Day before surgery

Sep 21, 2010

Started my clear liquid diet. I had to call the Pacific Baratric to see if strawberry jello was clear? Yes it is considered clear. Today has been really hard on me because I can not eat and my head is pounding. I am almost done with my 120oz of water and have drinking tons of chicken broth and jello.  I hate the feeling of wanting to eat something and feeling so dizzy and stoned. However this shall pass.  I will not be able to eat after midnight tonight and surgery is not till 1pm tomorrow.  This is a challenge but it only shows me how strong I really am.  dude there is people lost for days and they survive, I can over come this jello and broth thing. the nice part is not feeling the hunger and going through this will be much better plus I will be all doped up.
Today is also my pre-op appt at Scripps Mercy Hospital. I went to the 2en floor turned Left went all the way down the hall to the surgerical center and some lady ask me a few question about myself like name spelling, date of birth, address and phone number...gave me some paper work to fill out which was health questions. Also had to have all the names of my medication, dosage and how I took them. Nurse called me back weighted me. I asked her how many pounds they would let someone go over since they last saw the doctor before refusing them. she said they have to be within 5 pounds or they call the doctor to see what he wants to do.  Thank God I lost 3 (probably the milk of magnesia med I had to take to clean me out a few hours before). she then went and got my husband and we sat down to go over paper work. she gave me anteseptic scrub soution and told me to use it before coming in tomorrow. first wash body with soap and rinse then with washcloth scrub with solution rinse and use the other half of bottle and wipe it all over again and rinse??? she also went over how to use the spirometer (breathing exercise device) and then fitted me for a stomach bind which I will use tomorrow night when I walk. That was it.
Nurse did tell me the reason I feel loony is because my body is in shock that it has no food. Got my kids serving me jello and chicken broth so it is nice for a chance to have the kids caring for mama.
Well that is it for now until tomorrow or thurs.

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