Day before the surgery

Nov 09, 2009

So this morning my husband dropped me off at the airport at a bright and early 4am and my adventure began.  I wasn't nervous or stressed, I just plugged along through security and curled up with my newly purchased netbook to read until my gate was called.  My carry-on passed all scrutiny so that's a bonus - for a sec there I thought I'd have too many liquids in that little plastic bag to pass through but it worked out.  I had a layover in mineapolis for almost 2 hours and then hopped on the next plane to San Diego.  Filling out that customs card kind of confused me a bit because they don't give you an option for "I'm not staying in the US - I'm running across the border to have surgery" so I just filled out the name of the clinic and put it in San Diego - I didn't get interrogated so that's a bonus!

When I arrived at the San Diego airport the shuttle was only 10 minutes away and the guys were REALLY friendly.  They drove me across the border without any issue and brought me to my new home away from home.  This place is absolutely gorgeous (nicer than most resorts I've stayed at) and talk about 10 star service! They won't let you do a thing! It's gorgeous here, the beds are so comfortable - the kitchen is fully stocked and the staff cooks and cleans for you.  I'm blown away by how nice everyone is here!

Dr. Bettencourt (?) was here to greet me as well as a few other ladies who were post op and they are all a hoot - so easy to just fall into conversation with them and hear all about their last-minute advice.  I have two ladies and a gentleman here with me that have had gastric bypasses and another one (from CANADA!) who has just had her sleeve done.  Everyone seems in good spirits and their all doing very well. 

I'm the first one in tomorrow for my surgery, they're picking me up at 7am; no makeup, no fragrance, no jewelry and then I'm off to the races.  I can honestly tell you that I have no nerves, no doubts and no worries walking into this - I've been floating through this past week oddly enough - no stress and no worries, and believe it or not, NO FOOD FUNERALS!!! I actually just opted for soups and protein shakes to get me through the airport and this evening.  Weird hey?!

I don' t know how chatty I'll be feeling tomorrow but I will try to post as soon as I'm able to and keep you in the loop on how I'm doing.  For those lurkers...the newbies who are just curious to know all the details, I will do what I can to fill in the blanks as I go. 

Lighter Dayz ahead (and only hours away!!!)

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