Had an appointment with Dr. Bolitho today.
He is unhappy with the iron levels and wants to wait to have the surgery until I can see a hematologist.
He feels that I will need to up my levels as much as I can and then give blood for them to give to me during surgery in the form of a transfusion. This will result in a delay in my surgery. He is less concerned with the hernia than he is about the iron.
So within a month I will see the hematologist, give the blood to be used for the transfusion, then wait another month for the iron levels to go back up and then have the surgery. How we get the iron up is questionable. Maybe iron injections.
We also discussed the inner thigh lift along with the lower body lift, etc, that added another chunk of change. My husand is supportive, I just want to run and hide.
Standing in front of these two men touching my shrively skin. Oh Lord!! My hubby and the Doc., discussing while I was disgusting!
One positive moment when he pulled back the robe to see me, he said, "oh, theres not much of you." After weighing almost 300 pounds and then hearing someone say that! Oh Lord!!! once again!
On the other hand he did ask me if any one warned me before WLS, about the excess skin. Well, yeah, but....I did not know to what extreme my case would be and it seems I am in the lucky group according to him!
So, I am now waiting the hematologist appointment and then move forward. My new surgery date is May 1, all good things happen to me in May, I will pray this is a good sign!
RAin