minniegirl

I am excited for sure, I already have many different stages of "Goal" clothing, I LOVE cute clothes! Also have a laundry list of things I soooo want to do once I can. I am going to bring a notepad to the hospital and have my mom or Hubs write down every activity that comes to my mind after the surgery, right now the list is only in my mind and I am thinking that focusing on verbalizing them during the hours after surgery may help me through. And then once I get home I will have the BIG PICTURE list to focus on... Silly? How are you doing with the food/liquids? (still just liquids at this stage?) Are they filling you up or do you feel hungry? I am going to try the pacer app, sounds very cool. Enjoy your nice weather Eli, and wishes for continued joy & success

Hi eli! Huge congrats on your success so far!! Sounds like you have done incredibly well! Over 27K steps is amazing, do you have a fit bit? My surgery is in 24 days, looking forward to my new tiny tummy but also so anxious and a bit scared. What you shared has eased my mind. thanks

I am Feb 24th in NJ

Well... We leave this Tuesday on a 15 night vacation that includes 5 nights at WDW, a 6 night cruise and then four more nights at WDW. I will be home 27 days before my surgery and this is when I will really focus on things related to pre surgery. I am HUNGRY (hee hee) for all info I can find on what will be my new lifestyle and my "rebirth" in a way, BUT this is my last vacation of "life as I know it" and I am just going to focus on being in the moment and try not to think too much about the surgery during this time. I have already started to slow down my eating, take little bites, chew chew chew, and cut down on fluids during my meals. I will continue this on vacation but I am going to have what I want and so to answer your question, I guess I am having a foodie farewell tour of sorts. Having said that I KNOW that my joy in life after surgery is going to be so much richer than the most decadent meal I could ever dream of now. I will always be a foodie but I expect my tastes are going to change quite a bit and I welcome it with open arms :-) Good luck to you!!!!

Oh this was great, thank you! I found things here that I have not read in hours and hours of scouring the internet.