I am in the final stages of preparing for gastric bypass surgery. It's been over a year now of jumping through insurance hoops and finally the date is set - July 21, 2009, at Virginia Mason in Seattle. I've started this blog to post thoughts and ideas as I go on through the surgery and beyond. I'm hoping to hear from others who have had this done, especially those in Western Washington, and even more especially those who have had Dr. Hunter from Virginia Mason as their surgeon.
People keep asking me if I am excited, or if I am scared. I am neither. I have weighed (no pun intended) all the pros and cons, and I think this will be worth it. I have not had a lot of the more severe illnesses that drove other people to take this step, but I am afraid that without it my walking days will soon be over.
I worry most about the anesthesia. I always have had to throw up after the three or four surgeries I have had in the past. I don't tolerate it very well. And throwing up with this surgery is something you really don't want to do. But it's been at least a decade since my last experience, and this is certainly something I am going to go over with the anesthesiologist in depth.
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