21 days and counting!

Twenty-one days and counting. I can't wait!

There is not a lot to update. Things are starting to get busy in our personal life. Both boys play competitive soccer and their spring league starts up this weekend. This means that pretty much every weekend from now until the end of May to early June will be consumed by soccer. We like it is fun!
We also have a baptism to attend for my great-nephew 4 days before surgery and then Hudson's First Holy Communion 10 days after the surgery.


Heather and I joined a gym about 2 weeks ago. I went for the first time last Saturday. I walked for about 15 minutes at a fairly fast pace then cycled for another 15. I'm taking it slow and going to ramp up my workouts. I am meeting with a personal trainer on Wednesday evening to go over a workout routine for both pre-op and post-op. I will not be able to do much more than walking for the first 6 weeks after surgery but I want to get a plan in place. We get three free sessions with a trainer so I figured I would get one in now and then save the other two once I get get more active in the gym with weights etc.

I have joined and been doing quite a bit of reading on gastricsleeve.com about the surgery and what to expect after the surgery. The stories from other "sleevers" is enlightening and inspriational. It seems the trend among most of the people that are nearing their surgery date is that they are nervous. I don't know if it just isn't close enough for me, or the fact that I am ready to enter this new phase of my life and am looking forward to this new tool in my goal to become healthy. I hope it is the later!

Until next time...

We have a surgery date!

Today has turned into a great day!  Not only did I get to spend my day off with my beautiful wife, but I also received a call from my surgeon's office. I was told that the insurance had approved my surgery and they were ready to schedule my surgery date! The first available date was a day that most people dread, but will stand as a great day for me from here on out, Tax Day, April 15th.

I am beyond excited right now. That excitement also comes with nervousness for myself as well as my wife. Right now I am going to bask in the excitement of receiving my date and readying myself for this glorious day!

33 days and counting!

Update - Gettting Closer

I put in a call last week to the Dr's office to see where we stood. I received a call back from the coordinator that she had called the lab and they were not able to locate any blood work results for me. Odd, since my kidney cancer 5 years ago I have blood work done on a regular basis. Granted it has been almost a year, but they still should have the record of it. Anyhow she told me she would be sending the lab order to me and to let her know once I had the blood work done. That day was yesterday. I called the coordinator and left a voicemail that the work was done and to proceed. Today I received a call that she had submitted everything to the insurance company and we should hear back by next week. Once the auth comes in from the insurance they will then schedule the surgery. I asked for a tentative date and was told April, if all goes well with the insurance. Hopefully by next week I will have a surgery date!