One day left of "food", if you can call it that. LOL
I have one day left of the liquid food, and then Thursday I have to drink this Wildberry Protein Drink all day long. There is 15g of protein in every serving, which is pretty cool. It's what I'll get to drink while at the movies (a sarcastic - yay me.)
Everyone keeps asking if I am getting nervous yet, and really I am not. I'm more excited than nervous. I am sure I'll start getting more butterflies as 4:30a, Friday approaches. I also think that all of the wonderful blogs, message boards, support groups, and WLS friends have really helped me to feel prepared.
My dreams have always been positive. In my dreams I come out of the surgery a-okay. My incisions are perfect and only slightly painless and in my dreams I get out of the hospital early.
Now if only the last part were TRUE. Like I've said before the only downside to being one of the first to have this surgery at this hospital, is that they haven't fully caught up. They have no VSG guidelines for food, or post-op care, it's all Gastric Bypass info. This includes hospital stays. I know one VSG vlog friend went in on the 14th and was out by the 15th.
I have one day left of the liquid food, and then Thursday I have to drink this Wildberry Protein Drink all day long. There is 15g of protein in every serving, which is pretty cool. It's what I'll get to drink while at the movies (a sarcastic - yay me.)
Everyone keeps asking if I am getting nervous yet, and really I am not. I'm more excited than nervous. I am sure I'll start getting more butterflies as 4:30a, Friday approaches. I also think that all of the wonderful blogs, message boards, support groups, and WLS friends have really helped me to feel prepared.
My dreams have always been positive. In my dreams I come out of the surgery a-okay. My incisions are perfect and only slightly painless and in my dreams I get out of the hospital early.
Now if only the last part were TRUE. Like I've said before the only downside to being one of the first to have this surgery at this hospital, is that they haven't fully caught up. They have no VSG guidelines for food, or post-op care, it's all Gastric Bypass info. This includes hospital stays. I know one VSG vlog friend went in on the 14th and was out by the 15th.
Me?
Well, the hospital doesn't discharge on Sundays, so I very well may be trapped there until Monady. UGH! Sooo, not what I wanted. I am fairly certain I will be using my media player on Sunday. I'll also probably have DH bring the kids by to the waiting room where they can visit me since the hospital only allows 2 visitors at a time, which would not work for us.
But so far, No, I am NOT nervous . . .YET! I do still have the regular worries. With 7 kids I worry a lot about living through the surgery. I worry about whether or not I forgot to tell the doctors everything they need to know that MIGHT cause a complication. I worry about complications. I worry about my kids not being a burden on the ones looking after them for practically a whole day. I'm a worrier.
I usually keep the worries to a very quiet mumble in the back of my head while I am doing the happy dance in the livingroom with the kids, LOL But they are still there, none the less.
Even still, I am very excited!
Well, the hospital doesn't discharge on Sundays, so I very well may be trapped there until Monady. UGH! Sooo, not what I wanted. I am fairly certain I will be using my media player on Sunday. I'll also probably have DH bring the kids by to the waiting room where they can visit me since the hospital only allows 2 visitors at a time, which would not work for us.
But so far, No, I am NOT nervous . . .YET! I do still have the regular worries. With 7 kids I worry a lot about living through the surgery. I worry about whether or not I forgot to tell the doctors everything they need to know that MIGHT cause a complication. I worry about complications. I worry about my kids not being a burden on the ones looking after them for practically a whole day. I'm a worrier.
I usually keep the worries to a very quiet mumble in the back of my head while I am doing the happy dance in the livingroom with the kids, LOL But they are still there, none the less.
Even still, I am very excited!
Good luck with everything! Where are you having your surgery?
ReplyDeleteHurley Bariatric Center.
ReplyDeleteI premade those fruit drinks and they are just awful!!
I double checked my instructions to see if I can have some crystal light during the day and thankfully I can, so I mixed it with some of that and it helps but it's still nasty. I had DH taste it and he hated too. I have to choke down A LOT of this stuff, and I don't know how I am going to do this, but I will.