Well, a lot has happened since I last posted. First, only 2 days, 1 hour and 7 minutes until my surgery!! I’m getting very excited! I bought a new summer robe and will get new slippers too, for my hospital stay and recovery time. I polished my nails and toes last night and started packing my bag.

I had my pre-op consult with Dr. Richardson today. It went well. I weighed in at 250, so up 4 lbs from my last official weight in April 2004. Glad I’m having surgery!! I go next week for my pre-op testing and my surgery is officially July 27, 2004 at 8:30am!!

Tomorrow is Obesity Helps event here in St Louis, my hubby and I are both going!! I’m looking forward to it and to meeting some of the folks that post on the Missouri board.

WOW – what a difference a day makes. Dr. Richardson DID sign my papers yesterday. This morning, Sharonda faxed them to the benefit rep (Mark Wood), then he faxed them to his contact at Blue Cross-Blue Shield. This was probably around 10:30 or 11am. I went up, took a nap to get rid of a migraine, came down at 1pm to a message on my answering machine from Mark Wood asking me to call him. I’m APPROVED!! In a less than 2 hours, I got an approval!!!!! I’m seeing Dr. Richardson for my pre-op stuff this Friday and it looks like my surgery will be July 27th!!! I’m soooo excited.