Jane O.

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I am finally finished with work and what a week this has been, getting ready for my marvelous time off.  I have been perfect on my pre-op diet so far, but I'm really getting a little weak now.  Just tired and ready to rest up for Monday.  I cannot tell you how much it means to me to be remembered!  You folks are just so wonderful and I appreciate you all so much.  Yes, My Aunt Rene, brother Don and his wife Bettye, nephew Dustin, Thenita and Gwen (who were at the lunch bunch with me), and Cathy have said they'll all be there Monday.  I have to be there at 6:30 am, but I'm Dr. Spaw's second patient that day, so you all know better than I what time it might start for me.  I do know that I am completely ready.  So far, I don't feel any anxiety or fear or have any doubts.  I feel that I've made the perfect decision to have this done, and I'm extremely thankful that I'm fortunate to have the means to do it.  I'm going to spend my weekend resting and packing my bag and getting the "last minute" things that always come up.  I just read that Gas-X is good to have, so I'll pick that up.  And Benefiber, JIC (just in case).  Anything else I'm forgetting? Any more helpful hints for me?  I have the sample pack from bariatriceating.com and Gwen has been busy preparing food for my first two months--she's pureed fresh Alaskan salmon, chicken, tilapia, black beans, pinto beans, green beans, lentils, broccoli, kale, spinach, and probably more that I can't remember right now, and sealed them up in 1/4 oz. packages--and they're in my freezer.  she studied my "Owner's manual"  and got to work.  I am one BLESSED woman and I sure do know it and appreciate it.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  

My RNY will happen on Monday, April 14.  It is late on Friday night and I am thinking about how I got to this point.  Last August, I read an article online from TIME mag about this surgery and its successes then went to Baptist on the 30th to get the scoop.  I left with the paperwork Cigna requires and called my PCP from my car before backing out.  It just so happened that he had a cancellation the next day at 11:30--which made August count as month one.  Baptist submitted my paperwork to Cigna on my birthday, February 4, and the rest is history.  i have accomplished (so far) what I thought I would NEVER be able to do by staying on the pre-op diet.