Friday was definitely a long day for me. But I got so much done. Friday was the day that I did all of my tests for my surgery. I arrived at Guthrie in Sayre around 8 am. First stop was to see the Dietician. She is really nice. Her name is Adrienne and she's going to be assisting me throughout this journey. She'll be the one helping me to know what to eat and what to avoid. We had a nice visit and she gave me a food diary that I have to begin recording what I'm eating in. This is key because keeping this food diary and beginning to change my eating habits right now shows them that I'm serious about how I will change how I eat even after the surgery.
After I met with Adrienne, I went to my appointment with the psychologist, Dr. Lichtenstein. I know...he's got the perfect psychologist's name, doesn't he? He talked to me about my eating habits and the emotional side of the change this surgery will make in me. At the end, he told me that he was going to clear me for the surgery. Whew...at least I know I'm not crazy...and I've got a professional's opinion that says I'm not!
On to the lab. 12 vials of blood later...I was on my way to X-ray. I thought I was in for a simple X-ray but in fact, I was scheduled for an upper GI series. I got my exercise in for the day as I had to drink this nasty stuff and roll all over the table to coat my stomach and then roll this way and that while they took pictures of my stomach. It wasn't all that bad. And the doctor had a dry sense of humor that I found rather amusing. It was almost 12:30 by the time I was headed home.
I have to go back and see Adrienne with my food journal in a month. Then I will see Dr. Alley again and hopefully schedule my surgery, assuming that everything was fine with my blood work. I'm thinking my surgery will probably be sometime after Christmas. What a way to begin the new year!
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