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2 successful days of Pre-Op diet down and so far I haven't even murdilated anyone yet! My coworkers are thankful...

3 days of pre-op diet down, 5 to go... Have to admit to feeling fairly miserable, but I'm grinding it out...

9:30 Checkin time on Tuesday! Only a couple more days to go!

Back to work today. (boo!) 1/2 days for the rest of the week, then back to 100% on Mon 8/12.

Bah! Didn't get a call back to schedule today. Crossing my fingers to get a date tomorrow. There is nothing else I have outstanding that I have control over...

Cautiously updating my ticker... Cautiously optimistic that it will hold...

Classic... My last status update was actually a message to someone else. That is sooo me!

Day 1 of Pre-Op diet down. Only missed the calorie mark by 9. I'm calling that a win!

Day 2 at home. Struggling to get in enough fluids. Have some discomfort, but nothing major. All in all, feeling pretty good!

Day 3 at home. Full liquids tomorrow! Dropped my pain meds today and it's easier to get fluids down each day! Bring on the healing!

Day 5 of Pre-Op diet almost over... 3 days to go. Starting to feel human again.

Dehydration... Please go away. You are really annoying me...

Dietitian and Psych eval on Friday...

Discharged this morning. The drugs were better in the clinic, but not feeling too bad. Mild heartburn sensation if I don't sit or stand up straight. No nausea or vomiting or significant pain, though.

Doing much better. Bigger/badder antinausea meds making all the difference. Ate pretty high carb yesterday and today I have a bit more energy. Hoping this pattern holds...

Endoscopy today. Some torsion in addition to kink. Doc was able to straighten out a bit, but not fully. Followup on the 9th, but feel sooo much better. Just have to pay close attention and call if anything gets worse.

Finally popped over the 1/2 way mark! (From my high weight, not surgery weight, but I'm sure as heck taking credit for it!)

First day of full liquids... I can hear my body saying "thankyouthankyouthankyou for some calories and protien!"

First Post-Op today. All is well and on my way!

Goodbye 260's and 250's! With luck and diligence, I hope to never be tortured by your presence again!

Goodbye 270's! I hope to never see you again!

Hang in there! There was an opening on 6/26 when I was on the phone with Leigh on Tuesday. The only reason I couldn't take it was because I couldn't get the endoscopy in time.

I ate real food that actually resembled real food today!!! I've never been so excited about canned green beans and plain ground beef!

I don't really want to say this prematurely, but I think my body might possibly be beginning to think about quitting freaking out about the semi-starvation and tentatively be allowing just a smidgen of weight to begin to come back off... but I'm not sure... could be too early to tell... Maybe. :-)

July 24th can't come soon enough...