I went to my final consult on June 5th. He explained to me what was going to happen and to see if I had any questions.He also said you will be on the 10th I said no the 12th he said wow how many are they putting on that day. Anglea is the person who schedules the band dates handed me my papers to have my pre -surgery test done.She also made it very clear that anything can happen were as the date may change. In my head I knew it would just from the comment Dr. Rickford made.The next day I get a call saying we need to move your date to the 17th I say I can't that day my son's end of the year program is that day so she moves to the 19th which I agreed on on forgetting that I have I bus trip to go on the next day. I called her back and I could tell in her voice that she had no intentions of changing the date again. I asked her if I would be ok if I went on the trip she said it was up to me. On Thursday I went and had all of my pre-ops done X-ray, EKG and blood work that was a long day oh and I had to pre-register.

So now I have a week to enjoy some of my favorite foods. So I thought...because I had been on the protein shakes so long that when it came time for me to eat my jaws hurt. I could not believe how long it took me to eat dumplings. If I ate to much of anything I paid for it dearly I had heart burn and acid refulx in the middle of the night.

June 12th I started back on the protein shakes I hope I am able to make it being that I have already done the protein before and then I was able to eat and now I am back on them again. This is day two and I really tried to sleep as much as I could just to keep my mind off food....

I am on day 3 of my liquids diet-and i totally understand wanting to sleep so you dont think about food. Day 1 and 2 were far worse than today. I have 10 more days of this, so I hope i can stick it out- I just have to remind myself to think about the bigger picture!