Numi
New Member
So, on Friday I went for my first appointment at the LOSS clinic. I was weighed in at 151.1 kilo's (which is a couple of kilo's lighter than last time my own gp weighed me, so I was quite happy with this) and all my vitals, blood pressure, heart, lungs etc were healthy and ticking away without a problem. Always reassuring to know!
After this initial checkup with the lovely healthcare assistant I went through to see the doctor and once again she was just lovely. I have to admit, even though I was going to a specialist weight loss clinic I kinda had it in my mind that the doctor would greet me with a certain judgmental air about her. I have always been greeted with this by doctors when I've asked for help; I've been made out to be lazy, greedy, worthless...but this doctor, and I suppose yes it must be from being a doctor on a specialist clinic, was absoloutely lovely.
She ran through a health questionnaire and really engaged with me when I spoke about having PCOS (which is the main reason I have taken the decision to go in for WLS, otherwise I probably wouldn't have done so despite my weight). Once again, my GP (and others in the past as well) never really seemed to engage with me on this issue. They've either simply told me to lose weight, or send me for hormone tests and scans and then tell me, again, to lose weight. It's so frustrating, if you are trying to have a baby they can't put you on the contraceptive pill so they pretty much did absoloutely nothing but preach weight loss for years, and only now have I been put forward for any kind of help.
You may be getting the impression that I'm rather flabbergasted and frustrated with the whole cycle!
Anyhow, this doctor sent me off with a letter to my GP telling them to get some more tests done with regards to the PCOS (more along the lines of checking up on the state of my health than diagnostic) a recommendation for Metformin to help get the PCOS under control, and a recommendation for a sleep apnoea test. This scares the living daylights out of me as I'm about to start learning to drive, and I won't be allowed to if I have sleep apnoea, at least until its treated, but hey I guess it's just another motivator for lose the weight.
So off I shall trot to my gp on wednesday and see what is said there. In the meantime I'll be getting weighed in every two weeks and my next appointment at the clinic is in April (thanks to the long waiting time). This time it will be to see the dietician and physiotherapist. Really not sure why the physiotherapist, but this clinic is apparently quite succesfull and highly recommended so I'm certainly not going to turn my nose up at the specialists recommendations.
As for the diet since going? Not good but not particularly bad. My meals have been much healthier than what they've otherwise been as of late (my husband and I had a terrible flu 2 weeks ago and pretty much swore off cooking as we've been so exhausted recovering from it) but I've still had a couple of naughty snacks between times. The lovely doctor at the clinic said to focus on changing one thing a week, and this week I've decided it should be making sure all of my meals are healthy, nutritionally dense foods; I'm concentrating on the fact that I need to build good habits now ready for life post surgery and if I've had a procedure to limit my digestive capabilities, I will have to eat very highly nutritious food. I will decide what my change for the week after will be when I get to the time and decide what I feel ready for!
Signing off for now with much hope and anticipation,
Numi
After this initial checkup with the lovely healthcare assistant I went through to see the doctor and once again she was just lovely. I have to admit, even though I was going to a specialist weight loss clinic I kinda had it in my mind that the doctor would greet me with a certain judgmental air about her. I have always been greeted with this by doctors when I've asked for help; I've been made out to be lazy, greedy, worthless...but this doctor, and I suppose yes it must be from being a doctor on a specialist clinic, was absoloutely lovely.
She ran through a health questionnaire and really engaged with me when I spoke about having PCOS (which is the main reason I have taken the decision to go in for WLS, otherwise I probably wouldn't have done so despite my weight). Once again, my GP (and others in the past as well) never really seemed to engage with me on this issue. They've either simply told me to lose weight, or send me for hormone tests and scans and then tell me, again, to lose weight. It's so frustrating, if you are trying to have a baby they can't put you on the contraceptive pill so they pretty much did absoloutely nothing but preach weight loss for years, and only now have I been put forward for any kind of help.
You may be getting the impression that I'm rather flabbergasted and frustrated with the whole cycle!
Anyhow, this doctor sent me off with a letter to my GP telling them to get some more tests done with regards to the PCOS (more along the lines of checking up on the state of my health than diagnostic) a recommendation for Metformin to help get the PCOS under control, and a recommendation for a sleep apnoea test. This scares the living daylights out of me as I'm about to start learning to drive, and I won't be allowed to if I have sleep apnoea, at least until its treated, but hey I guess it's just another motivator for lose the weight.
So off I shall trot to my gp on wednesday and see what is said there. In the meantime I'll be getting weighed in every two weeks and my next appointment at the clinic is in April (thanks to the long waiting time). This time it will be to see the dietician and physiotherapist. Really not sure why the physiotherapist, but this clinic is apparently quite succesfull and highly recommended so I'm certainly not going to turn my nose up at the specialists recommendations.
As for the diet since going? Not good but not particularly bad. My meals have been much healthier than what they've otherwise been as of late (my husband and I had a terrible flu 2 weeks ago and pretty much swore off cooking as we've been so exhausted recovering from it) but I've still had a couple of naughty snacks between times. The lovely doctor at the clinic said to focus on changing one thing a week, and this week I've decided it should be making sure all of my meals are healthy, nutritionally dense foods; I'm concentrating on the fact that I need to build good habits now ready for life post surgery and if I've had a procedure to limit my digestive capabilities, I will have to eat very highly nutritious food. I will decide what my change for the week after will be when I get to the time and decide what I feel ready for!
Signing off for now with much hope and anticipation,
Numi
