Four weeks to go!

Dec 13, 2010

I got my surgery date!  It will be January 10th, 2011.  This is perfect timing, a little over a week before classes start back up and hopefully enough time to recover.  I got my preop bloodwork today, they took 14 vials of blood.  Check out my regular blog for a detail on what they are testing.  I'm still having some issues with my CPAP.  I had a very difficult time after they delivered it.  When I took it to the CPAP Clinic, the pressure was way too high.  It was 24/20.  She reduced it to 16/12, which still seems a bit high for me, but it's a lot better.  The major issue I'm having now is with the mask.  I just cannot sleep with it on.  I gave up and didn't put it on last night because I had a final today and couldn't risk not getting a good night's sleep.  I've been fighting with the CPAP since I got it on November 29th and have not had a full night's sleep since then.  I really want a nasal mask, but was told that my pressure was too high for one.  I know if I had one, I could sleep so much better.  So, for now, I will keep going on 5 hours of sleep each night because I fight with it between 10-1 am and give up, take it off and sleep till 5-6. 

So, what do I have left to do.  I have to see the nutritionist one more time, I have my psychological evaluation on December 28th and then I go for the preop group on January 5th.  That's it!  So far, I've lost 22 pounds!

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