Hey Catherine!!! Yeah!!!! Now I have a buddy thats going through it at the same time. I went and did all of my pre-op stuff this morning. Getting excited! Not nervous yet, but hubby is!!!

 that sounds great. I also feel great and am not in that much pain. I had crystal light today 4 oz of protein shake (another 4 oz later) and a popsicle. not feeling that hungry. I already my my follow up appt for next wed and they will tell me that i can start eating other things since i have had it with protein shakes, jello and popsicles lol. keep me updated

I finally took of the bandage over the area the drain was and it looked just like the other area so not sure why I was so freaked out.  L O L   I guess I"m always thinking there is a ghost under the bed so I just don't look ... but there never is   (hehehe    they hide in the closet instead)

I am May 6th, but feel similar. Kinda going stir crazy. Also struggling to get enough protein and liquids... I HATE fortified milk (powdered milk mixed with liquid milk). It ruined my pudding! I am enjoying Cream of Wheat and FAGE yogurt (lots of protein). Slept all night last night. Took a bath yesterday and shaved, was exhausting but I felt soooo good afterwards. Still not feeling the need to do laundry, but I did cook dinner for the family last night.

What to do to pass the time... walk. scrapbook. talk on the phone. read. TV. ugh... no focus.

It looks like there's quite a few of us scheduled for next Monday.  That means we are all on some type of liquid diet this week.  Hang in there.  Why am I craving lettuce?

I was originally scheduled for April 7th but it got canceled because of blood work.  Well I had new blood work done this past Monday and all looks good.

So good luck to us.

Thanks to all of you *****sponded the my last (first) post.

Brenda