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Awesome!!!

Holy cow! amazing!

and I bet you looked awesome in it!

You're welcome! I had trouble sleeping for the past week, just prior to surgery, for the same reason. But everything is well now and I actually could sleep if the nursing staff did not need to do so much...

Awesome day for you! good luck! I was sleeved yesterday and I'm doing really well You've got this!

Good luck with your pre-op phase!

Not every surgeon requires a pre-op diet. To be sure, I would suggest you reach out to their office and ask.

Welcome! and good luck with your pre-op phase.

Welcome! and good luck on your pre-op diet. I just completed mine and had surgery yesterday! You've got this!

Thank you so very much!

Thank you, my friend!

Thank you very much! and you are welcome!

Thank you for saying so! I appreciate it. I actually have never written it down and re-read it. I have been through a lot but I've survived and now I hope to thrive. Surgery went well. I will share more about it tomorrow

Thank you very much!

At the hospital, waiting for the nurses.

Thank you for the kind words. And you are welcome! {{{hugs}}}

I'm sorry you feel bad. I've heard that it gets better. Hang in there and you will be fine! I am glad your surgery went well. I'm scheduled in four hours. I cannot sleep... {{{hugs}}}

Thank you for saying so. I do not think of myself as a fighter, but I appreciate you saying so. It is very nice to read all of these well-wishes. I'm not very good at taking compliments (you may have noticed that) but I'm open to them. I am learning to accept kind words from others. It has been my experience that they are rare for me. I'm definitely not used to it. Thank you again...

I appreciate you saying so. I've never written down everything that has happened to me until I wrote this. It is quite a lot, but when you live it, it does not seem that bad. I'll keep everyone as posted as I can. Only a few more hours until my surgery!

Thank you very much. It is awesome that you say so, I appreciate it.

Thank you very much! I appreciate it!

Thank you very much, I appreciate it! So, I actually forgot to add something in my lengthy post: every time I've had surgery on my intestines, they do not "wake up" very quickly. When I had the original surgery in 1995, I did not eat for 11 days. The second surgery in 1995, I did not eat for 9 days. The surgery in May of 2017, I did not eat for 7 days. And, the surgery in August 2017, I did not eat for 17 days. The bariatric surgery will not be the surgery that dictates when I can leave the hospital. With the surgery on my intestines, they will not let me leave until I can eat at least a full-liquid diet. (of course, the bariatric diet needs me to be on full liquids before I leave the hospital too, but it may be a week or more before I even start eating anything) Having said that, I am hoping that my intestines wake up quicker this time. I was in the hospital last August for 25 days total, and I did not eat for 17 of them. It was not fun...

I'm scheduled for 07:30 am tomorrow morning.