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1 1/2 Days Before Surgery

The day is almost here. I am excited and yes a little scared about going under the scalpel. So far I have been on the pre-op diet full liquids for 9 days and done surprisingly well considering I didn't even think I would make it this far without real food. Surgery in a day and a half. Then it is onto five days of clear liquids, back to two weeks of full liquids. Then a week of blended foods, a week of soft foods and by March real food. Today I was down 18.5 pre-surgery. My doctor wants me to weigh 167 which is 63 pounds away. I have asthma, sleep apnea and degenerative disc disease. I am hoping that these things will get better. I didn't excercise as much I would have liked, but I am prone to injury and I was trying to avoid getting hurt before surgery. I want to enjoy excercise and take dance classes again, but I don't want to be a gym rat or an obsessive fitness nut. So many people I know who are trying to lose weight go on these excercise binges for months, talk about what they have done constantly and in the process lose any personality they ever had. And some quit. I most of all hate the lecturers and the Zumba nuts. Sorry if you like Zumba!   I just want to do what I have to do and then move onto other things. I don't talk too much about my weight at work or about the surgery. I figure if people ask me about my weight loss or compliment me. I will just say thank you and move onto other topics. I guess this is because I am afraid of failure,   We shall see.
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Post Op Day 5

Today I am back on full liquids and although I am excited, my belly sure isn't. I started the morning out with some Lifeway Rasperry Lowfat Kefir. It is 99% Lactose free and high in probiotics which I figure would help the transition. But alas I still had some unhappy trips to the bathroom. I will not go back to my homemade protein shakes until tomorrow, asI believe it would be a shock to my system after just having clear liquids for 5 days.   My stomach incisions are healing nicely, and the pain is almost gone. Thank God for Children's Liquid Tylenol which is the only thing I could take when i got home. It helped me through a very rough patch and an unexpecteded menstrual period. The cramps were insane. The oxycodone elixir made me dry heave and I am going to tkae it back the hospital for them to dispose of properly. My sister-in-law said I would make a bad drug addict. I tend to agree.   Yesterday I went to the grocery store for my first outing with my husband and walked around for 30 minutes pushing the cart. Boy was I tired when I got home! I fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours. When I awoke, we watched a movie and then couldn't fall asleep again at bedtime. Bad move on my part.   I need to get back to 100% by Wednesday when i have to go back to work which is driving almost an hour each way. Plus it is 150 steps from the front door to my desk and on average I put on 2 miles in the office walking around. It ought to be interesting to see if people look at me and notice I have almost lost 15 pounds since January 8th. Time to look for the smaller clothes in my closet to wear. I have plenty of them.   That is the latest update. Hope you all are doing well.
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