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Well I am down to counting the hours now. Today has been a mess. I have had so many things going thru my mind. I have a million things to do and can't keep my mind straight to do em. I hope I remember to be at the hospital in the morning lol........no chance of forgetting that. I'm not as nervous as I have been I just feel like I am forgetting something and I can't think straight. For all of you who have sent me well wishes THANK YOU so very much it has meant so much to me to know that all of you care enough and remembered my surgery date. Again, THANK YOU! My best friend is here with me and she is trying to help out but the dummie stayed up all night last night so I think I am keeping her straight. Well I guess I'd better get back to being confused about what to do and I'll post as soon as I get home......Please keep me in all your prayers.....................  

So I had my pre-op assessment today. All went well today I guess. The nurse was kinda put off by the fact that I haven't been taking my Lexapro. She said it was because Dr. Bour sees it as being noncompliant. So I am a little worried. She said she didn't think that he would cancel my surgery but that I should have told him. So for those of you who are Dr. Bours patients I would suggest TAKE YOUR LEXAPRO! The nurse said that Dr. Bour once took a patients bed out of their room because they wouldn't get up and walk.I will be sure to do everything that he says from now on. One of the other Dr's that was there said Dr. Bour is the best of the best and that he didn't know why he wanted to be in a small state like SC, so you know that made me feel better. The Lexapro was just so hard for me to take it made me sleepy and I couldn't deal with that having to go to school and sit and listen to a lecture for hours. Anyway.....I'll be sure to start on it as soon as I have surgery. Now to the good part. I have to be at the hospital at 11:30 Tuesday morning with surgery at 1:00. I am so excited and after seeing the hospital and hearing all those great things about Dr. Bour I do feel a little better. But......that is for right now I'm sure by tomorrow or Sunday I will really start freaking out. I have already been a basket case for the last few weeks. Today I will be painting so that will keep me busy for a while. I guess that I will stop rambling for now......Until next time...

Well....this class didn't go so well. I had gained 8oz which I guess wasn't that bad, considering the stress that I have been under for the last two weeks. So today I had 2 finals and bombed the spanish (lets hope he'll give credit for attempting..lol) I have 1 more final tomorrow and then I'm off for pre-op assessment on Friday morning. Boy the time sure has flew by. It seems just like yesterday that I started this process. I am so scared. I don't think that I have ever been as scared about anything in my life. But.....I have left it in gods hands. Hopefully, this weekend I will be able to rest some and get this off my mind.

Well today I had the pre-op surgery group. Dr. Bour and his assistant Katie really do a good job in explaining everything that will happen at the hospital. The only thing that I am worried about is the fact that you can't have anything to drink for sooo long. But.......I know that I will get thru it ok. When I first began this journey I just wanted it to hurry up and get here. Boy does the time fly by. I started this entire process Dec 4th 2007 and it seems just like yesterday. I only have a week and a half left until surgery. That sure does seem soon lol..........anyway thats my update for today..............Until next time..............

Well I went to my third optifast class today and.....yep.....5 lbs more lost! By my scales I had lost 7 but I guess that I will be happy with 5 cause the other people that I was so jealous of last week have now went from losing 7-9 lbs to 2-3lbs so I am HAPPY with my 5 two weeks in a row. Now if I can just stay this happy until surgery I will be ok. I have been very nervous the last few days, so I just try to stay busy and not think about it. Although, staying positive is sometimes a chore. I just have to keep thinking of all the good things that will come from this. Next year at this time I hope to be HEALTHY and not to mention HOT! I know everything will be fine as I have left it all in Gods Hands............

I just returned from my 2nd pre-op diet class. I was a little upset that I had only lost 5 lbs. But overall I guess that is good. It sure is better than I have done over the last few years. I really hope that this week I can do better with the diet, I just have a hard time with the eating one meal a day. Either I do not eat or I make bad decisions, so this week I plan to kick it into high gear. I am only able to walk 15 min at a time on treadmill but this week I plan to up it to 30 min at a time. So.........thats my story for thhe week. Wish me luck and please pray that I can do this................

So I started my optifast diet today. So far I have tried choc, and strawberry and they are pretty good and I also have not been hungry. My target goal for 4 weeks of optifast is only 6 lbs so I imagine I should be able to do that with no problem. So until next week...............

Well I just the date May 6th...Whoohoo, it wasn't s soon as I had hoped although it is a date! I will start my optifast diet April 8th. I am soooooo excited now that I have a definite date. I can't wait to get healthy and to start looking on the outside like I feel on the inside.

Yesterday I met with Dr. Bour. I was so very nervous, but it all went well. I was surprised at how personable he was. He went over everything that would happen along with some tips for me to follow until surgery. I only have one complaint which is that I had been told in the beginning that I could expect to have surgery the first week or two of April and now they are saying that it will be the last week of April or the first week of May. although I do understand that they have to take you in order and Dr. Bour is in no way at fault for that. Today I have to fax them my EGD report that I had done back in November and from there they will be able to submit for my insurance approval and according to Carmen that should only take 1-2 days so hopefully by the middle of next week I will have a surgery date. I am so excited and I am just eager to get this show on the road.

Ok so my OH friend e-mailed me today and let me know that I really needed to update so here goes.  I haven't been here for a while due to mid-terms coming up and now the dreaded week is here. I thought that it was ironic that I have mid-terms in the same week that I meet Dr. Bour. (Talk about stress) But I guess that it worked out for the best cause after this week I should be worry free for atleast another month. And then it will be time for finals and hopefully surgery! I met with the Psych last week and all went well.  I was not crazy!  that was nice news.This Wed. I meet Dr. Bour so, I am to say the least VERY EXCITED!  It wont be long now. Since January the 4th I have managed to lose about 20 lbs on my own. I have eaten so much chicken and turkey I really should have feathers. But I sure do feel much better. I am sort of worried about the liquid diet coming up soon I hope I do as well with it as I have with the yard birds. I imagine that after this is all done and over with I will never want to see another protien shake or a chicken or turkey. But I am willing to do whatever it takes to be healthy and be able to enjoy life. I may even do a chicken dance. I will update again on Wed.