Gosh this seems to be dragging

I’m tired again. I was thrilled when after my first meeting with the doc I was actually able to sleep semi normally for a few days. Then I tried to make an appointment with the dietician and lost my ability to sleep again. I was traveling along happy in the belief that I would be able to get this surgery mid September when I wanted, but now that’s not looking like the case.

My doctor requires a five day Protein Sparing Modified Fast diet. Henceforth, we will refer to this as five days of torture! The dietician won’t tell you before you meet what you are in for, but I found a few other patients of the same Doc on the internet. For five days you get three meals a day, each meal consisting of nothing but 3oz. of meat. You can have a little clear broth, and as much water as you like. Oh my…do you expect me to be able to drive in for the test on the 6th day? Apparently, the whole point of this test is to see if we have the willpower/ability to follow directions. If our ketoses is not what it should be after the five days, they will not submit to insurance.

Ok, so I don’t really relish that. But the worse part is they told me I would need to wait two weeks – the dietician is too busy to see me. The Dr’s office had indicated I would see the dietician within a week…so this feels like a big delay, and is just stressing me out.

September is a crazy month for me. In my immediate family alone there are 6 birthdays (including my own). I have an appointment on the second I can not miss and a very long awaited concert to attend on the 30th. Maybe putting surgery off for a concert sounds silly, but I spent a TON of money on these tickets – I’m going! Because of this I was strongly shooting for the end of the first or the second week of September. At this point, that’s not looking realistic due to this delay, and its frustrating.

I did do something cool yesterday. I watched a lap band surgery online. It was performed in a hospital other than the one I will be going to, but in my state. For some reason knowing it was happening 25 minutes from home made it seem more real. For those interested, it can be viewed at www.orlive.com. I am not someone who is comfortable watching surgery, at all. And watching the incisions was ick for me. BUT, seeing what actually goes on inside a patient’s body was pretty cool. It actually made me feel a bit more comfortable with what is (hopefully) going to happen to my body soon.