Hey Jen, 

I too have to lose weight before surgery... 15lbs. I weighed myself this morning and 5lbs gone!!! My surgery in on the 18th, less that 2 weeks away, and I can't wait!!! I started my liquid diet (completely liquids) on Wednesay but did low-carb 2 weeks before that. I'm pmsing like something horrible (maybe some is me being so anxious about losing the weight pre-op and having the surgery) but I can also tell Im retaining water.. *sigh* the joys of being a woman! lol 

Keep up the good work and keep me posted!! Losers bench HERE WE COME!!! :)

Congratulations!  Glad to hear you are doing well. 

Pat

I like that....'just 3 more sleeps until our surgerys' !   I can't believe it's happening either!  Seems like I've been waiting and waiting for this day to get here and now it's here!  I had to call the hospital today to veryify my admissions too....made it so real! 

Good Luck to you!!  

Can you believe it, only 3 more sleeps until our surgerys fellow March 9ers....I just got called by the hospital today and got my check-in time for 10:45am and it finally sunk into me, "This is actually happening", I have jitters all over...I just can't believe this is happening...


Doug

My surgery was Monday in the middle of our snowstorm. So my day started out very stressful as I tried to get to the hospital in our major snowstorm. I think God did this on purpose so I would think about the surgery. It took me 3 hours to get there. Once I arrived, they drew blood, did a urine sample and sent me to pre-op. Things went really fast from there. Lot's of poking and prodding and questions, but nothing uncomfortable. Once my surgeon came in to see me, I was on my way. They wheeled me into the surgery, I moved to the table and made a few jokes to my surgeon about limiting the amount of ****tails he was having brought in. Lol
After that, I don't remember a thing. The anesthesiologist asked me to take a few deep breaths with the mask on and I was out. Next thing I remember is waking up in the recovery room on a morphine drip. I wasn't liking the way it made me feel so I asked my mom to have them get me something else, and they did. (I have a very low tolerance for pain meds, they make me feel too weird). Anyway, I stayed there for a few hours and then went to my room. Everything was good, no complaints.
The only thing I have bothering me is gas and bloating and for some reason I'm really weepy. I am uncomfortable, but that's to be expected. I took a shower today and walked a little bit, even though I dreaded the thought of getting up and moving, it made all the world of difference. It really helps to move even though you don't feel like it. I was able to have 2 bites of cream of wheat today and I have also been drinking my protein shakes and water. Fortunately, no nauseousness. I'm dreading vomiting, so I'm being really careful.
I thank you all so much for your support and I look foward to see you all on the loser side soon.