Costs, pre and post-op

Well my friend K and I were talking about how Synergy wants you to buy their own product line (Bariatric Fusion) for the Liver Reduction Diet (2 wks before WLS is performed). They guesstimate it will use 3 tubs of their protein powder, and at $34.95 a tub, that comes to $104.85 before tax! Geez louise! Can't they offer their patients a discount, at least? Would be nice! Especially since we have to get their products both before and afterwards. I was kind of eyeing Bariatric Advantage.... as an alternative....

New friends

I'm meeting so many new people in the WLS community. I'm thrilled, because you need all the support you can get when you're (as BariatricTV says) a surgically altered freak. ;O)

One particular new WLS pre-op friend, K, I have is local, and she (like another local WLS post-op friend) is getting her (laproscopic) gastric bypass done by Dr Pham at Synergy. I hope we get it done in the same month so we can share more than our surgeons' office, hospital and other things (we both have PCOS) in common ;o) We both spoke on the phone yesterday and I hope we'll soon meet for coffee and discuss WLS stuff.

Next appt

Is on September 16th at 1pm. :) Yay! :D

Synergy called

Synergy just called said I am not on schedule for surgery in October any longer, because that was when I had my appt with Dr Pham, and since I am changed over to Dr Caruana, I will get a new sheet with all the new info/dates. I will get a new appt with him soon I hope!

Back on blogger

Sorry I left blogger during my moment of cold feet (as in I had changed my mind about getting a GBP) I had all weekend and even on Monday. I am feeling more confident now since yesterday, in getting the surgery done. So, please, if you have a blog and are a WLS'er, let me know, I'll add you to my blog list. I am also on youtube.... so add me there as well.

I'll be adding more links to my link area, from my previous blog.... I wish I never deleted my other blog :P But oh well, you can wish in one hand and poop in the other and see which gets filled first (as my dad always says).

More later.