Surgery date 02/02/2015 and need a mentor and buddies

[GAWildKat 82]

Ketosis changes the way the body smells, my husband hasn't complained yet, so I'm assuming it's not that bad yet. I can tell the cat notices the changes in me because she's racing around the house with me and if I'm in the kitchen, she sits on the floor out of the way somewhere to watch me. If in the livingroom or bedroom she needs to have closeness. My bedroom has 2 doors to it, a standard door from the livingroom, the other is a folding door that hides access to the middle bedroom where hubby setup his office. We generally leave that door open along with the door to the middle bedroom so she come and go as she needs. If she leaves the bedroom and can't see me, she will cry until someone tells her to "go around", then she assures herself I'm here and ok before she will settle. I'd say it's a silly thing on her part, but she's seen my medical crisis' before. At 14 yrs old she's seen everything with me happen, she's also lost all the cats she was raised with too. I suspect in her own mind she worries something bad is happening with me and she's going to lose me too. I got up this morning. @6:45, she has been glued to me since, glued to my right hip. I wish I could tell her I'm ok and the changes she senses are ok and expected. Best thing I can do to help her is be calm and love her the next few days

[Raec69 11]

@gawildcat

Congrats & Best wishes. I'm 3 yrs out RNY. Thee BEST decision in my LIFE!!! Prayers for a Speedy recovery.

If there's any advie or questions I can answer for u please feel free to message me????

[Susan33 18]

Wow Kat. She sounds kinda like how protective a dog is. At age 14 sou D's like she's doing pretty good. Lol off the cat issue..I woke up at 4:30 instantly thinking Protein Shake. Was feeling a little hungry so I just drank some water.Just figured Protein shake should be drank around this time 8ish. Then I started it says I can have leafy green vegetable for dinner. I don't really like salad due to the dressing. I wonder if it is OK to eat broccoli? Lol I love that stuff.

[Susan33 18]

Is it OK to eat broccoli on the pre op diet?

[GAWildKat 82]

Im on the KetogenX diet, all leafy or green veggies were allowed. Homemade oil and vinegar dressings were allowed too as long as I limited myself to 1 teaspoon of olive oil a day

[GAWildKat 82]

Hopefully this works, here is the Shadow cat being clingy lol.

[Susan33 18]

Thanks Kat. Lol...YAY!!!!!! I CAN STILL EAT MY BROCCOLI!!!, Lol I wish my daughter had same attitude towards broccoli as I do.. Mama can dream tho... Lol

[Susan33 18]

Cute peaceful cat Kat. Looks like 2 cats I had when I was younger..Mittens and apple jacks(yes I was like 5 when I named my cat apple jacks)

[GAWildKat 82]

Shadow is an Domestic American Shorthair bobtail, we were told by the rescue she was either part bobcat or part manx. All I know is she refuses to let me up and has pinned me to the chair lol.

[Susan33 18]

Wow. Yeah our dog either sleeps right behind or in front of me. Either way he presses against me. So i had to not let him sleep with me at night. Just gotta play it safe for after surgery. Lol hes been following me everywhere.He watches me take shower and if i close door to use restroom when i open door hes right there waiting. Follows me everywhere I go

[GAWildKat 82]

I got the results back from my preop bloodwork. Excuse me for the forthcoming snarky comment.... Nurse says hey Tricia, did you know you are anemic? Why yes, have been all my life, duh, pale skin redheads usually are. Nurse: Just wanted to be sure you knew. This will mean you might have to take an additional Iron supplement postop. Ok *rollseyes*

[GAWildKat 82]

And got my surgery report time, 7:45am est Monday morning.

[Susan33 18]

Yay..Surgery date is 12 days away. I was already have Protein Shakes for b and l but ate lil amounts of food. I start the strick PS diet today. I already know it'll be hard. Today is my pre op appt so I hope to find out some tips today. Anyone have tips to help me stay on the PS diet?

[Susan33 18]

My surgery time I was told is around 10ish but was told it can change. Was told I'll be given a call closer to surgery date with the exact time.

[Susan33 18]

Kat today is your day!! It's THE day!!! Good luck with surgery and recovery. Wish you the best.