Surgery date, and impending party, have both been scheduled

Jan 31, 2011

I received a call on 1/27, from Toni from the Bariatric institute, and she asked me which surgery did I want to have. She said that she needed it, so that she could submit it to my insurance. I told her that I wanted the sleeve. She said ok, and she would probably give me a call early the next week. Well, the very next day she called me, and she said that since they can do the surgery as  'outpatient', that they didn't need to get a pre-cert. She went on to say that even though 99.9% of the patients stay overnight, once I have my surgery, it will be on the hospital to get the authorization for me to stay overnight. Long story short, my surgery date has been scheduled for 4/4/2011. I'm a little concerned about it being so far out. Granted, I could use the time to gather information, and get into a support group. BUT....I don't want to have to wait 2 months. I supposed I really shouldn't complain. My first appt was on 12/17, and in less than 4 months, I have a surgery date scheduled. I'm going to see if I can get it moved up, but we shall see. I am also scheduled to have my final Pre-Op visit, on 3/14/2011. I will also have to attend some sort of Pre-Op class, that same day.
Apparently my daughter has called all of her friends, and they plan to have a huge 'Pre Surgery' party for me, mid March. She plans on having all of my favorite foods, and we are just going to eat, and drink, and party like it's 1999. I'm also a huge baker, and the cook in the family, so I'm sure there will be lots of carbs around. I used to wear this cat suit in another lifetime, and I could never quite bring myself to throw it away. How about she plans on the cat suit being the guest of honor?  When she was younger, many of her male friends used to come to our house, just to see me in this cat suit. And my boyfriend used to lose his mind when I put it on. Everyone is very excited about the prospect of seeing me in this cat suit again.

I'm scared, and nervous, and I've changed my mind at least 1000 times. But without a doubt, I know that this is probably the best thing that I can do for myself, so I have to concentrate on that.  I'm mad as hell at myself, because I started smoking again. I had quit for 4 MONTHS!!! I don't know what I was thinking!  So now, I have to start all over again. Of course, I'm not smoking as much as I was, but even 1 is too many. So it's back to the drawing board. But trust me.....by the end of February, I'll be smoke free once again. I'm determined to get 100% healthy in 2011. I did find out that I'm pre-diabetic, and my doc tells me that once I have the surgery, that will no longer be an issue. And of course, I will no longer be on high blood pressure or cholesterol meds anymore.

What I'm really looking forward to, believe it or not, is buying new panties. Oh....and being able to ride a bike with my beautiful grand kids. They would love that, and so would I. I bought this beautiful pair of shoes about 4 months ago. They have a 4" heel. Sadly, they are still in the box, because I just can't wear them. I refuse to send them back, because by the end of the summer, it's my plan to be able to rock those puppies.

I guess that's about it for now. My daughter and her children live with me, so I need to go clean the kitchen from dinner, and help Mia with her homework. We're about to get this huge ice storm, so my daughter went to the grocery store, so we wouldn't have to worry about not having enough food. Plus, my grandson has bronchitis, so he will be home tomorrow. I feel kind of bad for him, because he's a big boy, and loves his mom mom's cooking. It's going to be a very rude awakening for him, when the menu changes. He's getting to be a very big boy, and he's only 11, so this change will definitely benefit him. I'm going to start incorporating the changes slowly, so hopefully, he won't notice. I want him to be healthy also. So it's going to be a win/win situation.

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