Have to be at the hospital at 5:30am, surgery scheduled for 7:30. I am so excited but sooooo scared at the same time. I hope I can get some sleep tonight, normally I would have a couple of glasses of wine at night before a big day but don't think that would be wise tonight. I've gathered the things I need to take with me in the morning, got my comfy clothes ready, washing the bed sheets, have all of my liquids and protein powders, and have the house clean. What more do I need to do?
It seems so weird to sit here and think that in 10 hours my whole life will change. Tomorrow at this time it will all be over and I will be on my way to the me I used to be.
I have never blogged before, heard a lot about it just never had anything to write about. I like the idea of having something I can look back at and see how I was feeling.
I just had my EDG, EKG, chest x-rays, blood work-up, and nutritionist appointment on Wednesday and Thursday. I passed all test, hurray! I have to call the surgeons office on Tuesday, not sure why, I guess for them to tell me the actual results.
Still have two weeks until my surgery. Nutritionist said to eat a high protein very low carb diet, she gave a list of what to eat and not. As I write I am having strawberry Greek yogurt, very high in protein. Strawberry is much better than the vanilla.
Was told I didn't have to lose weight just not gain any, but losing some would be beneficial to the surgery. In the past two weeks I have lost about 3lbs, haven't put a lot of effort into it but haven't been over eating either. My mind keeps reminding me that I should be eating all of my favorites because it will soon be over but I'm going through one of those spells where there is just nothing I really want, I'm kinda blah right now. Which is a good thing for my diet right now, can't say how I will feel next week. :smile2:
Okay that's enough for now.
Just got home from work, made myself call my Mom, not home so I left her a message to call me when she got in. She wants me to get banded but doesn't want to know when I do it. She agrees that this is going to prolong my life and keep me from suffering from many obese illnesses.
So I have been avoiding talking to her just because it is so hard not talking about everything I'm doing without saying "...gotta do this because in two weeks I will have surgery" or "...need to make these changes because I've only got two more weeks" you know just the idle chitchat that you do without even realizing what you've just reveled. I am so excited about my new life that it is all I talk about at work, at home (poor husband), online, everywhere and anywhere.
The 23rd of July can not get here fast enough for so many reasons.
