7 days from now

OMG, I just realived, 7 days from now at this minute (11:25 am) I will be at the George Dumont. I will be sittin bed in the OR waiting area with an I.V. in and anti-emboli stockings on reading a womans world waiting for the surgery that will change my life. OMG. Do you suppose I will be this calm? I know that I will be hungry, scared,unsure, and nervous. And hopefully I won't have to go pee every 5 minutes. 7 more days! Then I can eat. One track mind. Food.


Unless, of course, hell opens up and swollows us whole, the sky falls in or I develop a cold. (Or gains weight, but that's unlikely)
 I never count on anyhting until it happens. As I said, I was a nurse.......

7 more days and you won't feel like eating!!  I asked for a tranquilizer but Lise said Dr B doesn't do that. I pushed and she is going to at least ask him. It would have to be passed on the the anesthesiologist, because he orders that kind of thing. You could put in the request ,if you think you will be nervous. I figure I prefer not to go through any more stress than I have to. I don't want to give myself the opportunity to chicken out. I normally don't mind surgery, but that's when it is necessary and not going to change my life completely.
Live better through chemistry!! LOL

Maggie

Like Charline said your mind will not be on food - you will be sipping away and saying how much fluid am I supposed to get in- thats so much- all of sudden everything seems in huge proportions.

I am 8 months post op and I am still not hungry! I can promise you that you will not be thinking foooodddd!

My life is no longer about food and cravings- its simply the fuel to make my body run! I dont miss anything and even during that time of the month I dont have carb and chocolate cravings....... its a miracle believe me - I am sure stocks in Hagen Daz have gone down since my surgery! LOL

Hang in there think positive - I believe in the law of attraction !!!

Keep up the great job you are gonna do awesome!

hugs
deb

Oh Deb, that's my most sincere hope. To not be hungry. Hopefully you will be right and I won't be hounded by the hunger demon. LOL Can't even imagine it right now. I see you must have read "The secret" too. Strange little book.

Charline, no I don't think I will ask for a tranquilizer pre op. Caroline said I may be waiting in the O. R. waiting area for 3 hours or more. By then any tranquilizer will have worn off and I don't want to make the job of the anestilogist (?) any harder.
 
I already have asthma pretty bad and that makes going to sleep a risk. I won't push the envelope. I've had 5 really major surgeries so by comparison this should be a lot easier than they were.

I'll just lie back and read my "Woman's World" mag and dream of all of the regular size clothes I will be able to wear this summer. I've brought along my "Chicken Soup" book for post op reading.

Maybe this summer I'll even get lucky and find a man. Laugh Out Loud. Me with a man would be like a dog chasing a car.  Once you caught it, what would you do with it?  LOL

By the time I get home, Charline, I'll be able to boost you on your way. I should be home Saturday and you will be 5 days into your meditrim. By the time you are done I will be eating food again.

See, again with the food. LOL

Maggie

You are having surgery on my bday..... well we all have the right to pick a new bday after WLS - so this year I am looking forward to celebrating Feb 12/09 - cause I don't have to hide in any pictures my family wants to take.

My sister's bday is on June 10th my surgervisary (sp ?) so I thought it would be weird for both of us to be celebrating the same day! LOL

This year I will toast you on Feb 12th- no liquor but a nice chilly protein fruit drink!

hugs
deb

There ya go. While I'm lying there reading my "Woman's World" I will think of you drinking that protein drink and celebrating your b'day. I will not be able to wish you happy birthday on the 12th but know that I will remember it. I will wish you a belated b'day when I come home on Saturday.  Your surgeriversary is in June. Wow, you're not even a year out yet. I can't wait.

When they left me outside the OR for a few minutes I had a little boo hoo but as scared as I was I knew in my heart of hearts that this was the right thing to do for me.  I all of a sudden went quite calm and I just let it all happen. 

I know the fear will be there but the results is what you have to focus on.  You will be just fine and although hunger is not gone for good.  It will be less and you will have fun trying to identify the diff between hunger and head hunger.

This is not a magic cure, you will still be hungry, still struggle with cravings but the band will help you cope. 

I can hardly wait for you and Charline to get over here on this side of surgery.  I am nearly as excited as you girls are.

Ann

Thank you Ann, you always hae something positive to say.

I am having RNY though. Some others wh have had RNY have a honeymoon peroid where they don't get hungry. I am hoping for that and I am hoping not to get dumping too bad.  Here's hoping!

I don't know if Deb has that or not. It would be nifty. Can't imagine not wanting food.

Hi Maggie. By the way you are very funny and have a great sense of humor. You are going to do great and I wish you all the best for your big day. This time next year you may not even recognize yourself... :)  I'll be looking for up dates from you to see how your doing. I signed my papers yesterday for RNY and now I'm waiting patiently for the call to when the surgery date will be. Dr. B did say yesterday: "we'll see you in a month or two". 

Take care for you deserve all your doing for yourself  :) 

Debb from the Cape :)

Still waiting for my call so no date and no "freak out" happening yet ... but I can remember going in for having my tonsils removed just a few years ago and when the nurse took my blood pressure before the surgery ... she immediately said "are you alright?" as she was putting something under my tongue and calling the doctor ... I was so stressed out my blood pressure was through the roof, started hyperventilating and doctor wasn't sure if I would be able to go under ... so they popped some more "relax" drugs and put me out.

I am in a happier place this time around so things shouldn't be quite so stressful ... although keep an eye on how many "!" or freaky emoticons I use come closer to the date!  LOLOL 

M