Start of the Pre Op Diet!

Jun 08, 2014

Well, today is the day...I start the pre=op diet.  Surgery is scheduled for June 23rd.  I am not going to lie, the idea of not being able to eat grains of any kind scares me!  I just hope I won't start having cravings...I don't want to go outside the diet and mess something up for surgery.  I have been really watching what I eat but haven't been really successful losing more weight.  I am maintaining which is good but I would have liked show a little more loss before I see the surgeon.  It is very frustrating!  I am hoping that this pre-op diet will get me some results. 

I meet with my surgeon on Wednesday.  I have only seen him once.  It was a long appointment with a lot of information that was more then overwhelming.  I think that he was noticing the deer in the headlights look that I was giving him.   This time I am taking my mom along with me.  I figure an extra pair of ears won't hurt.  Plus the doctor advised to bring the person that will be in the waiting room for me so he knows their face.  I feel very confident in him and the care that I will be getting while I am there.  I mean, it is happening in the hospital that I work in.  But I am just scared about after I get home.  I will be off work for 2 weeks, which was suggested by my surgeon.  My manager was very understanding and told me to take as much time as I need.  I hope that two week will be enough!  I also have this thought in my head that the surgery won't work.  Meaning that I won't lose any weight even after the procedure!  I know that this is probably crazy but I get that way about things.  When I had my Upper GI endoscopy I was convinced that the anesthesia wouldn't work and I would feel the whole thing.  Of course it worked and I didn't feel a thing but it is a fear that I get whenever I have anything medical done. Just my nervous self!  I hope that I am not alone in that phobia! 

Wish me luck on this diet!!  I hope these next two week go smoothly!!

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