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A blog by ouroborous in General

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The Big Day is Here

I've been lying here trying (unsuccessfully) to sleep. It's 5am, and I have a 6:30am checkin to the hospital, for a 7:30am procedure. I've just taken an Emend, and I'm wearing a scopolamine patch (both for nausea). They're making me a little dizzy.   I'm hoping that the procedure goes swiftly and smoothly.   I'll see you on the other side!

Last Day

Tomorrow is the big day. At 7:30 am they're going to anesthetize me and cut out about 3/4 of the fundus of my stomach, hopefully leading to a safe, healthy, and durable weight loss.   I'm anxious, but I'm also fairly convinced that I'm making the right decision. Most of my anxiety isn't really about the procedure (that may change as the hour draws near), it's a sort of self-doubt: am I doing the right thing? This is irreversible.   But I AM doing the right thing. I've seen that I just d

Two Weeks Out

Well, I'm now officially two weeks out from surgery.   I've been on the low carb diet for a couple days now, and it's going pretty smoothly. I didn't feel like I was the kind of guy who needed lots of sweets, but I have to say that the (zero carb) Crystal Lite is really helping me not obsess over things like the (low calorie, but still high carb) desserts in the fridge.   I wonder if this pre-op diet will affect my weight? I'm not counting on it, but I wouldn't mind!   On the plus side,

My List of Demands

Well, ok, this isn't really a list of demands. Rather, it's a list of complaints. I wanted to list all of my complaints and issues BEFORE surgery that I think that losing the weight might improve.   This will sound like whining -- so if that annoys you, skip this post. But it's not, really. My memory is poor (a complaint!), so I wanted to have a concrete list to look back on after the surgery and after I lose the weight, and see how far I've come.     My sleep is almost ALWAYS poor.

Wow

(Cross posted from the forums.)   So, my lovely girlfriend took a number of pictures of me standing around in just my boxers, and, yeah... now I remember why 1) I never go shirtless, and 2) I don't like pictures!   I believe that, under all the flab, I'm still a basically good looking man. But I have let the fat pile up, in roll after roll, until I'm almost unrecognizable under it. I think I've never really let myself accept just how very fat I've become. I have this bizarre mental image of

Farewell to...

Well, my girlfriend (who is also a sleever) and I went out for a "farewell" dinner tonight. I ate my last meal (ever!) where I won't be thinking about protein grams or carb grams. I had a big ole cheeseburger, with fries. I drank two large mugs of beer since that will likely be my last beer. I had two big glasses of Diet Coke. It was glorious, but I was also saying goodbye.   For the most part, I don't think I'll miss it. But I kinda needed to do it so I didn't feel like I'm getting a ra

Relearning

Well, I can tell that I'm going to have to re-learn EVERYTHING about how and what to eat.   After discovering that one of my little "snack bags" of raw almonds (a healthy "snack," right?) was nearly 40g of carbs and over 1100 calories (almost 1000 calories of fat!), I have been SUPER cautious about EVERYTHING I put in my mouth.   This is going to be tough!

Getting closer...

Well, I meet with the surgeon and nutritionist on Tuesday (the 20th) for my final appointment and my nutrition counseling for my 2 week pre-op diet. That's also when I cough up the money (I'm a self-pay).   So... it's all starting to become REAL. I'm getting a serious case of cold feet. I'm still going to do it. I HAVE to do it. But I'm starting to get nervous...

Three weeks out

So, I'm a little over three weeks out from my surgery (5/6/2010), and a week out from my two week pre-op diet. I know I have fatty liver (diagnosed) and I'm going to be super rigorous following the pre-op diet since I don't want to risk injury to my liver during the surgery! It will be hard, however, since I love, love, love carbs -- the breadier and doughier the better.   I'm already trying to prep myself somewhat for the surgery by weaning off of carbonated beverages (it will be hard to sa

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