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Surgery Today May 17Th

Surgery this morning. We got to the hospital about 8:30 this morning. They started getting me prepped for surgery right away. I went in to the OR about 11:15 or so. And was home by 3 pm. My husband and mother were at the hospital with me. I even walk out of the hospital on my own. The gas pain is the worst in my upper chest area. It hurt to take in a deep breath. I have been up and walking around with very little difficulties.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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Surgery Date May 17 2012

So I got the call on Friday but could not talk to anyone until today. I found out that I was approved in less than a week and surgery is in just over two weeks. I am very excited and scared. I thought it would be slow just like the rest of this process has been but I was so wrong. I feel bad I was thinking how am I going to get my kids to school, how am i going to start my next term of school and how am i going to feel after this surgery. It seems to be a little over whelming. I am starting my finals in my courses that I am in now. My first final is the day after I start a liquid diet which is this Friday. My husband has been great, but I don’t think he understands how hard all this giving things up is. He says well I have self-control which just makes me mad. I know he is not trying to say I have none but it sure does feel that way at times.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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Submiting To The Insurance

Today they submitted my things to the insurance company. I am so nerves and excited all at the same time. I started this process back on Jan 7 2012 and I have completed my psych eval and pre op diet/ nutritionist visits for 3 months. Those were the only things I had to do. I have stopped drinking coffee, teas, and sodas. I quit smoking in Dec of 2011 and I really don’t drink too often and when I do it is only one small glass of wine. I have been trying to eat good foods and not eating too many fatty foods or sugary foods. So from today I think it will be about one month till surgery. Wow time will fly I am sure.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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Pre Op Diet Not Going Well

I cheated on my pre-op diet. I did not cheat badly but I am on a liquid diet and I had food. Is this bad? Will they cancel my surgery? I am scheduled for this Thursday at 10:30 am. I feel bad and support system has been doing it best to help me stay on track but most of all I have failed myself. Not happy and scared. What do I do.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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Liquid Diet

So here it is day three of my liquid diet and I am a little crabby to say the least. I have been under some real stress with school and finals that started today and having a paper due for each of the finals. I have 3 more finals which are on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So I have tried to get the papers out of the way so that I could study for finals but all I can think about is food. I do get a soup in the evening or at least once a day and I can chose which meal I would like it in. I have been choosing dinner so that I can eat with my family but it is still hard when people are offering food all the time. Today at work there was chips and salsa which I love. I did do good and turned it down but man it was hard and it smelled so good.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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Hungry

Today when I woke up I was not hungry at all. I made myself eat before we left for church. I got home took a nap then when I got up I was almost starving I could have eaten almost anything. I did not but food I can smell it. I had to make my daughter a hotdog and wow I just wanted a bit so bad. It made my mouth water and everything. This seems sad to me cuz I hate hotdogs. I use to think they were gross and did not eat them too often but now they are making my mouth water lol strange how things work. Wow I just want something more than shakes and soup.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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First Meeting And Diet

So I went to my first consult with the Dr. Sanchez and met with the Nutritionist / Dietitian about the 3 month supervised diet that is required for the insurance. I started with doing what the dietitian told me and watching what I eat, proteins first, 2 servings of both fruit and veggies a day, started taking a daily vitamin and calcium, increasing my water intake from 64oz to 78oz and logging everything that touches my lips. I have not been cutting my food in to smaller pieces I have however been trying to chew my food to a pulp but don’t feel I have been doing a very good job at it. I have been trying to do all of these things and I feel like I am not doing a very good job. I am hungry and have to pee all the time.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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