Michelle Manor
Surgeon "1 on 1" Appointment
Apr 23, 2009
Well had my surgeon one on one yesterday (21st) Chris had to go with me to that one since he is my support partner and will be there the day of surgery. Dr. Olsen is doing my surgery I totally trust her and know she is good. I have lost a pretty good amount of weight on my own since I started this my bariatric clinic scale read 204.6lbs today I started out at 228lbs. I have mixed emotions one minute I am terrified one minute I am excited the big day is Tuesday the 28th Tomorrow I have my PAU appt which is Patient admission Unit where I will do anesthesia and all my admissions stuff thats at 950am. I already wrote letters to my husband and children and a few others, Chris hates that part but has to realize its something I had to do I can never leave anything unfinished so if something were to ever happen I sure would not want to leave this earth without something to say to the ones I love. The boys have decided they want to go to the hospital the day of surgery I told Chris that was up to him totally since they would be with him. Dakota says he wants to stay the night with me in the hospital and to pack him a toothbrush but told him he cant he has a baseball game to win that night. I hate I can not be there but it just happened to fall on my day of surgery but he understands why I cant be there, does not mean I wont be cheering for him :) I love to watch my boys play baseball :) The boys are doing Career Shadowing today poor Chris heehee they are both with him at work today but they go back to school tomorrow to regular schedule. As far as my surgery appt yesterday she went over the procedure answered any questions I only had one and thats when can I get back on birth control and chris had a few about the surgery, i know he is worried since its a major surgery but I trust putting my life in her hands and know she will do great :) After that the rest is up to me the surgery is only a tool in no means will this be the easy way out I hate when people say that its not the easy way putting my body through what I am about to put it through and changing my life forever from supplements for the rest of my life all the way down to changing the way I eat and how I chew my food, how I drink, this changes everything but I see it as a second chance at life and I am doing it while I am young! I just hope everyone around me understands why I am doing this and if you dont Im sorry but one day when you see me and my health is better, my blood pressure is normal then maybe you will see the big picture. Well thats it for today I will try and make another update before the big day on tuesday. I still have to take my before surgery pics so I have them to compare for later guess i should have done that at 228lbs huh ...oh well better late than never...love to all
