Let me give you the important stuff first, when I weighed myself this morning I had lost 3 lbs from the day before (Monday). So you could imagine my excitement this morning. My boss decided it would be an excellent idea to cook bacon wrapped pork loin in the office today. It was absolutely torturous sitting at my desk smelling it cook ALL day, who doesn't love the smell of bacon cooking? I am happy to report that I managed to fight off my growling stomach and only have my shakes at work. I also managed to stay on the diet all day. Woo hoo!

With that being said, I met the surgeon today. I had done some research and had a pretty good idea that it wouldn't be a one on one appointment but more of a group situation. I was correct, there were about 12 people there to meet the surgeon. Well about 8 patients there were some spouses/support people. It was very weird to look around the room and be the skinniest and youngest person in the room. I was also surprised that it was equally split between men and women in the room. I am glad I didnt wait until I was in my mid 40's-early 60's to have this done.

Dr. Hollis is very nice, easy to talk to, and seems very knowledgeable. I liked that if things weren't perfect going into surgery he wouldn't proceed. Made me feel good to know that he wasn't operating a "surgery mill." I asked several questions, but anyone who knows me, knows I had a lot of questions, some I didn't want to ask in front of the group so I plan on emailing the office tomorrow. I asked about my nightly headaches, he said it was from not drinking enough water. I've been drinking 6-8 bottles of water a day. Any more and I am going to just have to sleep in the bathroom or get a catheter. But I will increase and see if they go away.

Anyways they went over the diet again and all of the do's and don'ts and the what to expect nexts. It was nice to be one of the only people in the group who already had their surgery date. Dr. Hollis' stressed the importance of the pre-op diet and how beneficial it is for your liver to shrink. Apparently if the liver doesn't shrink enough and get out of the way it opens up the potential to cut the liver during the procedure and cause bleeding. Dr. Hollis said that usually when he gets in there if he finds this situation he will close up. This has provided extra motivation to maintain on my diet. I am not going to make it all the way to the operating table and not end up with the band.

Went to the grocery store to stock up on some fresh fruit tonight, I am supposed to have 1 cup a day. I didn't have that hard of a time looking at all of the food as I thought I would. I went with my mother-inlaw for moral support/basket patrol. But I did end up with a banana in my basket (she didnt see it). I really miss them. They are too high in sugar for me to have but they taste so good though. It is sitting on my counter, lets see if I can manage to keep my will power and not eat it.

So that is where I stand. It was odd to just leave the doctors office this afternoon without making another appointment or a lot of direction. Next stop is my pre-op appointment at the hospital on September 6th. I am also to go back to the surgeon's office that day to do my official pre-surgery weigh. Oh and I made the appointment for my first fill which is October 9th, same date as my post-op appointment.

Anyways, here's to avoiding the banana staring at me on the counter. And yes I know its all my fault its sitting there.

Until tomorrow,

Amanda