Here's a few things that ...

Here's a few things that are going on in my pea brain,that I'm driving myself over(WARNING NOT SUITABLE FOR THE EAZILY ANNOYED!!).I'm VERY disturbed over the idea of laying on the OR table totally naked!! Yes, I know they will eventually put those drapes on me, and I know they see nude people everyday but it's not me and i feel that my naked is differant than everyone elses!! I'm worried that I'll go through all this and not lose all the weight that i need to!! And i just found out yesterday that my DH didn't tell them the whole truth at work about what kind of surgery I'm having!! He told them that I'm haveing a turmor removed from my ribs, that's true , but he left out the WLS part!! IS he embarresed that i'm haveing to do this? He claimes he's glad that i'm doing this and then he does this and he knows i don't care who he tells,I'm shoutting from the roof tops!! What if i get to skinny my DH likes a little meat on the bones, NOT THIS MUCH THOUGH! And one other thing that has me worried about the surgery ingeneral is that they don't do a bowel prep, If they nick my intestins i don't want pooh in my inadrs! Would it be Ok If i take one on my on? there you have it the goings on inside my head today!!! oh and also I'm affraid that my kids will go hungery if i'm not here for 3 days to make sure they are feed and bathed and have on matching ironed clothes!! I Warned ya'll not to read this, don't roll your eyes at me!!! DAWN

Actually Dawn, you made me laugh! These seem like very logical things to worry about to me. After all, what else can our brains be doing while waiting? You need not worry about other people and if your husband doesn't want to share the whole truth, then let him be that way. Maybe he wants them to be surprised when they see you after weight loss. I think I would do a bowel cleansing. It can't hurt!! Are you coming Sunday? Hope to meet you! Smiles, Jan

Glad I could make you laugh, and yes I'll be there Sunday on clear liquids mind you, But i can't wait to meet you and everyone else!! DAWN

Girl, you have me laughing hystarically. I had grown attached to my surgery nurse and was weary of this too but guess what.. I got to keep my drawers on... Its totally fine if you do something preop. I did Magnesium Citrate the day before and a fleet enema. It was required by my doc. Talk to yours and make sure its okay although I cant see why it wouldnt be okay. Your kids.. Hmmm... I went and bought the most easy things for my family. I bought spaghetti o's - frozen pizzas,etc - bad food - but easy so they wouldnt starve.. My husband is NOT a cooker. I laid all her clothes out with the date taped to them. As far as the bath---worst case scenario--they will stink when they come to visit you.

Girl the drawers aint my main concern!! you'll see what i mean sunday!!! Just ask Rhonda she's seen them!!!! how did you get to keep them drawers with the cathiter in? i guess my kidos will survive, my dh can cook but i just don't know that he'll remember to feed the twins! I'm sure they'll let him know before they pass out!! And i'm going to do the thing you did with the clothes!! DAWN

Dawn, All completely normal concerns! You're just going to have to get over the nakey part! The kids will survive - I've heard you can live on water for a long time - so just make sure the water bill is paid! I would call the doc about the bowel prep. I don't understand why they don't do it. They will be cutting your intestines and resectioning them. Call and see what's up with that. I don't know of any reasons they would tell you not to do one if it made you more comfortable. So - just call them and ask. I'd hate for something to get messed up and the surgery be postponed! Hang in there sweets! HUGS Kimberly

The bills are paid so they have water, electricity, gorceries, cable, and clean clothes now! They are eatting all my suger free fat free stuff whats up with that? I may not have any thing left when i get home from the hospital!! Just what i need a trip o wally world the day i come home from the hospital!! I've already called about the bowel prep and they said that i should be fine as long as i do my clear liquids for 2 days, maybe I'll just take a corretol to be on the safe side!! DAWN

I am not rolling my eyes just laughing. Is that okay? I am laughing because you had the nerve to post what the rest of us were probably thinking about right before our own surgeries. You go girl. At least I was anyway. I did not want to strip down and be laid out there naked for them to laugh at. I know they see it every day and it was just paranoia on my part but I could not help it. As for your kids we think that we are the only ones who can take care of them. Mine did survive by the way. My mom and sister did a bang up job of taking care of them as I am sure your friends and family will do for you. So just relax. I can see now we are going to be involved in some nerve calming on Sunday. We will get your mind off of all of this, I promise. My surgeon did not do a bowel prep either and all was okay. If you want to do one he may let you. So just call and talk about it with your surgeon. They will understand your concerns and can probably make you feel better about everything. I had my surgery in Jan. 2004 and had to have my gallbladder out in Dec. 2004. I was in my gown and the nurses and others couldn't believe I was ever big. I said oh you just wait and you will. When you all strip me down and pull the sheets back all the evidence you need will be right there. How embarassing. But hey, at least the weight is gone. And that is the good thing about clothes. I can hide the skin LOL. Thank goodness we don't have to walk around naked all the time LOL. Whew! As for your hubby, just talk to him about it and ask him why he didn't tell the whole story. I am sure all is well there. See you Sunday, Melissa P.S. Don't Worry, Be Happy! Just relax. You got lots of people praying for you.

I love to make people laugh, no one around here thinks i'm very funny anymore, glad to know that i still have my since of humor!! I don't think i'll ever get over my naked paranoia. I still flipout over what happened to me after i had my 2nd c-section.I was in recovery for about 12 hours bleeding terriabley and getting a transfusion i had a girl nurse with me, she had been by my side for hours and needed a break sooooooo this 18 yr old great looking guy came in to stay with me and my luck would have it that is was time to push on my stomach and then change my pad!!! Yes he did it I could have died!! i still think about this all the time and that was 6 yrs ago!! ( Sorry BEAR, PJ, And DX ,If your reading this).So the thought of me laid out there totally nude in this teaching hospital-lots of on lookers, is freeking me out!!!! Maybe i can get the same group together next year and get naked in front of them where they can see the differance and that might make me feel better about it !! DAWN

That was the one good thing about having my gallbladder out. I used the same surgeon and hospital so I saw the same people. They even went and found the nurse who had taken care of me when I had my bypass done so she could see me. She could not believe it was really me. So that did make me feel good even if I do have some saggy skin LOL. I had the same recovery nurse. Kelvin was his name. He told me if he could see my ankle bones I was too skinny for him. So he checked out my ankles and said yep you done lost too much weight. I just tried not to laugh at him as it was painful to laugh right after gallbladder romoval. I told him he was going to have to behave himself that I could not laugh at him today. But it was nice for me to get to see them so they could see the difference almost a year could make. Melissa P.S. We think you are funny. We always promise to laugh when we are supposed to (hee hee hee)