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Sitting here waiting to be called back for prep. They are so slow. Been here for 2 hours.

Ready for the last few hours to go by. Not nervous at all, surgeon was very reassuring today. I'll update when I can. Have to be at the hospital at 5am.

Sitting here waiting to be called back to see the surgeon is just as bad as waiting for surgery day to come. Which is tomorrow!!!! I will update when I can.

I'm on clear liquids today. I have to do the dreaded bowel prep after I see the surgeon this afternoon. Not looking forward to being on the toilet all night. Surgery is tomorrow!!!

Pre-op at the hospital at 11 tomorrow, then meet the surgeon for the first time at 2. Surgery on Wednesday. Yay!!! It's finally almost here.

Waiting on a call back from the doctor's office. They are trying to get me a pre-op appointment at the hospital either today or in the morning. My meeting with my surgeon isn't until 2 tomorrow afternoon and my surgery is Wednesday. Getting really nervous now.

Thanks for all the encouragement. My family and friends can tell me it's going to be alright and love the support they are giving me. Support from people who understand what I am going thru is a lot different. We are all in this together.

I am so excited, I set a goal for myself to be at 300 on surgery day. I got on the scale this morning and I weighed 298. I haven't been in the the two hundreds in years.

You are fighting for good health. No one said it was going to be easy, but it has a real good reward in the end.

I was put on my liver shrink diet on March 3rd. I did give in a few times. I have lost 25 pounds. Now I am 3 days away from surgery and I am all freaked out that my liver shrink diet has not worked. I don't know if could make it on the 6 month diet, but I would certainly give it a good try.

3 days to go!! I'm freaking out because I am worried about my liver not shrinking enough. Probably shouldn't be worried seeing that I have lost 25 pounds on my own. I guess since I am not scared of the surgery, I had to find something to freak about. This is what I get for reading stuff on the Internet about surgeon's closing people up for having fatty livers.

Congratulations!!! Doesn't it feel wonderful to get past that hurdle?

I thought I would miss a bunch of different things but I enjoy the numbers on the scale going down.

The reason you can't have any acrylic nails is because they put a sensor on your finger that detects the oxygen in your blood. It's called a pulse ox.

Congrats on everyone's surgery date. When I got my date, I had to go on anxiety meds, cause the waiting made my anxiety issues worse. I am better now that I am 6 days away. Best wishes and good luck!! It will be here before you know it.

I hope your surgery and recovery go well. I have my pre-op on the 24th, it was supposed to be today but my surgeon had a family emergency and had to go out of town. Kind of strange that I will meet my surgeon for first time the day before surgery.

I had so much anxiety after I was scheduled two months ago. The waiting was killing me. My psychiatrist doubled my Valium. It helped. I now have 6 days left and all is well. I'm not nervous at all, just ready to get it done.

Nothing is going to be rescheduled. Called the doctor's office and I can do bowel prep after I see the doctor on Tuesday. So happy! 6 days left!!!!

My pre-op got rescheduled to the 24th. My surgery is the 25th. The issue is I am supposed to do bowel prep on the 24th, but my appointment is not until 130. Guess I will drink the magnesium citrate after I get home. Hoping they don't reschedule everything.

Congratulations on your date!! I know you probably feel like it's going take forever to get here, but the time will go by faster than you know. Good luck with your upcoming surgery.

The pre-op diet is going much better than the first day. I'm not as cranky or hungry as I was on the first day. I have lost 3 pounds in two days. I have met my surgery day goal being at 300. I am pretty sure I will lose a little more. My 4 hour pre-op is tomorrow and I am afraid I am going to over sleep and miss it. That's pretty much the only thing I am nervous about, right now.

Not really nervous just unsure of what to expect. I have had 6 surgeries previously but they were all on my back. I don't know what to expect from an abdominal surgery. Hoping that the pain isn't to bad. I know I will have the lovely pain med button to push when I need it. I am busy wondering about what the pre-op appointment will be like. I have an appointment at the doctor's office that is 4 hours long and then stuff to do at the hospital. I have never met my surgeon before, he has quite the reputation in my area of being an amazing doctor.

Nothing to freak out about. The endoscope is the easiest procedure I have ever been through. You sleep through the whole thing, takes about 10 minutes. The prep is worse than the scope.

Congrats on the new date!!! I just have a week of two shakes and some food like a lean cuisine or smart one. My pre-op is Thursday and my surgery is June 25th. Good luck with your surgery and recovery.

I started my pre-op diet yesterday. Honestly, it was a little rough. I was starving all day. Today seems to be a bit better. I am allowed to have one snack and a small salad along with my two protein shakes. I am still hungry as can be but not as cranky. Hopefully, it will continue to get a little easier as the days go by. I have my pre-op appointment on Thursday.