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I had surgery yesterday morning and was pretty much out of it the whole day. Luckily I didn't have too much pain and can have Popsicles now. (: I do get a weird feeling when I drink. I'm not sure if that a full feeling of nausea. 

Im hoping today goes a bit better and I get discharged in the morning. 

And jeez it's hard sleeping in the hospital. 

ALRIGHT. So tomorrow is finally the day I've been waiting for for so very long. But as it inches closer my nerves are really hitting me. I'm terrified of waking up in pain. It makes me cringe knowing there will be something taken out of me. 

I I know my fears are probably silly but that doesn't make them any less scary. This is my first major surgery and I don't know what to expect.

Ill update you guys tomorrow if I'm not out of it. 

So after a lot of whining and bellyaching yesterday I feel my body is taking to the preop diet a lot better this second day. I'm working hard and resisting all urges to cheat. I honestly don't want to mess up anything that could interfere with surgery. 

Tomorrow I have my preop appointment and final nutrition class. I've been adamant about taking all 5838383 of my vitamins and medications. And I really feel ready to make all the changes for the rest of my life. 

Alright. It's day four of my diet and I'm already having to force myself to eat my meals. I see that the physical hunger has definitely subsided. Now just to work on the head hunger. You never really think about how much of your life revolves around food until you go without it. 

I feel a lot of energy loss. And these last few days at work are dragging because of that. I'm just ready for Monday and to start a new life. 

Also. Weighed in at 280 this morning. My highest weight was 304 in October. So feeling pretty good

Alright guys, so after a long wait I start my pre-op diet tomorrow. (: I have surgery scheduled for 2/1 with Dr. Cooper and I'm getting a VSG procedure. I'm starting to get pretty nervous at the thought of having major surgery.

I'll keep my blogs updated and hopefully everything will go well! 

So I started this whole journey in October. That's when I went to my local bariatric office and started on the path to surgery. Now it's January and I realize I'm getting closer and closer to making this all happen. 

I've been doing sleep studies like crazy and have nearly knocked out my deductable. 

i go back to my bariatric doctor Monday for a check up. See the nutritionist the 8th. And the psychologist next month. So.... I don't have much left to do. Besides set a date for surgery.

My surgeon is doing the mini bypass. And I'm super excited. Time flies. 

So, I attended my first consult yesterday and got referrals and appointments set up for the nutritionist and psychologist. And now I just have to finish these appointments and wait for the dates to be over. They are pretty far out, so I am looking for surgery in at least march/april. I also went to a seminar and learned that my surgeon prefers the mini gastric bypass, and I was impressed with the reasoning behind it.

Now comes patience.

Well, my first appointment and orientation are both on Monday and I am starting to get nervous.

I don't know what to expect, and I'm worried about my insurance, and all the appointments I'm going to have to get in order to be ready to have surgery. But I'm sure they will explain and make things roll a lot smoother.

Gotta get through this weekend of work and then enjoy Monday full of learning.