Puttingme1st
Less than 3 weeks before and Surprisingly Healthy!?!
Apr 24, 2012
I have completed all of my pre-op blood work and the medical clearance from my PCP and shockingly everything is completely normal. I haven't had a physical since 2010 and back then everything was pretty normal as well, but as I detailed in my background I lost my mother the day after Christmas 2010 and ate my way through my grief one drive thru at a time during 2011. So I definitely anticipated, at a minimum, my cholesterol would be high, but it wasn't! At 300+ pounds I am not diabetic, don't have sleep apnea or high cholesterol or any real significant health problems...I am shockingly "healthy" for someone my size! I think it even surprised my doctors. But I'm no fool...I know that it's just a matter of time before being this heavy starts to take a major toll on my body and my health. Better to tackle it now rather than waiting for it to become a real problem!I'm less than 3 weeks out and the anxiety continues to build. I'm trying to focus on getting the things I need to be prepared when I come home, but I also know that no matter how much I prepare there will inevitably be something I need or something I didn't account for and I'm trying to accept that as a fact and not freak out too much. My goal to lose 23 pounds pre-op (I want to be under 300 for surgery so that I hit one-derland and 100 pounds loss at the same time) is going well. My last doctor visit I had lost 8 pounds in about 6 days and I was very pleased...I go back to the doctor on Friday so I'll see what the progress is looking like then. I start my 2 week opti fast diet on Monday and I'm starting to get those "last meal" jitters where I want to eat any and everything my heart desires because I know a lot of things will be off limits for a while, but then there's some guilt that comes with that. I definitely think the mental aspect of this whole journey is going to be more than I thought and I also think I may benefit from having someone in my post-op line up to address those things as they arise.
I'm working on keeping these posts short so...I'll check in the next time something exciting happens! I have a few more pre-op appointments this week and my final pre-op with the surgeon next week! (I thought that was a little early, but it's my fault for wanting to schedule multiple appts on the same day to minimize my time off work pre-surgery! The journey continues...
