Primary Care Visit

Saw my primary care yesterday to discuss having the surgery. I would have seen her sooner but she was totally booked up earlier. I was kind of nervous about the appointment because my previous primary care was not very enthusiastic about any type of wls, and I assumed she'd be the same. Instead, she was surprised and pleased. She said she had a number of patients that had done really well, they had lost over 100 lbs and had a new lease on life. She was not at all familiar with the duodenal switch surgery and asked me if I wasn't interested in the band instead. I explained my reasons and she was particularly on board with the fact that I was interested in long term results and that I wanted this surgery to be the only one I have. She immediately got busy documenting issues in the chart so that there would be no question come insurance approval time. I also told her I wanted to start a documented diet because 1) I really do want to lose at least 10-15 lbs before the surgery so I can maximize the possibility that the surgeon can do the full DS in a fell swoop, rather two separate operations 2) I'm still not sure if my insurance requires a supervised diet for a specified period of time, as they refused to give me the specifics required for approval when I called them. Since I'm going out of town for 2 months, the doctor advised me to call into the office in a month, so she can document my weight and diet status, then I will see her again in August. I left her office feeling really positive and excited.