T - 17 days to go.

Dec 09, 2011

 It's starting to get closer!  I was able to squeak into my preop appointments last week at Sentara Potomac.  the EKG, sosngram, Pre surgery call, bloodwork and chest X-rays took just under 3 hours to complete. I was impressed because I didn't even have an appointment.  I finished paying all the surgery fees and picked up the pre surgery liquid diet.  I have 2 more pre surgey doctor appointments to get through though.  That and I somehow have to juggle new job duties, the holidays and my typical worked out schedule.  It's the typical end of year stress with a couple new twists thrown in for giggles.

Isit really sad that I'm looking forward to having some time off post op?i have a couple e classes I want to do, and I want to get started on learning Hindi.  I'm also grateful that a lot of the initial post op weight loss I'm going to be able to hide under my winter bulky sweaters. I'm hoping I can stretch my old smaller size jeans and sweaters out until spring. That when I would typically do my wardrobe shopping anyhow.  

I'm starting to get excited again about the surgery.  I had tried to train last year for a 1/2 marathon but kept having so much trouble.  I really hope this time next year I'll be able to make the full 13 miles in 4 hours.  It was weird. I never considered myself out of shape. Oh I always knew I was fat, no denial there. But when I started having some weight related issues and couldn't make it past 4 miles in training, that when I finally opened my eyes and realized I needed some help. I don't particularly care what "size" I get to. Or what I look like in a pair of jeans. Or how many pounds I "loose". None of those things really have any bearing on how I feel about myself.  I just really want to get my health back.

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