Scale Down with Heidi

This episode I discuss the surgery and hospital stay and my first 2 weeks of recovery.

This episode is a quick update to let everyone know my surgery is scheduled for tomorrow! 12/15/20

This episode I discuss the results of my psych evaluation and also the fact that insurance approved my surgery!!

In this episode I discuss what my psych evaluation was like.

This episode I give an update on my dietician appointments on 7/6 and 8/3. Plus I go over the questionnaire I filled out in preparation for my psych evaluation.

In this episode I discuss how I dealt with being under a Covid stay at home order and his that impacted my weight loss. Plus a brief update on my first dietician appointment after Mi reopened.

This episode was recorded March 15th and covers my last appointment before MI Stay at Home order.

This episode I discuss my 2nd & 3rd appointments with the dietician and my EGD.

On this episode I discuss the reservations I had about weight loss surgery. Specifically, feeling like a failure, worrying about what other people will think, and what the lifestyle changes and side effects might be. I also go over my first appointment at McLaren Bariatric and Metabolic institute with Dr. Michael Kia. Then I discuss how I came to the decision that I am going to move forward with having the gastric sleeve surgery.

On this episode I introduce myself and give a little bit of history about my weight gain and what brought me to considering having weigh loss surgery