Interesting Info from Pain Doctor

I had my bi-monthly visit to my pain management doctor today and he had just returned from a conference about WLS and the current increase in Peripheral Neuropathy. He has been treating 8 patients at a rehabilitation hospital that have had serious complications yet blood tests showed NO vitamin deficiencies. He is going to have his office manager make a copy of the report and notes for me to share with my WLS surgeon. I am also going to be having blood work done for various virus' that have been found to be the culprit of some WLS complications. I will share the report with anyone that would like a copy. I most likely will not get it in my hands until next week. This Dr. is the one who suggested WLS to me as a last resort to help with my pain and fibro. He stays on top of the latest research and I feel very lucky to have found him especially since he is paid by my workman's comp claim.

I still haven't heard anything from my surgeon's office regarding my referral. I did call and leave a message on Thursday when we were driving back from Fremont. I really want a surgery date after June 10 since I will be with my daughter for a few days after her surgery. I will be calling Christine again on Monday to see if my paperwork has at least been submitted to the insurance.

Memorial weekend we are going back to the Bay Area to attend my oldest brother's wedding. It will be nice to see my Mom and the rest of my family. My Mom started radiation this last week and so far is feeling fine. The wedding is going to be in my brother's backyard and no more than 45 people will be there. What no one knows is that Alan and I will be LEGALLY married on June 2! We had a ceremony a few years back but never made it legal due to financial reasons. My daughter will be visiting us from June 1-3 and she doesn't know that she will be our witness at the local county courthouse on Friday, June 2. No one in my family will know until AFTER the ceremony. We don't want or need any gifts or any drama!

That's all that is new with me. I haven't posted anything since nothing is going on and the waiting is driving me crazy. I told my Dr. today I just want to have the surgery and get on with my life. I was taken aback a little after he shared the information on complications. He assured me that he will work closely with my surgeon on monitoring my progress. It feels really good to have a doctor care so much about his patients.