Yesterday I had my pre-op appointment. I had to bring in all my vitamins and protein shakes for them to look at to make sure I had the right stuff and so they could tell me how many to take a day, etc. There were two others in my meeting (along with the nurse). I guess the doctor is usually in on these meetings also, but he had a vacation day yesterday. All three of us had surgery the same day with the same doctor. I get to go first. I was given my surgery time. I have to be there at 6 a.m. on Feb 5th! SO early….my surgery will be at 7:45 a.m. The other two patients were men. Along with meeting with the nurse we also had to get an EKG, to see how our hearts were while laying flat. Then we went and got blood work done, and last we went and had a chest XRay done. Everywhere I went I kept getting “Congratulations!!” I didn’t know how to react to that. Thanks? 🙂 Now that it’s so close and I’m thinking “surgery”, I’m starting to get a little nervous. Just hoping everything goes smoothly and this doesn’t make me too sick.
Today I start on my two week liquid diet. Tommie asked me where I wanted to go last night for my last meal. 🙂 I chose to go to Texas Roadhouse, where Tommie and I shared a steak and baked potato. It was really good! This morning I start on liquids. I am allowed protein shakes, broth (low sodium chicken or beef), sugar free popsicles and sugar free jello. That is all. I have to get a certain amount of protein in a day. I have 3 different flavors, along with some sample packs in the house. I hear a lot of people lose 20 lbs in these two weeks from this diet….but are also low on energy since you’re not getting all you need in. Once I have the surgery I’ll be on all liquids also, but a little more variety.
Tomorrow we are getting our new washer and dryer delivered and the old hauled away. SO – Some time today I’m going to have to move all the clothes out of the laundry room and clear off the top of the machines. It’ll be nice to have the new one’s! The old washer has been ruining all my clothes, putting grease spots on them….where as the old dryer was giving a burnt smell to anything that laid up against the back vent. Our next appliance that we’ll be replacing will be our dishwasher.
This past weekend we had a couple of Tommie’s work friends over for a mini game night. Had fun visiting and playing games. I had Katie (our friends daughter) come over and help me clean house before hand. She was a lot of help. She even made the brownies for me. 🙂 She had told me she was looking for little odd jobs, and I hate cleaning, so thought, why not have her come help me. Our friends, Dennis and Kriste, have offered up their house for the next big game night we have.
Well – Need to go make my protein shake and head down to the cold office and start work! Thanks for reading. 😀