Last night I went to my “patient education” seminar about bariatric surgery. It was interesting … the facilitator underwent the surgery about 18 months ago and had lost 137 lbs. She looked great, like a naturally thin person. Some of the people there were so obnoxious; one lady was so large she had difficulty walking yet had no problem eating a bag of chips before the presentation. WTH? Another woman asked the surgeon about a dozen ridiculous questions, like wanting to pin him down on how much weight a person would lose by month. Then, once the facilitator announced that we’d be selecting our surgeon and signing up for a consultation, Ms. Nosy stood up, left and went to the front counter so she could be first in line! Mind you, there were maybe 10 people there who were actually interested in the surgery, the other people were friends and family. What a bitch!

My initial consult with the surgeon (I chose the one recommended my by primary care physician) is in mid-April. Today I filled out a form requesting five years of medical records (which will cost me more than $50, I’m sure) from my regular physician and started filling out an online medical history. The weight-loss history is a bit screwy as you can only select a program once. For example, I did Weight Watchers last year but I’ve also done it other times over the past 10-15 years. So I’m going to have to think about all that and make a written timeline to submit to my insurance company.

My coworker’s surgery is scheduled for late April; it’s already turned into a competition. She told me she didn’t have to request and submit medical records so I might want to consider switching to her hospital and surgeon. Ummm yeah. STFU. I’d rather my surgeon have a complete record of my medical history than just taking my word for it. It doesn’t bother me if I have to wait a few months for the surgery while the process works itself out … I’m going to be living with the effects of the surgery for the rest of my life. And, I’m 25 years younger than my coworker so duh, I’m gonna be hotter anyway when all is said and done.

MM instant-messaged me a few times yesterday, we got to talking about Chuck Norris and then the awesome 80s TV show Sledgehammer, which I loved and he has on DVD. A few more IMs today, him talking about how busy he’s been, blah blah blah, talking about work and the house. Blow me, I don’t care. I’m not ready to cut him out 100%, most likely because we do work in the same building and I could conceivably seem him again even though I haven’t run into him yet. Besides, I’m back to having my focus on myself, my most favorite person in the world!