Sick without surgery

I went to the surgeon's office on Monday. I met with the dietitian, exercise physiologist, and physicians assistant. They covered what I will be eating before and after surgery, what vitamins I will be taking, what they are looking for in exercise, and what to expect during and after surgery. I left with a bag of meals and snacks for the next 13 days.

I started the high protein food yesterday. Boy oh boy was it delicious. Small but delicious. Breakfast was high protein oatmeal. Snack consisted of a high protein raspberry tea. Lunch was beef stew. PM snack was a peanut butter bar. Dinner was a vegetarian chicken fajita (vegetarian and chicken don't seem to go together). I was doing really well at drinking all the water too. Then it happened, the auto-eject session. I brought up dinner and then some. I immediately went to bed since my head was pounding. I woke up still feeling yucky, but I tried to eat the more bland stuff.

Currently I am 2 days down on the high protein diet. 11 days left until surgery. Woohoo.

Things are changing.....

In the past month lots of things have happened. The Bariatric Surgeon's office called and my insurance approved me for the Roux-en Y. I am scheduled for April 20, 2009. I am very excited. Tomorrow I go to the Surgeon's office to meet with the exercise physiologist, nutritionist, and to get my high protein food. I was not aware of the 2 weeks of high protein food which will shrink the liver and make it easier for the surgeon to perform the procedure laprascopically. This weekend was my last free food weekend. I am assuming I will get the high protein food and start on it immediately. I go back the following Monday for bloodwork and to meet with the surgeon to have any final questions answered before surgery takes place the Monday after that.

I am very excited. I can't wait. It feels like I'm turning a new chapter in my life. I am mentally ready for whatever happens. I am going into this with an open mind. I think that I am in for some rough roads post-surgery but nothing that I can't handle. I am lucky to have co-workers that I can ask about what to expect before, during, or after the procedure. I realize that everyone reacts to the surgery differently both physically and mentally, but I really feel that I have a good support system set up.