I finally got a date for my surgery! I will be meeting with the surgeon next week, and my surgery has been scheduled for July 3! After so many delays (I've been trying to get it scheduled since late October), it seems so freaky that it's oficially less than a month away!

Well, I've had to switch surgeons. Insurance is being an ass, and apparently they will only approve bariatric surgery if it is done by one of the two (yes, TWO) surgeons that are in-network in Tennessee. So now, I will be going to a surgeon in Memphis, which is about 7 (7!!) hours away. At least my brother lives in Memphis, so I will have a ( Read more... )

Well, it turns out I don't have CS after all, which is a relief. On the otherhand, I DO have pretty bad PCOS, which can mimic parts of CS ( Read more... )

Well, I thought I would inform everyone of what has been going on with me. Have you ever looked back over the last few years and thought, "What the hell is going on with me? This didn't seem so severe back then!"? I have come to realize in the last couple of months that I may have a rare condition, Cushing's Syndrome, which is caused by an over- ( Read more... )