Surgery is scheduled and the countdown begins!!!
October 11th, 2012 is the date! I went to Houston for my pre-op tests on Sept 27th. Blood, urine, EKG, chest x-ray, current weight, BP, heart rate... The works!
My weight when they weighed me in was at 353. That's up 8 pounds from my initial consult in May. Not what I wanted to see, but it really could have been much worse. On July 6th, I fell and broke my ankle and spent 6 weeks in a cast with extremely limited mobility. So I'll take the 8 pounds and know that they will never come back!!!
One of my surgeon's requirements is that I have to do a 2 week liquid diet before surgery. Today makes day 3. I'm down 10 pounds since my weigh-in at the hospital during my pre-op tests. The headache is almost gone. I haven't been able to tolerate most of the shakes though. A few sips and I just can't do anymore. Most times I just want to gag. I've been sipping on my favorite protein smoothie and I can't even manage to get more than 4oz's down. And I made it 2.5 hours ago! My stomach started growling so I'm chewing on ice to satisfy the munchies.
I have no energy and I just want to sleep through the next week and a half! I managed to go to the store and walk around for about 45 minutes, but I had to hurry and get home because I felt like I wanted to pass out. I started working on some crafts to keep my hands and my mind busy. I figured I'll just catch up on some shows that I've been recording on the DVR. But Cheese and CRACKERS! Every other commercial is FOOD! And then people eating in the shows... it just a smorgasbord of food everywhere!!! No wonder so many people struggle with their weight. I never really paid attention to all of it before and then realizing this is when I do most of my grazing... no wonder indeed. It's like this constant subliminal message to eat... eat... EAT.... EAT!!!!!!
So that's my update for now. 12 days from now, I'll be in Houston for the Duodenal Switch. YAY!
