Pre-op Days 2 and 3

Mar 06, 2010

So, if day 1 was "so far so good" then day 2 was "ready to give up."

I don't want to piss and moan about it here cause in the end, it's my choice and I need to live with it, but man it was a crappy day. I was miserably hungry the whole day no matter what I ate (well, drank) and I peed twice an hour from 10am-midnight and then once more in the middle of the night. Then, it was a friend's bday so we went to her house for dinner/cake neither of which I could eat but she would have been upset if I didn't go. So I toughed it out and I survived and do feel better for not having given up.

Day 3 has been much better, though I'm still quite hungry. I left home at 11 and ran errands and went to the barn and just got back at 4. I've had a protein shake, an odwalla soy drink, and some cream of mushroom soup. I'm supposed to be on only broths, not soup, but I think I'll switch to broth only at the 1 week mark (3/10.) Being on only liquids, even tasty soups, is still really hard.  And I'm actually not required to be on a pre-op diet at all so whatever I'm doing has to be better than nothing.  At the moment, the only thing that's helping me feel better is knowing I only have 7 days of work left before I get a month off - which I never expected to be possible.

Today has been pretty good though, despite the constant somewhat-hungriness. S and I might go to the mall later. Oh, and I shopped at Wally World for all kinds of things I will want after surgery.  I even got this amaizng St. Patrick's day shirt and by amazing, I mean totally ridiculous! I'll have to post pics. I'll be wearing it at the hospital before and after surgery.

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