New Patient Meeting

Last night I attended the new patient meeting for the CWLS. This is a meeting that all patients are required to go to before they are allowed to go to their first appointment! I had already been to the one at Brigham and Woman's hospital so I was a little annoyed that I had to go sit through another 2 hour presentation. WOW! was I surprised! I am even more grateful now that I am able to go to Newton-Wellesley Hospital instead of the Faulkner. I was blown away by the surgeons presentation and that meeting alone motivated me to want to quit smoking and to start to get myself into shape for my surgery.

This weight loss program will not operate on smokers. Again, I was annoyed by this but after listening to Dr. Gazmuri last night I am more than ready to quit. Dr. Gazmuri was so nice, funny, SMART and kind. I have an appointment set up with his counterpart Dr. Partridge for July 15th, however, I am going to switch my appointment to have it with him. I was so impressed and put at ease by him that I don't care how long I have to wait to have an appointment with him. Anyone that knows me knows that I just wanted to be seen as ASAP. He made me rethink that and feel otherwise. I left there realizing that this isn't something I should rush into and that I should be fully prepared for the life changes that I will go through! As Dr. Gazmuri I said "This is MY year!"

Another thing I learned from Dr. Gazmuri was that I am able to stop by the office and get weighed in for my starting weight. I really am motivated and I want to start preparing myself now but I was scared that my BMI would drop below the required minimum. Silly I know but true.

I am just waiting for a call from the scheduling coordinator to see if I can switch surgeons. Keep you fingers crossed for me!

I will write more once I know. For now you will see my schedule of meetings to the right side. I really want to attend as many meetings as I can to be as informed as possible.

Ta-Ta :0)