This will be my last post before my surgery. I keep feeling butterflies. I'm nervous about everything that is going to happen in the next few days, but I'm way excited too! I'm amazed at how fast it got here. I really should be in bed but I have a feeling I will not get much sleep.

I just wrote a letter to my family in case something does go wrong. It made me feel very weird to write it but I couldn't go without doing it. Did anyone else do that?

I will need to be at the airport first thing in the morning. I'll be spending the night in San Diego and then off for surgery on the 19th. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers that day.

I'll make sure to post an update as soon as I get home or if at all possible while I'm there. Not sure on that yet. I'm not taking a laptop.

Anyway. Wish me luck! Take care everyone and even though I haven't been a member for very long, you've all made me feel welcomed and I've learned a lot. Thanks everyone.

Ginny Taylor

P.S. I lost 11 lbs pre-op and possibly more by morning considering I couldn't eat yesterday, today or tomorrow. Clear liquids only. My relationship with food is already different and I haven't even had surgery yet.

Edited November 18, 200916 yr by Gingin33

Good Luck. I know you are excited. Post when you can.

Gingin,I will thinking of you and sending prayers. You will be fine and soon posting your sleever story for us.

Ginny, good luck. I understand your writing a letter to your family, but I assure you, I am confident everything will go just fine. Best of luck and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Ginny, Best of luck on your surgery! Looking forward to hearing how things went!

Don't forget to have some fun while you are there! Well especially once you are back in the recovery house! lots of magazines and novels there to browse through and even a bunch of board games or just watch the guys on staff play dominoes!

If they take you to the ocean, go down and get your feet wet! Be sure to make use of the free phone calls as well!

Enjoy the experience! Stay positive!

(Say hi to everyone there for me, will you?)

I am assuming you will have access to a computer while there and can read all this..

otherwise I am way too late...

Cheers,

Donna

Ginny....I was sleeved just over a week ago....you will do very well. I did the same thing to my family. I made sure my will was all up to date. I look forward to hearing from you when your back.

Hi all. I'm now officially sleeved. It wasnt to bad. The pain has been minimal. The staff is really nice and super cute. I will be heading back home on Monday and I will post more then. Right now I'm ready to suck down some broth. Thanks for all the well wishes!

Glad you are doing well. Keep sipping, and have a safe trip home.

Thanks for checking in with us. I am glad to hear everything went well for you.

Congrats GinGin - glad to hear you're doing well and will look forward to hearing more of your story when you get home.

I'm home now but one of my incisions appears to be infected and i'm running a fever now too. I'm going to my PCP today. Please say a prayer that nothing major happens. So far everything has been great and I just want to keep my good spirits about this.