On my way...

Today I went to the doctors office to meet with the internist, Dr. Lasater.

First thing that happened at this appointment is the nurse put me on the scale. Holy cow! More than I want to mention. Then she put me on the body fat analyzer. Holy cow two times over. Blood pressure was a text book perfect 120/80 (yay). She took a "before" picture (boo). I also had an EKG done.

Dr. Lasater same in and went through my health history. Everything was great then he mentioned that I had "blip" on the EKG. Now I have to go to a cardiologist and have a stress test done. I was advised to stop using any ibuprofen, motrin, aleve in preparation for surgery and only use tylenol. The doctor also discussed the surgery options with me. I was on the fence between the band and the roux en y. The doctor agreed with me that I would have a better longterm outcome with the roux en y procedure.

I have another appointment scheduled Wednesday February 4, 2009 with Dr. Baker (the surgeon) and the person who does the psychological evaluations. That should be fun.

I am really on my way to doing this. The only potential problems are the insurance and this heart "blip".