Thursday, May 13, 2010

Anniversary and Liquids

Well Happy Anniversary to Jim and me! Don't think we will be doing the traditional "dinner out" tonight. Guess he can take me to Jamba Juice for our romantic evening out. LOL
So let's catch up.... I had my all day Pre-op appointment yesterday. We went over the whole procedure, pre op, follow up, and all the risk...blah blah blah. So officially today, the whole process starts for me. Exactly two weeks from today is my surgery. And part of the process is two weeks of a liquid diet before my surgery. The reason is to shrink my liver for surgery so the risk of "nicking" it is minimal. So back to the subject at hand! No solid foods for the next two weeks, actually the next SIX! Two week liquid preop, two weeks of liquids after surgery, two weeks of pureed, THEN I finally get solid foods again (a lot smaller amounts though). I am going to be very crabby though! Lord give me strength. Its going to be a challenge; with our anniversary, Nidia's wedding, my birthday, and Emma's party. I gotta be faced with all these challenges...CRAP!!!! I guess if I get through it, I can get through anything.
Over the next two weeks I have to make a few trips to the hospital. I have to go to admissions, do and EKG, blood work, type and screen, then to Anesthesia! I will be pooped when it's all over. So that's it for now. Wow, I need a nap after just thinking of all I gotta do.