Last day of Pre-op..tomorrow is the day!!

Jan 15, 2018

This time tomorrow I will be at the hospital in Pre-op for my surgery of 12:30 PM.  This is my last day of my pre-op liquid diet and at midnight I go NPO.  I am ready mentally and physically for this surgery.  As a nurse, I am not looking forward to being in the hospital, because I suck at being a patient!!  I go between two stages, not wanting to bother my nurse because I know he/she is busy and being a little judgey about the care I receive.  I hold myself to high standards when caring for patients, so when I do not see those standards in practice it bugs me.   My husband told me last night that I have to be nice to the nurses.  

I am writing letters to my daughter and husband in case something goes wrong.  I know nothing will, but it is the side of me that says that if I prepare for the worst case scenario, it will not happen. 

On side note, we finally told my in-laws about the surgery.  My in-laws are german and live in Germany and they are the best in-laws ever.  I was nervous about telling them, because no one on their side of the family has weight issues, so I was not sure that they would understand, but my husband told them everything and then they wanted to talk to me and they told me how proud they were of me for making this decision for me and my family.  It meant a lot to me.  

 

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