I was faced with my first challenge yesterday and it was difficult! I am in day 4 of the pre-op diet (4 weeks as my doctor wants it). My son plays on a varsity football team and each week the night before a game the parents cook dinner for them and they have a team dinner. This was my week and I was making chicken parmigiana. I managed to get through the smell of the sauce cooking, and I even had my butcher bread and fry the cutlets for me so I didn't have to do that. But the hardest part was when I started cutting up the cutlets into pieces so that I can make layers of it. Usually when I would cut up the chicken I would take a bite size piece here and there (and here and there and more here and more there). So that was tough. As I was cutting them I guess my son saw the look on my face and put his arm around me and said "you okay mom, I know this is tough" and that helped a bit. He also then popped 2 or 3 pieces in his mouth - lol! But I got through it, baked it, brought it, served the kids and ignored the leftovers and all the Desserts that were around. I survived!

At the end of the day I felt so accomplished that I was able to get through it. I really felt like if I could get through that and I can really do this. I can't wait for my surgery already! I got this!

I'm so proud of you! The pre-op diet is so hard! I chewed gum when baking during my pre-op diet. Congrats to you! See you on the Losers' Bench soon-

Lynda

Way to go! That's the kind of mental toughness that will carry you through lots of problems--I know you are proud of yourself, and you should be! You'll be sleeved in less than a month... keep it up!

YOU GO GIRL!

WTG!!!! That's awesome!

Totally awesome NSV!!!

You know what that just told me? It told me that you are going to be a HUGE success at this. You fought it and won. Congratulations!