Inspired_loser
Coutdown On--Four Days to Go to Surgery!
Oct 21, 2010
I am not sure why I have waited until this point to start posting. After all I am a posting type of girl. For some reason, however, I have just been hanging around since even before I got my date meaning to write but never getting to it. I did update my profile a little bit and choose my tracker, but getting myself to start this blog has been difficult. I think it is because none of this felt real to me until I walked out of the (all-day) multidisciplinary class and pre-op testing this past Monday. At that point, it all started to sink in. So now, whatever the reasons I took so long here I am ready to share my journey with anyone who is interested or who can benefit from my experiences.Anyway, as I said in the title of this post, I am four days away from ground zero. I guess it is normal, but I have to say I am experiencing a bit more anxiety at the thought of both the surgery itself and what comes after than I thought I would. It is not necessarily negative anxiety, but my emotions are running high right now as I continue to prepare for my new life.
Speaking of preparation, I got some cute little dishes, a small spoon, cocktail forks, and tiny storage containers. I also got a good shaker cup with a separate container to keep the powder in and an ice stick, a couple types of protein mixes (I have to get more, but I am going to order those with my vitamins later today), some comfy new sweats to wear for the first few days when I get home, an immersion blender (already have a bullet), some cute little Popsicle makers, a lunch lunch bag and some insulated containers to carry so I always have appropriate food with me, and a few other things that I cannot remember at the moment. I also dug out all of my old workout stuff for when I am able to start more intensive exercising, and I renewed my membership to the YMCA. I have been extremely busy with other things, as well, but preparing for surgery has been cathartic for me. It helps me to stay positive and keep in mind what my doctor has requested I do in the week before surgery.
I am supposed to practice breathing, walk for thirty minutes every day, make sure I am eating only three meals a day, take a multivitamin daily, fill the prescription for pain meds for after surgery, get the Hibicleanse for showering the morning of surgery, and buy the bowel prep stuff (not looking forward to that part). I have done everything required of me. . .almost. I do have to admit that I did not walk yesterday and I had a snack after dinner last night (just keeping it real). As for the walk, it was raining like crazy, but I realize this is no excuse because I have the means to do the equivalent indoors; as for the snack, well, I just decided to give my self one last small hoorah (it was a Rice Crispies Treat). Overall however, I am doing well and I will soon be on the losing side of this adventure. Yay!
