I know I've been quiet on this here blog lately. Mostly, I've been busy stuffing my face with ice cream, Coke, hamburgers and more than a few "last meals". You know---wanna make sure I gain as much weight as possible before getting sleeved. And, I've been doing a pretty good job of it (yes, I am making an attempt to disguise the disgust with humor). Although I haven't weighed myself lately, I'm pretty sure that I am at (or at least near, or maybe even above) my highest pre-surgery weight from 2010. I have had to buy new clothes because nothing I own fits. I even broke a bra last week. Blech!
The good news is that my surgeon is finally back in the country (he's been vacationing oversees for the last couple of weeks) and I have an appointment with him in 2 hours!!! I will be signing consents for surgery--and who knows what else? I am hoping to get some sense of when I might be having this surgery...since Dr. S didn't do my lap-band I don't know much about the how the timelines work in his practice. I do know that, for the most part, they seem to move pretty quickly on most things (I got my insurance approval call just 4 days after submitting paperwork to their insurance coordinator).
Fingers crossed for a date this month!
[UPDATE]
Doc said his assistant will call the hospital today to get a surgery date & schedule pre-op testing. I should hear from her by the end of the day on Wednesday. After a quick glance at his iPhone calendar, he guessed that it could be as early as the last week of this month!!!
Prior to surgery I have:
Clear liquid fast--2 days
Neomycin sulfate--day before surgery (2 tablets every hour for 4 hours, then 1 tablet every 4 hours=12 tablets total)
Milk of Magnesia--day before surgery (3Tbs before noon)
Easy peasy!
[UPDATE]
Doc said his assistant will call the hospital today to get a surgery date & schedule pre-op testing. I should hear from her by the end of the day on Wednesday. After a quick glance at his iPhone calendar, he guessed that it could be as early as the last week of this month!!!
Prior to surgery I have:
Clear liquid fast--2 days
Neomycin sulfate--day before surgery (2 tablets every hour for 4 hours, then 1 tablet every 4 hours=12 tablets total)
Milk of Magnesia--day before surgery (3Tbs before noon)
Easy peasy!
Cheers,
3 comments:
Do NOT -- I repeat, Do NOT leave your house after you take the Milk of Magnesia!! It wastes no time getting right to work!! :-) Fingers crossed for speedy turn around!!!
We are in the same boat. I have put on about 13 kilos since my lowest weight with the band and am eating everything and anything in my sights....I am getting sleeved on 2 October and cant' wait to get back on track and start to feel good again....I don't think I have to take anything like magneseum before the surgery....just 2 weeks of the Optifast (bleh!)...keep us posted! x
I'm so far behind! Best of luck with your sleeve revision. Looking forward to hearing about it.
It doesn't matter what we are doing or where on the road of weight loss we are, the "last meals" thing is just something we do, huh? I so get it.
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