The final countdown!!! Getting sleeved.....TODAY!

Good morning!

This is it!!! 

All kinds of thoughts swirling through my head!! Excited, nervous, scared, relief, sad, happy.

I am so excited because this has been a long journey for me of dr approvals, pre-op classes - twice (5 yrs ago, I backed out one wk before my surgery date.), yo yo dieting, Zumba classes and exercising with joint pain and minimum results, metabolism at a snail's pace.  

I am nervous because of the obvious... surgery. Hello?!

Scared because I know that this is it. Making such a drastic decision as going through a surgery and altering your body to help do what your mind couldn't do means that I have to succeed this time. I have too!

i am relieved because I am now in Auto- pilot. Everything is packed, my paperwork is done, my pre-op diet and liquid diet is over, my vitamins and liquid proteins are purchased, my kids are all set as far as rides for school and meets this week. I had my last gulp of water at midnight and am waiting until 11 for check in, then surgery will be 2 hours after that. Trying not to think about being thirsty, but I am.

Sad because last night I was taking a mental inventory of foods that I can never have again. With   James Blunt's 'goodbye my love' playing in my head, my inner mourner said goodbye to sweets, Alfajores, flan, choclo - corn on the cob (I am peruvian - we are in love with corn!), potatoes - Causa, papas rellenas, prime rib, steak, nuts - Macadamian nuts - good by my love! No more Pastelitos from Porto's! Phew!!! Sniff. Adios.  I explained to my sweet daughter that I was breaking up with these foods and we are never getting back together again. 

I am haaaaaapppy!!! Playing Diana Ross's song "I'm coming out!"

"There's a new me coming out And I just had to live And I wanna give I'm completely positive I think this time around I am gonna do it Like you never knew it Ooh, I'll make it through The time has come for me To break out of the shell I have to shout That I'm coming out.... I'm coming out !!!"

Thank you all for your support!! Prayer warriors - could use some today!!! Thanks again!

Congratulations! Don't lament about foods that you can't have....you really can still eat anything, but I assure you, you won't want to and that is a wonderful thing! Good luck today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deb

Good luck!

Congrats in advance! Asking the Father to keep you as only he can do!

Happy surgery day!!!