9 Hours To Go

The poo juice was vile and foul. And I didn't really see the need for the second one.

I'm pretty much packed up and ready to go.

I'm getting nervous and scared but I'm also pretty tired so I think I will sleep ok.

Can't wait to get back home!

1 Day To Go

And I'm dying.

Today is poo juice day. I'm supposed to drink two Phospha Sodas today at noon and again at 6PM to make sure I'm fully cleaned out before surgery.

Let me tell you this stuff is disgusting. So foul it's miserable to gag down. I got about 3/4 of the way through it, before some of it decided to return. Then I gagged down the rest and chugged about 2 glasses of water, 1 glass of crystal lite, and another cup of broth to get rid of the taste.

I've asked sis to bring home some ginger ale to put it in the next go round, to hopefully make it more palatable.

Other than that everything is going well, I'm putzing around the house cleaning up a bit, finishing up some laundry, and yes, running for the potty every 10 minutes.

G is over at my girlfriends house for the night, she will drop him off at school in the morning then head over to the hospital to relieve my sister of hospital duty. Then once school lets out Sis will bring G by the hospital to see me (he is worried today).

I'm to be at the hospital at 5am, then surgery is scheduled for 7a, and should take roughly 2 hours.

I'm so glad to be here.

2 Days to go

I'm at the end of my 2nd day of my clear liquid diet and I'm not climbing the walls quite as badly as I had imagined I would be. I think this is only because I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

My sister is here. Tomorrow we are going to take "before" photos and measurements that I will show no one but myself. But I want them just the same. Then I figure each month on my "surgi-versary" I'll do more photos and measurements. So that maybe I will be able to see the difference. Right now I can't imagine anything else but this.

It's going to be quite weird.

3 Days To Go

Today starts my three days of nothing but clear liquids (water, crystal light, chicken broth, and sugar free jello). I'm definately starting to get nervous.

This morning I'm off to the hospital to have some last bit of bloodwork done, then today is my sons bday party. Hopefully that will keep me quite distracted for at least a little while.

7 Days To Go

Today I had my pre-surge appt with my PCP.

I got to pee in a little cup, have about 8 vials of my blood drawn, chest X-rays... and then there was the highlight... my very first EKG.

The nurse girl is very petite (keep this in mind for later). She tells me to undress from the waist up and lie on the table and she will be right back with the EKG machine. As she starts to head for the door I ask her if she is going to give me one of those little paper outfits to wear. She says I can't wear the paper gown so she hands me a little paper blanket napkin.

So I undress, lie down on the table and try to cover up with the "blanket". Well, if I'm lucky it covers a boob and a 1/2. So in she comes with the machine, of course it is bigger than her and a bit unweidly so quite a few people are able to walk down the corridor and see her trying to bring in the mystery machine while I lie there half naked with a napkin perched on my trying to cover my nipples.

Once she does manage to get the bohemoth of the machine in the room she starts slapping all these little stickers on me, leg, arm and then she removes my "blanket" so she can do the ones on my chest. One sticky goes between my boobs, another one needs to go under, so she grabs my boob and pushes it up to my chin to stick a sticky under there, and then because when I lie down the girls like to try and drift over to my armpits, she then grabs one and pushes it back to the middle of my chest so she can stick on one the side.

Did I mention this girl is tiny? She is maybe 5' tall and 90 lbs. Just one of my boobs looks larger than her entire head. She has also started to perspire a little bit... like the strain of pushing my mountainous tits around has worn her out.

Then she has to attach the electrodes to all the little stickies and run the test. The test takes like a minute tops. I kid you not it took her like 10 minutes to get the stickies on. Once the test is done we do the push me / pull me boob thing again so she can remove the stickies, she hands me my "blanket" and off she runs (but not before a few more patients can walk by and see me 1/2 naked).

Through all of this I really have no idea who is more embarrassed. I have to tell you I was looking forward to the part of the day where I could pee in a cup in private!

Note From The Universe

Just put yourself ahead in time, pretend that it's next month already, and imagine that the past 4 or so weeks just totally rocked. Every hope you now possess for the coming weeks has manifested. Every challenge was breezed through. Every cool person stayed cool, every trickster became an ally, there were happy surprises along the way, and, you got plenty of sleep.

This is how we do it.

Kung Fu -
The Universe

Presents!

Presents!
Originally uploaded by Incredible Me.

I'm just a little spoiled!

9 Days To Go

This weekend was big date night with the bf and friends.

We had a big dinner at one of the local seafood restaurants, then off to a comedy show. It was a lovely time.

As fun as it has been I am anxious to have this weekend over. I have a busy week of Dr's appointments and getting the office ready to be without me for a couple of weeks so I am hoping that this week just flies by.

My sister will be here a week from tomorrow to be my companion for my 2 weeks of recovery and I have promised myself that I will take pictures and measurements before surge and then monthly there after to monitor my own progress. While I'd rather do anything but take pics and measurements, I know that afterwards it will keep me motivated to keep on trucking.

P.S.

10 Days!

It's the final countdown.

Coming Out Of The Closet

The group of people I've told that I'm having WLS is very small. I literally can count them on one hand.

It took me over 2 years to come to the decision to do this on my own, I've done lots of internet research, I've gone to support groups, I've gone to seminar after seminar. Yes, I've read the stories of people who have not had the best outcomes. I've still decided to move forward with this.

I finally told my mom last night. I was really nervous about it... I had been dabating whether or not to tell her from the moment I got my surgery date. I have an aunt who had a lap band surgery who has been a fairly non-compliant patient and hasn't lost quite as much as the rest of the family has imagined and I did not want to be compared to her, or feel the need to justify my decision to anyone.

Now, I am so thankful that I did tell my mom. I was honest that I really just wanted to be supported and she was great. It went so much better than I had imagined. Yay.

... I'm still not planning on telling anyone else.

No Surprise Here

You Are Midnight

You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits. Whether you're a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence - you like to experiment with your lifestyle. Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it. You enjoy staying home, but that doesn't mean you're a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends.

What Time Of Day Are You?

Protein, Protein

So I've bought a huge variety of protein drinks to try before my surgery to find something that will be palatable to me afterwards.

So far I've only found drinks that I hate! Tonight I tried a Nectar brand Strawberry Kiwi and it tasted and smelled exactly like pepto bismol (which makes me vomit). I have to admit I was very disappointed. Nectar is a brand that most people don't have issues with, since it is not very thick and can be mixed with water. I'm hoping the other flavours I have won't be quite like this one.

I Have A Date

A date with the surgeon that is.

My wls will be performed 5/29/2007.

Very exciting.

Testing 123

Uber exciting first post