Update....

Jun 03, 2015

Well, my surgery that was supposed to happen on Feb 16th, 2015 didn't happen. My pre-op blood work came back showing an elevated number of white blood cells, so they postponed it in case I had an infection. It turned out that it was elevated due to the prednisone my primary doctor gave me because my asthma was acting up and she wanted it under control for surgery.  

And THEN I found out that the hospital committee that reviews and approves potential surgeries said that they couldn't do surgery on me because my BMI was too high....THATS WHY I'M HAVING WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY!!!! They wanted me to get my BMI down to 65 or lower before having surgery...I had to lose 50 lbs!! If I could drop 50 pounds easily I wouldn't be needing surgery, I'd lose the weight on my own! 

My doctor advocated for me, and after seeing a cardiologist and getting conformation that my heart is OK and that surgery wouldn't put too much of a strain on it, the committee approved my surgery and I got a new surgery date.   June 4th, TOMORROW!!! 

I haven't done well on the 2-week pre-op liquid diet my doctor requires. Well, haven't done well in the since that I have cheated about 6 times. Not all day cheats, but yes I ate food 6 different times. I've been good the past several days, and today is just clear liquids (no protein shakes) and nothing after midnight. Since I started the liquid diet on 5/20/15 I've lost 19lbs!! I'm hoping to weigh again before I go in for surgery, and I'll be taking 'before' pictures and measurements. 

I'm not too nervous about the actual surgery, I trust my surgeon and I've been waiting so darn long (feels like my whole life) for this that I'm ready to just have it done with and be working towards a healthier me.  

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