Feeling Better...

Apr 30, 2009

Well - i'm slowly getting back on track.  Yesterday was a pretty good day.  I even went for a walk on my lunch hour - which felt really nice.  If the weather holds out, I will do the same tonight.  A friend is coming over tonight to help me straighten up my apartment - and tomorrow I will take on the task of shopping for after-surgery friendly food. 

I have a "walk off the weight" DVD i borrowed from a friend, and if it starts raining, which i'm sure it will - I will try to do that.  I look at it as a challenge, because it is 45 minutes of power walking, and its broken down into 1 mile incriments.  I made it to about 18 minutes the last time (which was a couple weeks ago), so hopefully i can make it at least that far.

I took people's advice and started eating my SF oatmeal again for more fiber, and I really think that's going to help me out with sticking to my plan.  Even if I have to eat oatmeal in the afternoon - I think it will be worth it.

Only 4 1/2 days until surgery.  My admitting time is 9:00am - so I'm not really sure exactly what time i will go in for surgery - but hopefully soon after that.  The admitting nurse told me that the surgery lasts 1-2 hours - so hopefully I will be resting in my room around 1 or 2...  That would be nice.

I will say though - my main concern is waking up with a huge cut in my stomach.  I was given the task of losing 30-40 lbs, and I've only gotten to about 20.  I know that is really good - but not what the surgeon asked.  So we'll see.  I have some aprehensions about an open surgery - just because I've seen some complications with my aunt - and also about recovery time.  I live alone, and pay all of my bills on a rather frugal budget... If I am off work for more than 15 days, I will be without pay for a month... which means I can't pay my bills.  That has me scared...

But not scared enough to not go through with it.  I know the benefits of this will far outweight any negative things that can happen - but its just how my mind works... I have always thought about the bad stuff more than the good stuff.

Well - i suppose its time to sign off again...  I'm sure i'll write more before the big day!

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