Pre op appt call :)

Jan 04, 2011

1-4-2011
Great news!  Yesterday I got the call I've been waiting for :)  I now have my pre op appt 1-24-2011.  I hope that surgery won't be far behind.  I have been busy today making a list of concerns and questions for the doc.  I want to make sure I have everything ready (vitamins, food, etc) for when I come home from surgery also.  I have been making extra food for the family and freezing so hopefully I won't have to cook much until I feel better.  My hubby has been acting stragely since I got the call yesterday.  He doesn't seem happy or excited at all.  I know it must be that he's nervous about the surgery I guess.  I asked him if that was it and he said he's not acting strangely, but it seems like it to me.  Maybe because I am so excited I expect him to be also, I don't know.  I am just a bundle of nerves right now. 
I know Dr. Mikami doesn't require a liver shrink diet, but I did get some Slim-Fast the other day to try and lose a few pounds before the surgery to hopefully make the surgery and recovery go a little better, but I haven't started it yet and have been pigging out on foods I know I won't have again or see much of after the surgery.  I know that's bad, but it's kinda like I am saying goodbye to some old friends. 
I haven't really told a lot of people that I'm doing the surgery because the reactions I have got have been lukewarm at best.  Everyone says "Have you tried everything else?"  "Are you sure it's a good idea?", "You don't seem that heavy to me" (that last one makes me puke because I know they're lying....I mean seriously, I do have mirrors in my house".  I don't have much support.  My best friend is also obese but she seems against the surgery.  My Mom and Dad aren't here anymore.  My husband says he wants me to be healthy so if this surgery will make me healthier then he wants me to have it but he insists that he's more attracted to larger women (even though he dated thinner women before me and I weighed 130 pounds when we started dating).  I just wish 1 person in my life was supportive.  Because of my hubby's doubts I think my kids have doubts too.  Ha, my kids asked me "How will you still have muscles when you're skinnier?"  Hopefully the next time I post I will have a surgery date.  Prayers are much appreciated :)

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