Day 4 Post surgery

I am doing well. Gave myself My first shot of blood thinner today. Feeling kinda restless but aside from this OK. The one site that was bleeding had stopped.I think. Delores is taking good care of me.

40 hours and counting down

In less that 40 hours I'll be in surgery. I am excited and just a little apprehensive. The road here has been up and down and curvy and slightly rough in patches. The liquid diet has been kinda hard, but I know it is very important to I have stuck to it and have not cheated at all. I think I have gotten things nearly ready. I still have to finish packing for my week stay in Collinville but that will only take a little while. Tomorrow at church we are having a potluck as a going away for Tyler, during that time I'm going to go get Rosie (the dog) and take her to the Kennel for a few days. Then I going back to church for an Awana meeting. I'll be driving Esther's car to Collinsville, droping off my stuff at Delores' and going on to Troy for Colleen's birthday celebration.

Esther will pick me up a Delores' at 4 am to go to the hospital. It takes about 40 minutes to get to the hospital. Surgery is scheduled for 7am. I hope to be back on the computer on Tuesday or at the latest Wednesday. I will stay at Delores' until after my one week return to the Doctor's office.

Tests

I had my final tests today. Pulmanry function test. EKG, bloodwork, and chest x-ray. Had my class on my post surgury diet. and saw Dr Richardson again. I can have my lap top at the hospital so I will try to check in on Tuesday. If not Wednesday will have to do. If you're reading this please remember me in prayer.

August 1

Day 5 of liquid diet. Hungry most of the time. Juice doesn't sit well a lot of the time. I'm going up to Delores' tomorrow and then Monday I have my pre-op testing. I am losing about 2 pounds a day on this diet.

July 30

Today is day 3 of my liquid diet. I think this will be a better day. Not as hungary and stomach not complaing as much. Yesterday was kinda hard I was hungary all day and felt sort of yucky. I went to see G-Force yesterday it was great... really funny.

At Last!

I finally have a surgery date. August 10th. I start my liquid diet today. 4 low carb protein drinks & 2 cups of fruit juice per day plus unlimited sugar free clear liquids. I expect the first few days to be hard but after that it shouldn't be too bad. I weighed 295 this morning on our scale.

I just realized I haven't told about my new doctor. The weight loss clinic in Herrin IL made arrangements with My New Self in Des Peres Hospital in St Louis. I chose Dr Norbert Richardson as my surgeon and went for an appointment about a month ago.

Yesterday I got the letter okaying the surgery and set up the date. Things will move quickly now. I go for pre-op testing on August 3rd, and will learn then what time I have to be at the hospital

The adventure continues

What a ride! Last week I learned that my surgeon was let go from the New Life Weightloss Center in Herrin. His license to practice medicine in KY has been suspended for 90 days. Although I like him and didn't really want to change Doctors I decided that in order to have the surgery as soon as possible I will go to the hospital in St louis. I have started the process of transfering there. I don't know yet which doctor I will be seeing, but the website indicates that they are approved by BCSH so that is promising. I am still hoping for an early July surgery date. The good news is I am still losing weight.