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I will be SLEEVED in the morning! OMG!!

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Alish    2

Alish
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I'm here in Mexicali and did my pre-op testing today! My flight was horrible and LONGGGGG and the drive from San Diego to Mexicali was very long too. Our driver Freddy was awesome though and we had fun chatting with him on the ride!

I'm not going to sugar coat it:

I have to be honest that the hospital didn't really set me at ease when we first arrived. I was thinking American standards and it's just not. It's hard to explain, oh, and the fact that there were 3 or 4 security guards walking around in the hospital strapped with assault riffles was quite a shock:scared0: I still can't get over that one, WOW. I asked about it and the nurse was like "oh that, that's just normal security":lol0: WTH? I'm talking guns half the size of the men carrying them, no exaggeration.

I met with the Anesthesiologist and quickly met with Dr. Campos. The Anesthesiologist quickly set my mind at ease; very confident and knows his stuff, and he's a cutie for an added plus :thumbup1: The staff was very helpful and willing to answer any questions we had. We did have to wait a very, very long time and I was SO hungry so it was like torture. I was sent on my way with a sleeping pill and an antibiotic and told to enjoy a nice dinner.

The hotel exceeds my expectations, beautiful. The restaurant down stairs was amazing and the service was fit for a queen. Excellent food, excellent service, very affordable.

Ok well my sleeping pill just kicked in and whoa.

Wish me luck!

I'll update after my surgery tomorrow.

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stina1980    4

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Good Luck! I will be there tomorrow and in the same boat as you. Well not at your location but in Mexico nontheless. I'm not even going to sleep tonight I already know it...lol.

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TwoStepsBack    15

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Best of luck! How exciting! xx

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Lina P    0

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What exactly do you mean by "not American standards" exactly? Were the people not friendly? Were the guards right by the doors as you entered?

I'll be there on the 29th. I'm hoping to at least get there in time to say hello to you or goodbye as you're leaving.

I'm wishing you all the best, honey! You be strong!

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StaySea    2

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At least the hospital is safe...that's a plus. Anyways GOOD LUCK with your surgery!!!:001_smile:

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Alish    2

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What exactly do you mean by "not American standards" exactly? Were the people not friendly? Were the guards right by the doors as you entered?

I'll be there on the 29th. I'm hoping to at least get there in time to say hello to you or goodbye as you're leaving.

I'm wishing you all the best, honey! You be strong!

The staff and people are very helpful. What I meant was the hospital itself, just not an american hospital and it was a little unsettling at first. The guards were outside the hospital and walking around inside!! I was quite crazy. When we arrived today they weren't there....

we are meeting with the DOC now AHHHHH!

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MINI-Me    196

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Best of luck ... you are probably in surgery now. yahoo!

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ngory07    22

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Good luck!! And please keep us updated!!

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Alish    2

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Waiting to find out who is having first for the day. I'll update when I'm out of recovery!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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