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Val 3 · 10-20-2006, 01:16 AM

I had my consult today for surgery. Well maybe not surgery, but definitely not the way right now I thought it would go down.

So I get to the consult, and the Dr walks in and he asks me what meds I am on. I give him the list, and I get a hesitant "um why are you taking all these" SO I told him it is because I have cadiomyopathy. He seemed stunned. (I went there thinking he was given the heads up about me) He asked my Heart Function and I told him. He said he wont do RNY on me, my EF is 30, which I didn't think is too bad, I have fought for 2 years to even get there! SO he stands up and get s his partner. The other Dr comes in and he asks me who my Dr's are and I tell him. He then says oh yeah you are the one that Dr. M mentioned to me the other day! (OK so he did at least mention me) So he said that since this is a big surgery that they will have to do it in 2 parts. First being the Band, then later the RNY, if my heart reacts positively to the weight coming off the way we all hope it will. He seemed a little more at ease with me, and told me this is the way he wants to approach it. I agreed but they both want to talk to my cardiologist. Which is what I knew they would, because I wouldn't take someones word for it, and then have something happen.

Anyways this is where I am at waiting for them to talk to my card who is on board with the procedure. (I had to wait 16m. to finally get to this point)

SO hopefully I will be hearing soon. I am trying to think that if he wont do it, then I will just go to the original hospital I was going to go to and have a consult there.

so that is what is new. I just hope I don't have to wait for their decision to long either way, I hope they put me out of my misery soon!!!!