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As I sit here, 5 days after my surgery, I wonder if I got lucky. I am not really in pain, just some dull aching. I haven't been nauseous . I have been able to walk almost everyday ( rain yesterday). I drink my protein shake every morning, getting tired of chocolate (never thought I'd say that). I eat my oatmeal or cream of chicken soup, or sugar free pudding the other three meals. I don't believe I have experienced dumping although the liquid stool does get a little old hopefully as I get to soft foods it will firm up.

Not to say everything is perfect. I have to figure out this whole 1 pill every 15 minutes and no pills within an hour of eating thing. I would really like to have a firm bowel movement. I want to figure out a good way to make sure I'm getting enough water. I'm tired but if I nap I can't sleep at night then  when I do sleep I oversleep and it sets the whole pill timing thing off again.

First post op appointment is Thursday so we'll see then how I'm really doing.

This time next week I will be on my first full day after surgery. I am a little nervous, a little excited and a lot worried. Will I be able to stick to he diet plan? Will I get my exercise? Will I keep myself hydrated? Hydration has been on my mind lately and I don't know why.

As a big guy I sweat. Not just beads of perspiration but raindrops of perspiration. All of this sweating makes me wonder how much more water I will need to drink to stay hydrated post surgery. Maybe I'm obsessing needlessly but if I need to take in 64 oz of water a day, does that take in to account loss of water through perspiration? I'm sure that once some weight comes off I won't be the human furnace I am now and hopefully I won't sweat as much . Is perspiration an issue in regards to staying hydrated? Feel free to share your thoughts and thank you for your support.

As the time for my surgery approaches I have begun to realize things I'll miss. The biggest is the potential loss of my social life. I enjoy going out to eat with friends or even by myself. I enjoy having a beer every now and then and watching a game at my local watering hole. So much of my social interaction revolves around food and drink it is hard for me to see past it. How do you keep up with friends that you are already struggling to keep up with when you lose the one opportunity you've had to get together. "Hey let's get together for lunch. You can eat and I'll sit there watching you eat."

But I suppose I can find other ways. As one of my friends put it, "Instead of meeting for drinks,we'll meet for walks." Maybe I'll join a gym or some exercises classes, but if I couldn't do that before the surgery what makes me think I can do it after?

This is going to be interesting.

Well after investigating, collapsing, thinking I can do it on my own and losing a friend to heart attack way too soon, 5 years later I have a date for my gastric bypass. June 16th is my new birthday. It's going to be an early day as the surgery is scheduled for 7:15 am and I have to report 2 hours before but I can sleep all I want during it. LOL. I'm kind of anxious, kind of excited, kind of scared and kind of just want it to be over. Nothing, I'm sure" that anybody else hasn't felt.

Well I met with the shrink yesterday and everything seemed to go well. I also received some good news.  I just finished a program called Sript4fitness that my pcp put me on.  It was 2 months at an athletic club and 12 visits with a personal trainer.  I had my final session last night and we rechecked my stats.  I lost 9 pounds during the program, 3 inches off my waist and one point off my BMI. Hopefully I can keep this up.  I'm hoping that the better shape (relatively) I am in the easier recovery will be when I actually have surgery.

Well I went had all my lab work done yesterday. I'm sure that's not all of it but it's what the surgeon wanted before I meet with his internist.  Upper GI was interesting, never had to do that before and my first bowel movement after it was explosive.  Being a diabetic I'm used to the bloodwork except they took 6 vials instead of the usual 1 or 2. Wow!  I get to meet with the shrink and take some personality test on Tuesday and then my nutritionist the week after that.  Hopefully everything will go well.