Anxious..Nervous...Excited...mixed emotiong... 23 DAys to go!

Good Morning Delaware Friends....

   How are you all? Pretty chilly in New Castle County today! Loving the fall weather... so i cant complain....
My Surgery date is FASSSST approaching.... I am getting nervous... excited.. having all these mix emotions at the same time..But im ready for it....
I finished my last Life Skills class last monday ( 9/29) got alot of helpful information out of the classes... Last day we did a weigh in... I gained 5 lbs .. I dont know what happened... I have been trying to loose, I have been walking about 1.5 miles a night would even try to push to go atleast 2... . I was upset. to see the gain..... I think it may be that my period is coming this week??!  Its so wierd. I know when i tried diets before i would gain.. and gain.. but i was eating healthy and walking... gees... I just dont know what happened... Guess i shouldnt sweat it to much!...
My next few weeks are super busy...  Wed. I have my GI Eval @ christiana... Oct 13th i get my last clearence with my lung Dr. the 15th i have my Last pre surgery apts @ PMRI with the Dr. and Dietian the 16th is my Pre Op apt with Dr. Iragau =o] Then Oct 17-19th off to camping @ Frontier Town in Ocean City MD...for their Spooks and Spirits weekend! Then Surgery on Oct 29th...
Time flys.... Just hope i am home for Trick or Treating Halloween is one of my Fav. Holidays. Love to sit out on the porch and give out candy.. ;-)

Anywho Hope all is well...
How was the OH Event????

Chat soon!
Mandy

Mandy, All these feelings are normal. Oh how well I remember. Seems like yesterday. Don't sweat the small stuff. You will be on the loser's bench before you know it. I just love frontier town. I have never camped there. I bet that is fun. Next Halloween you will not need a costume for no one will reconize you anyway. Best of luck finishing up and we will see you on the loser's bench soon. Joanne

Hi Joanne,
  Thanks for letting me know that all these emotions are normal... I am walking the 5k Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday so hopefully those few pounds will go away when i go to the Dr. ;-).. You should try to get a lot next year @ Frontier Town.. the Grandkids will LOOOVE IT... it is so much fun... They have some much to do....

How are things with you? How is Bob?
Hope all is well joanne..
Chat soon..
Mandy

Mandy, Bob is doing good today. His nurse is here now giving him a bath. He does so much better for her than me. It is one day at a time with me. Ups and Downs. Today is good. I do well when I can keep busy. Some days are just so demanding. As woman we can gain and loss 5 lbs over night due to water weight. I haven't gotten on the scales in awhile. Mine broke. I will have to check out Frontier Town for sure next year. Is it always packed ? I love to camp too. Have fun ! See you lighter. Joanne

Hi Mandy, your time will be here before you know it! I remember my last weeks before my rny surgery, I was so excited with the anticipation of it all. When my day finally arrived, I had to be at the hospital at 6:30am (meaning a drive around the D.C. beltway in morning rush hour). I got there in the nick of time, only to find my surgery had been rescheduled as my surgeon was handling an emergency case for one of his partners. I almost had a cow, I was so upset, neither his staff nor the hospital had bothered to phone me and save me a 3-hour drive hahahaha. I had made all kinds of arrangements for babysitting, time off work, etc. and that had to be refigured. Man, was I livid. I had no compassion for that emergency patient whatsoever -- I wanted my surgery and I wanted it NOW!!! Thankfully he did fit me in later the same week . . .

And the rest is history.

It is good that you are trying to establish a walking and exercise regimen pre-op. The exercising is something I never made too much of an attempt at . . . and now I am paying the price with regain, and it is hard to get back on track.

I didn't realize Frontier Town was open for Halloween, that sounds like a lot of fun. We have never been there, either.

-BJ