It's been a while, hasn't it? I just had a look at my last couple blog posts. Things have changed since then. My parents moved to Kentucky, so I had no way to get to the hospital in Preston County for appointments. I gave up on getting the surgery, but kept seeing my PCP for the entire 12 months of supervised weigh ins. I don't know why. A couple months ago, I got a call from Dr. Akkary's office, saying they were going through old files, and getting rid of those belonging to people no longer interested in WLS. Was I still interested? I told them I was, but that I couldn't get to their office anymore. The receptionist told me they had moved to an office in Morgantown. Yes, I'm still interested! I saw Dr. Akkary a week ago. Since I did the full 12 months of supervised weight loss, and had no trouble with the endoscopy, I don't have to redo either. That means we are looking at a surgery date as early as next month, although January seems likelier. I had my heart eval yesterday. They found something on the ECG, so I have to go for a PET scan in a couple weeks. Me, worried? Hell yes!