So, I was supposed to get bypass 15 years ago. Two days before my surgery, my gallbladder decided it was done with me. After nine months of driving to Boston weekly it was going to be be post-poned two more months and I was kinda freaked out so I bailed.
Five years later I went to a different surgeon in Burlington MA, still a shleap drive but, more manageable. Halfway through he got called to activate duty. Scared the poop out of me and I vowed never again would I try.
I did lose 100 pounds seven years ago and I did keep many of those lifestyle changes. I don't drink soda, only drink skim milk, learned to love veggies and water just lost the pool I once had access to and it took six years for the weight to slowly creep back but all but fifty pounds of it has. I'm actually a very active person except when school leaves me not sleeping or doing anything beyond studying 16 hours a day. I don't even own a television. I've been overweight my entire life though. It's annoying.
Two people I know have had this done. I am in the last year of my undergraduate Geology program and sick of being less mobile than I want or need to be. I called the same surgeon one of my friends used and managed to get a date of December 27, 2018. Perfect time gives me just under a month to heal before classes restart. I am a broker than broke person. Seriously message me sometime, it stupid my financial situation. Laughable and stupid. Anyway will change soonish I hope. I started the liquid diet last Thursday. Two days ago after my mom sent me to the bakery and McDonald's, and I maintained willpower, she friend chicken and I caved. I had three chicken tenders. I had been craving salt for two days and learned a valuable lesson: if she's cooking an it smells good, go play Pokemon. If you're super craving salt, eat some, just lick it like a goat. I have low blood pressure actually and it's been dropping with the 34 so far lost pounds. Fried chicken has always just been a substance to adhere salt to. If I am craving salt that badly, my body needs it for something.
The only possible hold out beyond my chicken tender disaster is I didn't quit smoking until the 26th of November. My urine taken the 27th of November was really high, duh, I could have told them it would have been. I was told I had to quit a month before. I did. I just tested again yesterday and haven't heard back. Any delay in surgery means putting it off possibly till May if not indefinitely if I get an immediate job out of school. Should be fine but I heard menthol can take longer to exit the system and that's what I smoked.
Anyway, I'm a nervous, insane wreck of a person who really really doesn't want to do this. I hate hospitals. I hate doctors and I hate surgeries, not to mention the reeling effect from the first two failures. Am I screwed because I had three tenders? Been on track ever since. What do I do about clothes provided I survive this awful procedure? I get the importance of this nightmare or I wouldn't be doing it. Like I said, I have a long list of objections but obviously have weighed the benefits and made my choice.
Really looking forward to being able to have quality, fitting, outdoor clothing. I dream of a good rain jacket, snow pants, coat and boots. Like these things are so important to me, you have no idea.
Would love advice or something