Wow! I've had a GREAT day today!

I had my PreOp appointment today and that went well, but before all of that went down, I had to go to employee health soon after I got off work (I work nights) to do my annual exam.. Soo, I haven't weighed myself since my consultation appointment with Dr. Dicicco. Well, they had a digital scale out in the hallway for personal use along with a bunch of healthy posters and examples and proper portion sizes (they had plastic food on a plate... ), so I went and checked in at the desk for my annual, set my stuff down, and then ran back out to the hall to hop on that scale... I was soooo shocked to see 286.2! I've lost almost 10 pounds since I went for my consultation with Dr. Dicicco! Mind you I've seen stories where people who've lost more, but for me this was a victory! I didn't think I was doing anything special with this liquid diet, and I don't really feel as though I'm smaller, but everyone else is seeing this! I'm shocked I've lost almost a total of 20 pounds from my highest weight!

It was so funny because I had to weight in again once I was getting my actual annual and I was just blabbing to the LPN about how I've lost weight and I was just so excited and pumped that my blood pressure was high when she checked it! LoL! She told me congrats and to calm the hell down, and took my BP again... I tried to relax, and it went down a few notches, but I couldn't help my emotions were so high! All I could think was, "I have seven more days...I wonder what my surgery weight will be?"

Anywho... after I left there I had about 45 minutes to an hour to kill before my actual PreOp appointment began, so I took a walk along Bayshore (beautiful LOOOONG sidewalk near downtown Tampa) and just felt great! I was SOOO happy! I think the last time I was THIS happy I was excepted into Spelman College, and the time before that I had 10th row seats at a Backstreet Boys concert! LoL! Yes, I'm corny! But this was just one of the BEST days EVER!

So, back to my PreOp appointment! Everyone was really nice, as far as the nurses go. I was weighed, asked to pee in a cup, and they took blood. They also did an EKG and Chest XRAY... I was joking with the tech who took my EKG... she told me I'd have to unbutton my bra because it had underwire in it, but she said I didn't have to take it off. She still ended up seeing my boobs because of where she had to place the EKG leads. I joked with her that I was flashing her, and I was so embarassed. LoL! As I was leaving she said don't ignore her if I ever see her, since I work at the hospital. I told her I'll always remember I flashed her, LoL!

The PreOp nurse went over what time I should be at the hospital (7am) and what time my surgery was actually scheduled for (9am). She also went over a bathing regimen they wanted me to do the night before. They gave me some Chlorahexadine wipes to take home. An hour before bed, I'm supposed to shower and shave as I would normally do, dry off, then wipe down with the wipes, and in the morning I'm allowed to brush my teeth, and then I'm supposed to wipe myself down with these Chlorahexadine wipes once more before leaving home. The Anesthesia nurse came in, she was kinda straight forward about everything. Asked me questions I felt I probably already answered, wrote down some things on a form, asked me if I had any questions and then left, I think she was the unfriendliest of them all, but she still said "good luck with everything.."

EKG was good, I'm assuming the Chest XRAY was good, and all labs... So, overall I had a FAB day!

My ticker is moving and I haven't even had surgery yet!!!

One last thing! I'm happily sipping on a DELICIOUS Strawbery/Banana protein shake that I made! Mmm!

1 scoop Strawberry Chike

1 scoop Banana Chike

6oz Fat Free Milk

1oz Water

Ice

Whole fresh Banana

BLEND!!! and DRINK!!!