SOON 2 B SLINKY SUE
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Well i got the phone call that i hve been waiting for on Friday - my bypass date is 15th July!! Just over 3 weeks, i am absolutely over the moon. I have to firstly say that over the last few days i have been coming on this forum and reading peoples threads and i am gutted as to how many people are being refused funding. Is it just me or does it seem to be getting worse?!?!? I just wanted to say that they should never give up - just keep fighting and someone will help! I think what i am trying to say is i feel incredibly grateful and i didn't want to come on here and make it look like i am gloating because it is far from it, i am just very very grateful. I hope everyone who is trying will get the funding very soon xxxAnyway, my phone call on Friday was from the Hospital telling me that the Bariatric nurse was going to contact me and that my date was the 15th July. Well as you can imagine i was over the moon. Well actually, truth be known, i burst into tears when i got off the phone. I know i am a wuss, well its a big thing isn't it! The lady at the hospital asked what time i would be home from work at, i said after 4.30 and she said the bariatric nurse will phone me at home then.
Well, i got home and sat next to the phone for an hour and a half (not wanting to miss the call lol) and finally it rang... omg it was the nurse!!!
She explained that the team had reveiwed my case and everone was happy for the surgery to go ahead. I should explain, my sleep apnea results are not back yet however the aneanestist (sorry i can never spell that work, or infact bloody say it either lol) is happy to go ahead and not wait for the results as he went through all the questions again and said i scored very low for sleep apnea and therefore it would be highly unlikely that i have it. Happy days!!!
Then the bariatric nurse shocked me, she said "how would you feel if we took your gall baldder out at the same time?"
I said i would love them to do it, well it just means one general and i am gonna have a sore tummy anyway! I have had many bad episodes with my gall stones, but funnily enough no bad episodes in the last 12 months. Ever since my weight has increased again. I always imagined it would be the other way around.
Then she told me that they pre-empted me saying yes and have already gone back to the PCT to ask for further funding (oh flippin eck! that made me nervous), however she did try and put my mind at rest and say it was just a formality. It may however change my surgery day, but it might not so i wasn't to worry. To be honest i wouldn't mind as i think to be able to get both done a once would be an absolute god send.
So i got off the phone and cried again! Yes i know "what a whally!
Its just such a big thing isn't it...... please don't get me wrong i have never once doubted my decision to have surgery, never once, its just such a big thing!
I am just sat here now, sunday morning, my children and hubby are fast asleep and i am typing away and reading peoples stories and i just feel so bloody lucky.
Anyway, hope you are all well and if you have managed to get to the end of my thread thanks for reading (i wish i could write as well as you people on here!!!
)lots of love from a very nervous sue :banana dancer:
