THIS IS IT!!!!

Jun 27, 2010

So, here I am!!!! The night before surgery.  It's actually going to happen this time!  I was supposed to have had the surgery June 8th - but the nurses strike but the cabosh on that.  So disappointing. 

I am very anxious and nervous.  I know it's not going to be easy in the next week.  This is a major surgery and I've had them before, not a bypass, but major surgery.  They're no fun.  But, I'm very excited to start a new life.  I haven't been living for a long time.  My weight has literally enclosed and jailed me and my desire to do anything.  I have hated every minute of being obese!!!  I have lost 100 pounds twice before and gaining it back; well, there are no words to fdescribe that disappointment.  Pure dismay and sorrow.  I have been preparing for this surgery for 3 years.  This is not something I take or took lightly. 

I started the fast today and am on clear liquids.  I took one of two showers and used the hibacleanse.  I set the alarm for 5:30 a.m. tomorrow and need to be at the hospital at 7:00 a.m.  Pic line goes in at 8:00, surgery isn't until 1:00.  Have 4 or 5 hours to kill but they won't let me leave the pre-op unit.  It's going to be a long one.

I am hoping they make me very comfortable since I also have had a couple of spinal fusions and also have Fibromyalgia and Diabetic Neuropathy.  I get very stiff and sore easily - and laying on one of those temporary gernies for 5 hours will guarantee pain and getting off to a bad start.

I will write again when I return home from the hospital.  I have great support from my mom and dad, thank God.

Here I go . . . . . . . . .starting a new journey!  :)

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