being isolated all Summer. My binge eating, and high carb, high sugar foods contributed to a continued weight gain, and My Father's emotional abuse added to my Image distortion. I was now in a Overweight BMI but I had a very curvy shape.
When I would showed him my Homecoming dresses he would ask me, "if I got them from a Tent Maker?" He never told me I looked pretty, or nice in my dresses. Always the jokes. All I wanted was my Daddy's approval. When I was 15, I entered a Psychiatric Unit for an my Eating Disorder. I was Diagnosed with Compulsive Overeating, and Manic Depression. I spent 6 weeks in the locked ward, eating very healthy foods, I don't know how much I lost but I know I was size 13 when I came home.
I was 5ft 9.5 inches tall. I'm guessing my BMI was probably back in a Healthy range. They taught us how to eat healthy in the Unit, and how to handle the urges to binge. I was on meds to handle the urge to binge, too. But I was weak and tired all the time, had no motivation to exercise. I didn't know at the time My heart was weakened by the Undiagnosed Cardiomyopathy, or a Weakening of the heart muscle. Over the next couple decades, I struggled to just function every day. I always felt very weak and tired. No motivation to do anything. I know now I had Cardiomyopathy and my untreated heart condition was a major factor in my weight gain. After a major health scare in 2004, I was finally clinically diagonsed with Dilated Left Ventricle Cardiomyopathy, Congestive Heart Failure, PVCs of the Heart, and Hypertension. The only reason I didn't immediately ask for a Lapband at this time was because of my Insurance I didn't think they would pay. I was definitely interested. I went on Topamax to control my Binge eating, it took away the physical hunger but I still had Head Hunger. I lost a small amount of weight on this medication, but mostly maintained my weight. When I had some Domestic issues in 2007 and moved from my Hometown of St. Louis, to a Small town in Georgia I became Isolated and began to Overeat and Binge again. The weight piled on. In 2 short years, I gained 100 lbs. That's whats brought me to Today, I want to get healthy and Kick Fat's Azz!!! ( I stole this from a Fellow Lapbander) I visited with my Doctor, and she agreed it was a great idea, and sent in the paperwork to get me insurance approval. I'm waiting on Insurance approval for the Lapband now. I'm so excited to get healthy I could jump out of my skin, I'm gonna Kick Fat's Azz! If you are a fellow Lapbander, let's do it together! Looking forward to the Journey!
In the 8th grade my Father grounded me the entire summer, unless I stayed on Cambridge ( A Liquid Diet Supplement) and got down to 120lbs. I drank the Cambridge in his Face, and binged on anything I could get my hands in behind his back. Of course, instead of losing weight I gained weight, and became depressed from being isolated all Summer. My binge eating, and high carb, high sugar foods contributed to a continued weight gain, and My Father's emotional abuse added to my Image distortion. I was now in a Overweight BMI but I had a very curvy shape.
When I would showed him my Homecoming dresses he would ask me, "if I got them from a Tent Maker?" He never told me I looked pretty, or nice in my dresses. Always the jokes. All I wanted was my Daddy's approval. When I was 15, I entered a Psychiatric Unit for an my Eating Disorder. I was Diagnosed with Compulsive Overeating, and Manic Depression. I spent 6 weeks in the locked ward, eating very healthy foods, I don't know how much I lost but I know I was size 13 when I came home.
I was 5ft 9.5 inches tall. I'm guessing my BMI was probably back in a Healthy range. They taught us how to eat healthy in the Unit, and how to handle the urges to binge. I was on meds to handle the urge to binge, too. But I was weak and tired all the time, had no motivation to exercise. I didn't know at the time My heart was weakened by the Undiagnosed Cardiomyopathy, or a Weakening of the heart muscle. Over the next couple decades, I struggled to just function every day. I always felt very weak and tired. No motivation to do anything. I know now I had Cardiomyopathy and my untreated heart condition was a major factor in my weight gain. After a major health scare in 2004, I was finally clinically diagonsed with Dilated Left Ventricle Cardiomyopathy, Congestive Heart Failure, PVCs of the Heart, and Hypertension. The only reason I didn't immediately ask for a Lapband at this time was because of my Insurance I didn't think they would pay. I was definitely interested. I went on Topamax to control my Binge eating, it took away the physical hunger but I still had Head Hunger. I lost a small amount of weight on this medication, but mostly maintained my weight. When I had some Domestic issues in 2007 and moved from my Hometown of St. Louis, to a Small town in Georgia I became Isolated and began to Overeat and Binge again. The weight piled on. In 2 short years, I gained 100 lbs. That's whats brought me to Today, I want to get healthy and Kick Fat's Azz!!! ( I stole this from a Fellow Lapbander) I visited with my Doctor, and she agreed it was a great idea, and sent in the paperwork to get me insurance approval. I'm waiting on Insurance approval for the Lapband now. I'm so excited to get healthy I could jump out of my skin, I'm gonna Kick Fat's Azz! If you are a fellow Lapbander, let's do it together! Looking forward to the Journey!
- 1984 160lbs. Cambridge Diet lost the same weight over and over
- 1987 177lb. Picture Myself Morbidly Obese:-(
- 1990 210lb. Unhealthy Eating added the Lbs
- 1991 190 lb.Richard Simmons Eating Plan and Exercise Videos -30 lbs
- 1992 200lbs Traveling never eat right
- 1993 230lb Gained 30 lbs after tragedies in my life
- 1994 180lb Lost 50lbs while pregnant Almost High School size
- 1996 210lb Stop breastfeeding The weight came fly back
- 1998 250lb Fast food while doing a lot of roadtrips but 40lbs on me fast
- 1999- 250lb Stayed at this weight
- 2000 250lb Got Married Maintained
- 2002 250lb Stayed at this weight
- 2003 270lb Medication made me hungry another 20lbs
- 2004 230lbs Lost 50lbs while pregnant and breast feeding
2004 230lbs Tried a healthy eating plan sent to me by Insurance Company, Lost 15lbs - 2004 215lbs Diagonsed with Cardiomyopathy with an Ejection Fraction of 25% , CHF, and Hypertension
- 2005 250lbs Being very weak and unable to do move around is showing 20 more Lbs.
- 2006 250lbs Stayed around the same.
- 2007300lbsDepression sets in, binge eating now, plus Sedentary Lifestyle +50 lbs
- 2008320lbs Eating easy fix and lots of fast foods, very depressed about being over 300lbs just makes me eat more 20+lbs
- 2009 350lbs Very Lonely now, Feel like I will never get married. Eating for Comfort, High Carb, High Sugar Foods. Lots of Buffets. 30+ lbs.
- 2009 350lbs Time to make a Life Change, Spoke to Dr. about Lapband
- 2009 11/2 Waiting on Approval for Lapband!
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