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I can't believe I went from whining to being scared sh**less in less than a week! I met with Dr. Weatherille of Park Nicollet last Thursday and he set my surgery for 11:20 AM tomorrow! I am really impressed with him - he's got decades of experience as a surgeon, and ten years of laparoscopic procedures experience and over three years with the Lap-Band.

I think it was best that it all happened so fast because I haven't had much time to think about it. I've only had to endure the pre-op liquid diet for 5 days and managed to survive Christmas dinner without food. I'm amazed at how effective it is, though - I have already lost ten pounds since last Friday.

The only hurdle left in the pre-op physical at 2:00 PM today and I don't have any reason to assume there will be any problems. I took off all this week and the first week of January from work so that gives me a week and a half to recover. I hope that's enough time.

Park Nicollet's policy is for one overnight in the hospital following surgery, but I guess that's only to satisfy the insurance carriers. I'll see you all on the other side!

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I am just one week out of surgery today. I still can't believe it happened this fast.

I did okay the day of the surgery and the 2nd day, then I started to get nauseous from just about every liquid and when I could drink, it was filling me up so fast I couldn't drink enough to stay hydrated. By the third day, I knew I had to do something about it. My doctor suggested I check into the hospital to get an IV. He said it sounded like there was swelling at my stoma - a common post-surgery complaint, but that I needed to get re-hydrated in order to get better.

I spent Monday night in the hospital and was back out by noon Tuesday. I felt much better yesterday and even better today. I don't have the nauseau or restriction I felt before, so I think it will keep getting better from here on in.

The good news is although I wasn't feeling well, I managed to drop 18 pounds from my pre-surgery weight! What a great start!

Back to work on Monday and back to real life.

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