Congratulations!  I have the same surgery date too!  I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery to us all!

Wow only a few days left!  Congrats, soon you will be sharing your story of how it all went :) 

I know what you mean girl , my surgery is Fri, May 1. I look at my ticker saying 4 days till surgery and can't believe it is finally almost here. I am excited and scared at the same time, someone asked me in Sunday School if I was excited and told them most definitely. Several people have asked me " are you sure you really want to this"  I tell them I am so way past sure, they don't even know. I started th have this surgery 2 yrs ago but 1 1/2 weeks after my first appt I fell and broke my ankle, and finally after 4 surgeries on it and many long months in Rehab facility (1yr) and outpatient PT, gettting rid of the boot I was in and now in a brace that goes from special shoe I have up to just below the knee, I have finally gotten the go ahead from my PCM, Orthopedic doc ans surgeons at the Air Force Base, because they won't do it on base because they say I have too many other med problems, want it done at COE, which I am fine with. I have complete confidence in my surgeon and the pulmonologist he had me see, who will be there for the surgery, with cardiology on call.  I didn't mean to tell you my whoe life story.   Good Luck on your surgery and may we meet at this forum and have successs stories to share                   Linda

Fri May 1 is my surgery date. It's in Mobile , Al , so my dayghter & I are driving over  o n Thurs, because the night before bowel prepmight linger to the next day & there are not a lot of places to stop along the way, and I don't want to have to make any sudden, unexpected stops with no place with a bathroom. I have to register at the hosp at 5:30 Fri. morningand surgery should be around 7:30am  The first night I will be in ICU just in case I have any breathing or heart isssues or in general, any complications I will be in the right place, acording to my doc. I have to bring my c-pap machine with me, I was hoping to leave that at home and I hope after this surgery that I will be able to get rid of that machine and oxygen attatched to it.     All other May surgery dates good luck on your surgeries and a speedy recovery. May we meet next year at this time AND HAVE MANY SUCCESS STORIES TO SHARE                         Linda

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I am having it done at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor - not far at all from Ypsi! I am nervous about doing everything right and fitting in all of the protein, vitamins, and water.