Tomorrow morning at 0400AM I will be on the road to Knoxville, TN 82 miles away to arrive at the hospital by 0600AM to be preped for surgery at 0800AM. Mom and Sister are coming in to day from Virginia to be with me - they are the best. My bestest friend sister will be coming with Sister and I in the morning to the hospital to be there for me. Tomorrow is going to be one of the best days of my life. Emotions are an understatement. I am so excited to have this opportunity to start my new healthier life, I can hardly sleep ( I can do plenty of that tomorrow-lol). No nerves or second thoughts, I am on a mission to a healthier life and a better me. Up to this point, I have losted 58 lbs as far as I know. I hope I can weight at the hospital for an accurate rate. Wish me luck and i will keep you posted thanks
Today is the beginning of week 2 preop diet. I haven't weighed but the clothes are much looser and I cleared out my closet this weekend except for a few things to get me through. I am glad it is getting colder and the sweatshirts get to come out. 1 week and 2 days till the 19th and a bunch of things are racing through my head. Making my list for the hospital, not taking much as per the topics on this great web site have stated. My sister and Mom are coming over from VA to stay with me and that will be great. It is always good to have family around (I hope). No nerves about the surgery, I am so ready for this tool to start helping me to continue my weight loss and continue on the road to a healthier life. I mowed the grass Saturday with a push mower for the first time in years and didn't get out of breathe, it was amazing. Just getting the 55 lbs off has made me feel so much better. This is going to be the best gift I could have given myself.
I hadn't realized that is has been so long since I wrote on my blog. I do want to keep up with my progress (it will be progress) so here goes. Sept. 28th I went for all my pre-op testing, registration and classes for my October 19th surgery. Talk about a great harvest, this is going to be the best fall in my life. Today 10/6/11 is my 4th day of my pre-op diet (I started a couple of days early, why wait) and it hasn't been as bad as I thought. I do get tummy growls but it is usually because it is time to eat something. Neat how the body will let you know what it needs. Wish I had been more in tune to it before now but we will have the tool to help get healtier in a few days. I have been getting the house ready for the new eating habits and God bless my Lovey's heart (husband) he is on the path with me. He is eating healthier even our dog Charlie is getting better low calorie dog food and walkies. We all are benefiting from this journey. I am trying to think of everything I will need during and after surgery and this web site is a God send for the information. I am excited about a lot of the NSV's that I have been having and the clothes are falling of me now. I will have to go get some smaller ones just to have something to wear during this losing phase. I feel great phsyically and trying to stay postitive mentally. I am already off my high blood pressure meds and my diabetic meds. Now if I can get rid of the high cholestral and sleep apnea machine, life will be so much simplier. Time for more chicken broth so I will "blog" more later. This is the beginning of a new life for me and I can't wait for the adventure.
July 24, 2011 for some reason today I am thinking I am not sure about this surgery. I don't even have a date yet or finished the 3 months more I have to do the medically supervised diet for the insurance and I am wondering - WHAT - WHY AM I DOING THIS!!!!! I have been reading the reasons I NEED to have this done but am I being totally honest in the reasons i WANT to have this life style change done. Will it be like somethings I have started in the past and not finished. There will be no going back once I have the surgery, no undoing or replacing the stomach back once removed. I know the LAP BAND is NOT for me at all but why now am I wondering what i am doing. I am already tired of watching everything I put in my mouth, writing it down, checking the calories, proteins, carbs and fibers for the pre-op weight loss. I have lost 40 pounds since I started this journey and feel better - not as many aches or pains - I move better, can stand longer and I am not hungery once...my blood sugar has been great. I am just feeling a little down today I suppose, perhaps not enough rest last night. I will get a pep talk from myself and start anew. This is important and I must not faulter or give in...I CAN DO THIS AND I AM WORTH THE EFFORT. Ramblings finished for the day. Toodles Barb
