Less than a week away...

Apr 11, 2012

 04/11/12

Well, this time next week I will be recovering at St. Mary's hospital.  I'm into my second week of the pre-op diet.  It is really not that bad at all.  I did slip a little last night.  I stopped to a friends house to visit and had a glass of red wine.  Not the end of the world I suppose, but a slip all the same.

I am so ready for next Tuesday to be here!  I'm a little nervous when I actually think about what they are going to do and how much pain will follow surgery, but other than that.  I'm pretty calm about the whole thing (as of right now).

I had my last appointment pre-surgery at GHP on Monday.  I've lost 10.5 pounds in the last week on this pre-op diet.  I met with Matt (the PA) again and he said everything looked good.  I was concerned about a statement he had made during my last visit that sometime when they get in there they can't always do the switch part of the surgery and you end up with only the gastric sleeve.  I really don't want that to be my case, so I asked him how often does that happen.  He said not very often.  That my safety was first and if they could not do the switch safely then they would not do it.  Again, hopefully that is not what they find with me.

Had more labs drawn on Monday too.  I'm really worried about them finding a vein for an IV on the day of surgery.  They seem to have such a hard time with finding anything to even draw for blood work.  She ended up tapping into a spider vien up near the bicep area of my arm (I know there is bicep muscles in there somewhere).  Now I have a giant hematoma.  I going to tell them that I need some of those "I don't give a shit" drugs before they start poking on me in the hospital.

So....now I just wait until next Tuesday!  Can't get here soon enough!

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