Ok so as of today i am down to 289 pounds. That is 24 since i started my liquid diet and 14 since i had surgery on the 24th. I cant wait for my next stage for food, i dont know how much more of this liquid diet i can take. I go to my first post op appt this friday the 10th so I will blog more then.

Ok so i am very sorry i didnt post before surgery, but it seemed as if my time for getting ready was slowing coming to an end. So now that i am back at home i am posting

Surgery went awesome! I kind of compare it to a C section, well atleast in my experience, I had the first surgery of the morning, was in the pre op room at 6:30 and in the post op room at 11:00. I had an epidural which was a total suprise to me, but was awesome in the pain dept.. I walked within 5 hours of the operation ( the nurses couldnt believe how well i was doing, but im sure they say that to everyone) The whole experience was pretty easy. I was pleasantly suprised. The worst part of the whole situation was the tube that was in my nose......PURE torture, but other than that i would do the whole procedure over again if needed to. I have a feeling though that because i had such a smooth transaction the last few days that getting my protein and water might be a hassle, i dont want to jinx myself though. i I almost forgot another crappy part of my situation is my dr wants me to use heparin for the next 10 days, twice a day...thats a blood thinner that i have to inject myself with, kinda burns and I am not too find of needles. I will wrire more later i need to go lay down for the night. Thank you all  for your kind words and prayers.  If anyone has questions please let me know and i will answer any of your questions.

So all my pre ops went well yesterday. After seeing the nutritionist, they have decided to put me on the liquid diet till my surgery. Protein shakes for breakfast and lunch and a healthy dinner is what i have to look forward to for the next 27 days. I am gettin more and more excited and very nervous at the same time. I know i can do this though, i have no doubts. I have one question? Did any of you have your husband stay the night with you the night of surgery? My husband offered but i dont think it usually happens. Well I have to get ready for work and will blog more later.

so i called my insurance today and i am approved! i got approved in a matter of hours...i am so excited. My doctors scheduler is out today but should be back tomorrow, so hopefully i will schedule my preop appts. and surgery date then. i will post more soon hopefully

ok so i get a missed call from my doctors office today, I have a message from the office saying that they had heard from their insurance approval dept and they said i was approved till the end of July. She wanted me to call her back so we could get the ball rolling. I tried calling numerous times, left 2 messages and no call back. I am a little worried like maybe it was a mistake and thats why she didnt bother calling me back, because seriously it only took them an hour or so to get an approval from my insurance. Doesnt that seem a little too good to be true??? It was too late to call the doctors office or my insurance company after work today so i get to be tortured all night thinking about it. I hope i get some time tomorrow to call and see whats up.keep your fingers crossed for me!