auntieudee
Surgery completed!
Aug 17, 2013
Surgery completed and successful!
No complications and I even lost 5 pounds within 24 hours after surgery, even though I had yet to release the gas left over from surgery.
Altogether, I have lost around 15 pounds since the beginning of my pre-op diet! I keep wanting to weigh myself, as if I am going to lose 10 pounds in a couple of hours! LOL Silly me. So I put the scale away and am going to weight myself at MOST once a week, but mostly I am going to focus on inches, and the changes I see in the mirror. You can't always trust the scale!
I still can't believe that it's finally done! It's surreal.
I have a surgery date!
May 31, 2013
I am so stoked! 
On Thursday, I received a call from my surgeons office asking
when I would like to schedule my surgery. I was thinking, "what what?" I didn't
even know that my coordinator had already submitted to my insurance, much
less that I was approved! 
Heehee. What an awesome surprise. I can not wait.
I still have not quit smoking which is why my surgery date is not until mid-July.
But I don't mind waiting.
I have already been waiting for just over a year now.
I bailed on the process once because I was afraid to quit smoking, 
and as a result, I almost lost my opportunity 
.
Not happening again!
Freaking out.
Sep 26, 2012
My biggest concern is the fact that I have to quit smoking. Sounds stupid, I know, but I have been a heavy and regular smoker for over 14 years. I can't imagine life without smoking.
Most people just look at me with an annoyed and confused look
on their face, and just say, "It'll be hard, I guess, but just do it". HAHA Just DO IT. Even my boyfriend who also smokes, although not as heavily or for as long as I have, looks at me like I am weak because I am terrified of quitting. (He also supposedly plans on quitting with me) I guess that does make me pathetic, but I don't care. I am scared, 
and I am finding no support. Sucks. I am so nervous about living life smoke free that I am even trying to talk myself out of getting the surgery. My other concern is the fact that I can only "sip" water. I go through an average of a gallon and a half of water every single day, and of course I guzzle it. If I don't, I feel nasty and tend to get a lot of headaches. How the hell am I going to sip water while out in the 102 degree heat? (I live in Phoenix).
Maybe I am not ready, because if I was, I would be willing to do anything for the surgery. All I read online are posts from people that are "so ready" for the surgery. And from the sounds of it, they apparently have no doubts
and will damn near kill their mothers because they have been "waiting for so long", at least if you believe 90% of the posts and blogs online.I, however, am not so perky about the whole thing.I wish I WAS like those people.
I AM excited and am more than willing to take on every change that I must make. No more beer, cane sugar, or carbonated drinks. More excercise, vitamins, etc., but I do not know about quitting smoking or drinking less water. Lame.
-Angela
