Thur. Roll Call

I had my pre-op appointment yesterday.  I weighed in at 274, down 42 pounds from my first appointment this last autumn.  The nutritionist was encouraging me to have one more portion of meal replacement a day for more energy.  I will if I start feeling run down, but so far am ok.

Dr R's office was very busy.  My DH and I ended up waiting almost 30 minutes past the appointment time to see anyone.  I met a lady who lives in the subdivision across US 30 from me.  She is having surgery 12-31-08.  I also met Michelle, who had her RNY on 12-2-08.   I'm not thrilled I have to make a special trip this Saturday (or sooner) to Good Sam to get the heperin.  I have three hospitals closer by.  But, it is what it is.

I didn't leave Dr. R's office until after 5pm.  My DH left about 1/2 hour sooner and went back to his office.  Something crazy happened when I was close to home.  I went down a side road because traffic on Orchard was all backed up.  So, I went down Jericho.  There is a connecting road that heads to US 30. but it was backed up almost all the way to Jericho.  I would have needed to go left with no traffic signal.  So, I stayed on Jericho to RT 47.  It took 26 minutes to get to US 30 and almost home.  Normally, it should have taken about 5 minutes.

I was going to go swimming this morning.  When I got into the Vaughn Athletic Center, I was warned that the therapy pool had been refilled last night and the water was cold.  So, I took a shower there, gassed up my car, hosed it down at a jet-hose place, and shopped for a while at Meijer (in Elgin, so it was closer to work).  It was nice not to feel rushed this morning, not nice I didn't get to swim.

I wish you all well.  I hope everyone is safe and warm.