Hi All - Surgery set for 3/14/07
Hi Chuck,
Welcome to the board and on the journey. I had my surgery about 1 day after yours (really two days, if you use my Japanese time zone). It is a good time of the year to have surgery, because by the time summer hits, you'll pretty much be healed and raring to go. Two weeks is quite sufficient to get a modest improvement in fitness, might want to take on some kind of low impact exercise endeavor, such as a water workout, if you haven't already. We're ready for any posts, questions you might have.
Best Wishes,
Dave
Thank you all for your well-wishes. As far as my pre-op diet, my surgeon said "don't go over 1000 per day (5 protein shakes per day, or 3 protein shakes and 2 healthy choice entrees per day). So far it's been easy - he stressed that the low calorie/high protein diet will help my liver to shrink so they can do the scope, and not an open incision. So - I have a fridge full of protein shakes (chop up some bananas and put in a freezer bag, and add a chunk or two to the protein shake and blend to make it thinker and add flavor). I finalized my loan with the credit union today, and had (passed) my psych eval. And, the hospital called for pre-registration. The only thing left is my Upper GI x-rays, and Gall Bladder ultrasound. It's nice to keep checking thingsoff the list - and, it's sinking in that I'm really doing this in 13 days. Thanks again for the repies and the support. Chuck
