14 July 2010

APPROVED!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I talked to my insurance company and my surgeon's office this afternoon. I'm approved! I have to attend a nutritional seminar on Friday at 8AM, and, if I understood correctly, I'll get my surgery date at the end of the seminar. YAY for me!

I live an hour and (roughly) 15 minutes away from my surgeon's office, so I'm going to go down the night before and stay the night with my in-laws. I don't know if I'll be able to sleep Thursday night!

Today was Day Two of the pre-op diet, and it's going okay. Heather gave me the best tip: Use an immersion blender! It works sooo much better than the regular blender works. The regular blender makes too much foam for me or Hubby. I'm having no blood sugar problems today, but I didn't take one of my meds after dinner last night, and I didn't take my insulin last night. My blood sugar was 106 at bedtime, so I wasn't comfortable taking it.

I talked to my primary care physician this afternoon, too. He told me to stop taking my Glucovance (5-500 mg) altogether. I'm to decrease my insulin from 24 units of Lantus to 18 units at night. If I'm still encountering problems, I'm to decrease the units by another three units until I'm not having a problem any more. I see him next Tuesday, so I'll talk to him again about the Glucovance, since the Metformin portion of the pill also treats my PCOS.

Woo hoo! So, I may be joining you sooner than I expected! YAY for me (I had to say it again).

9 comments:

  1. AWESOME!! that's so exciting. I hope you get all your meds straightened out. It's great that you can cut down on insulin - hopefully that will only get better.

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  2. Doing the Happy Dance for you!!

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  3. Woo Hoo for approval! That is so awesome that you are already decreasing your diabetes meds! Way to go!

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  4. Congratulations! I am glad the immersion blender did you well!

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  6. Fantastic news! I was self-pay and my process went VERY fast (4 weeks TOTAL from my first thought till I was banded). I can't imagine having to wait as long as some have had to - however,it would have been nice to have good insurance that would have covered it...but I guess I can't have it all :) I'm SO happy with my decision. You are on your way now!!!! Congrats!

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  7. Hey, Thanx for your wonderful comments on my blog. I was diagnosed as a diabetic last July and i never took another Med since my surgery. My blood sugars have stabilized and I got a 5.5 on my A1C last week. I am thrilled. I know that my healthier way of eating has alot to do with it but I do cheat sometimes(It's not a diet, so I really can't cheat), I love chocolate and other sweets. I don't eat any pasta, rice, and hardly any potatoes or bread. I feel great. I am so glad you are doing this and you will be too. *Maria*-Blogger from "This one time at band camp..." Check out my blog at mybigfatbandgeeklife.blogspot.com

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  8. Congrats on your approval...that's half the battle.
    Good luck on Friday...you'll do great.

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