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Woo hoo! I'm doing good. Got my staples taken out. Didn't hurt one bit. I thought I was supposed to be on a liquid diet for two weeks. I was wrong, they said I can start eating soft foods now. After that appointment, I went  and had a scrambled egg. It was soooo good, LOL.

They weighed me and I have lost 13 lbs. since the day of surgery. AWESOME! I don't own a scale and I don't go back to Dr. Barker's office until next month, so I won't know how much I lost by then. I kinda want to wait that long. But, I also might cave and buy a scale. I just don't want to be able to weigh myself everyday, you know? I don't know. Maybe that doesn't make sense.

Another thing, I'm looking at the temperature thingy on my computer and it says that is 101 degrees outside. Sweet fancy Moses, that's hot!! I'm staying inside the rest of the day. I'm seriously considering getting a treadmill. That way I can walk day or night, rain or shine.

Well, I've been home, actually my parent's home, since late afternoon on the 15th. My family is taking care of me for a short while. That's awesome. Once I'm feeling up to it I'm going back to my place. I'm working on getting my protein in and my multiviamins. I'm in some pain. But they gave me pain meds which I'm  thinking I'll start taking cuz I'm hurtin. I had some soup yesterday and ate about 4 oz. Whoa I was full after that last spoonful. I hate my vitamins! They're gross, except the multi and the B12, they're actually pretty tasty. The calcium is just plain old nasty to me. So is the Iron. Ick!

My surgery went fine, there were no compliations, although I think I bruised myself when I was trying to lay on my side or something. Something happended with one of the staples and it started bleeding. I'm gonna call Dr. Barker's office and find out about it, cuz I've got a huge bruise and I think some swelling there.

My family keeps asking me, "How are you feeling?" I'm like, how do think I'm feeling, I've staples in my upper and lower abdomen! LOL. I know  they're just checking on me.

My surgery is on Monday!! I'm so excited. But, you all knew that already, LOL. I'm not in the least bit nervous or scared. I'm just ready to do this thing. I may get nervous the morning of surgery. I haven't packed my bag yet or anything. Dr. Barker says I will be staying overnight and then I go home the next day, barring any complications. So there won't be much to pack.

This liquid diet was not fun, at all. No matter how I tried to switch things up I still hated doing it. Then again, who does like it? I ended up feeling bad on Thursday. I had a terrible headache and became naueseous (sp?). I had to give in a bit and ate three saltines and some applesauce. I had to buy some Tylenol since I'm supposed to stop using Advil. Oh, my beloved Advil. I will miss you so. And to top it all off, so far on that stupid liquid diet, I only lost one damn pound. UGH!!! I just hope my liver shrank enough, since that was the main reason for the liquid diet anyway.

I've never blogged before in my life, but, here goes nothing.

Okay, so I started my pre-op liquid diet today and let me tell ya, it was soooo hard. I wanted to eat something so badly. Ugh! I'm sure I'll make it through this. I have to shrink my fatty liver. I have pretty good support from my co-workers and family. Most of them have decided to do the liquid diet with me. They're awesome! And as I type that, I realize how blessed I am to have these people in my life. Aww man! I'm crying now. I gotta go pull myself together. I'll post again tomorrow.