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I have never blogged before; and, while I have been reading other member's blogs, I have been scared to start one myself.  Which is honestly just silly because I have no problems talking about my surgery or anything else going on in my life with the people around me. 

I guess I am just feeling overwhelmed, nervous, excited, scared all at the same time.  There is so much information to take in.  I went to a seminar with Dr. Moazzez just this past May.  I called the next day to get a one-on-one consultation with the Dr. and couldn't get an appointment until July.  I was frustrated at first, but then the time just flew by.  By the time I left his office, my surgery had been decided and scheduled for August 25th.  Wow, that is really fast.  I found out yesterday that it has to be pushed back to September 5th, which is fine, gives me that much more time to prepare.  So far I am almost done with all my pre-op appointments.  I have the sleep study this weekend, which I am not looking forward to.  I have had all my labs, gallbladder ultrasound, psychological evaluation and first nutrition session done.  We did find out that my gallbladder will need to be removed in December, after I have recovered from the RNY surgery.  Oh well, what can you do.  It just seems to be moving so fast.  I am not complaining.  I read the posts by people who are waiting 6+months to even get the surgery scheduled.  I am so excited to start my new life it is ridiculous.  But it all feels like a dream.

I am doing well on my pre-surgery weight loss, down 11 lbs, only 9 more to go.  This high protein, low carb diet isn't bad, but I do miss my carbs.  The nutritionist said yesterday that we could use protein shakes for one meal a day if we were not losing as quickly as we would like.  I think I might try that.  Breakfast is the hardest since I tend to eat in the car on the way to work and well, its hard to find something low carb that can be taken in the car.  A protein shake would definitely solve that problem and get me used to drinking them.

Off to find a protein shake I can handle, since I hear they can be difficult to find.  Will check back in later...