Whew, 4 more days!!!

Hi everyone,

First of all thanks to Charline wondering about my well being .  My little one has been sick with this nasty flu so I have been out of commission for a bit. I have only 4 more days to go and I had enough of this Meditrim...grrrrr but I'm doing it one meal at a time. Alot of thoughts are going through this oh head of mine let me tell you; wondering why and how did I get like this; is this the right decision; am I going to be able to cope with this new lifestyle change?? I have lost 13 lbs so far since my journey started in Dec and I'm proud of that for sure but I thought it would be more. I seen the nurse at Dr. B's office on Monday and I only lost 3 lbs for being on Meditrim for 5 days; I thought the weight loss would be more this time as well. I imagine they will weigh me once again the day of my surgery so I'm hoping for more success. I have been doing the treadmill everyday and trying to keep my lungs working stronger and stronger. I think I'm exhausted with everything and can't wait till the big day. They have me scheduled in for Tuesday March 17th at 11:45am. Say some prayers all. Thanks for your ongoing support as well. Take care  :)

 Deb, you must be so excited/nervous/anxious all rolled into one!  The next 5 days will be gone and before you know it you will be recovering.  I will certainly checking the forum to check your progress.  I will be heading to Moncton tomorrow for my consent signing.  I'm still a little nervous about my weight.  My scales say I down 3.5 pounds.  I really don't feel I can count on them being the same as the doctor's.  Oh well, won't be long now and I will know what Dr. B's  scales have to say.

I wish you the very best my friend.  Be sure to keep us posted!

Surprisingly they don't weigh you on game day!  There is a scale in the day surgery ward and I weighed myself.  I lost more the second week than I did the first week.  Do you have an angel to check on you and report back to us? We will be driving each other crazy, wondering how you are doing otherwise!

Yes Suzanne I am all the above and can't wait till next month.....ha ha Speaking of angels, Charline check your messages regarding my angel  LOL Let me know if you received my messages. I'll go check mine now to see if you replied. 

Suzanne, let us know how the consent signing  went and safe travelling . You are well on your way to.   

The day of yur RNY, you will be taken up to the surgical second floor. There a nurse will let you get undressed and put on the paper johnny shirt. Then she will return and do the admission and ake you a dozen questions and suggest that you go pee. Then she will get you into bed and start the I.V. and hook up the air hoses on your paper johnny shirt. The air is so warm and feels wonderful. After a time they will take you back downstairs to the O.R. waiting area and again hook up your air hoses and the anestestist will come and speak to you. Dr B. will stop by and see how yu are t. Yu are then taken t the .R and you scoot over on the O.R. table and put a mask on your face and before you nowit you are out like a light. The scariest part of all of that for me was the mask.I hate the mask.Luckily it isn't on long before you are asleep. 

They didn't put the mask on me until I was out. I didn't request that, but I suppose you could. I always ask that they not tighten the straps until I am out. I don't object to the straps being put on loosely because I know that your body can jump in the process of going under.  I hate being tied down.