The Big Day

Feb 11, 2011

I'm here!!! True to form, Ernesto scooped me up from the hotel this morning at 7. Once we got here, Lucy weighed us and showed us to our rooms, Cecilia did my vitals and I unpacked.  Dr. Campos came in and we talked a little about diet. I got my shot of Lovenox and they brought me in a breathing apparatus similar to an incentive spirometry which will help keep my lungs expanded and I have to use for the next 10 days. I just suck in and hold for 3 seconds. A lot harder than it sounds!

Here I am in my gown waiting to see the anesthesiologist and Dr. A.



1st videos: http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum

Once Dr. Aceves came into the room, I you tubed the intro (link above) but after that, he wanted our undivided attention. He was very personable as well as Dr. Campos and the anesthesiologist. They made us feel very much at ease. In a nutshell, my takeaway from Dr. Aceves was to follow the dietary guidelines, be sure to exercise to maintain lean muscle mass and above all, don't think the sleeve will do it all for you. He also said to not try to fight the sleeve. You won't win!



After Dr. A, I met with Dr. Guiterrez the anestheiologist who gave us a very detailed account of how we were going to progress from there. He was very thorough and told us we would first be given versed to relax us. From there he said he would use Fentanyl and Diprovan / propofol for the anesthesia. He explained that we would be intubated, but we would never know and I didn't ever feel anything after the versed. I was not offered a spinal, nor was the other lady that came. I did meet someone else here, but she did have it. She had her surgery the day before me and looked great. Said she even walked to the pharmacy today.

I was first so moments after that, they had me lay on a gurney and wheeled me into the surgical suite where they started an IV and wrapped my legs in ace bandages. That's the last I remember.

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