Hi All
Well it took over 2 weeks for Dr. Larson's office to notify me that I can't have the surgery through this Dr as JFK is not a Center of Excellence and will not be one until maybe some time in the Fall. Screw that! So I got back on line and after a whole day of searching for Doctors on my plan and Hospitals that are Centers of Excellence, I finally found one in Hollywood Fl an hours drive South of here.
I filled out the on line 9 page profile on a Sunday and was contacted on a Tuesday and was to attend a seminar on that Thursday. I started down to Hollywood but got as far as Boca Raton and had to get off I-95 to get gas and as soon as I did I had Van trouble and was too afraid to go the rest of the way. I am wheelchair bound and what if I got stranded down there all alone. So I turned around and head back home. I called Nick (my mechanic) and he finally came on Sunday to fix the van. Over $850 the fuel pump was the problem as he thinks the gas station I stopped at had ethanol in their gas and my pump was not able to take that kind of stuff.
Well I emailed Tiffany and told her what happened and she told Cindy and they sent me some on line videos to view and when I was done with them I would be able to make my appt to see the Dr.
In the mean time I did get to the spine Dr. A. and he informed me I had too many problems and he could only take care of one of them at a time. Which was the most painful and which did I want him to focus on. I told him my back pain and he was surprised to hear this as he thought the hip was worse off than the back. He told me my hip has necrosis ( basically is dead) and that I would need hip replacement but that no Dr would touch me at this weight (even though I have lost 140 pounds it is not enough) and had I thought about WLS. Gee I told him that very night I had a seminar to go to about Lapband. Well as we all know I never made it there. Anyhow I few days later I phone him and told him I needed him to say it was medically necessary that I have the lapband and he sent something to DR. B. Dr B emailed me that it was not the right thing and sent a sample letter. I will be seeing the Dr. A. on Tuesday and the PCP Dr. R on Thursday so hopefully they will be able to write the letters at that time.
The blood work up came back and Dr. R seem pleasantly surprised that I had no diabetes, no thyroid problems and everything looked good except for my cholestrol which was 135 just borderline. He stated it was not necessary to be on any meds, just watch what I eat and do what ever exercise I can do. He would see me on Thursday for the elevated HPB and we can write the letter at that time for the lapband surgery.
So things are progressing with my health, now if only they would progress with my work. I just wish the Lighthouse would get there center based program going and than I would be all set in the new job and happy. This FOCB job is really driving me nuts, especially having to redo other teacher's monthly reports because they don't know how to do them. Than I am told by one of them that DBS has issues with the reports and he sends me an updated version (which IMHO doesn't look any different). Hey DBS I also have clients and reports I have to do! So what are these issue you have with the reports, how about telling me too DUH!!!!!! I sent an email as it is after hours, Gee you think I will get a reply tonight? I think not!
