The Day I Have Been Waiting For.....

Yesterday, I received the call I have been waiting for since last September.  My surgery is scheduled for May 16, if everything goes as planned.  If my insurance approval is delayed, I am also scheduled for May 23.  I was told to begin my preop diet immediately...so much for that last supper, lol.  My preop diet consists of 1500 calories per day, low fat.  I have decided, in an attempt to prepare myself for after surgery, to do liquids for two meals and food for the third.  Since my surgeon requires that I stay in the hospital overnight, babysitter arrangements have already been made for my babies (Alisha, I cannot thank you enough).  My husband will be staying at the hospital with me so we still have to make arrangements for someone to check on our pets while we are away.  I am currently going through the bariatric version of "nesting".  I am getting my house as clean and in order as I can before surgery.  For the first 6 days after surgery, I will be allowed to only walk from bed, to bathroom, to chair, and around the house as much as I can stand in order to lessen the pain from the gas used during surgery. I will be on a liquid diet for the first two weeks after surgery.  At that time, I will go back in for a check up and if I am healing properly, I will get to move on to mushies.  Thankfully, I will not be very hungry in the first little bit anyway according to most of those who have gone before me. I am a bundle of emotions...nervous about being put to sleep...excited about what the future holds for me...scared of so many things, but most of all, I'm happy.  I have worked so hard to get to this point and I am mentally prepared for the work that I have in front of me. I complained about having to wait so long, but I am now somewhat thankful.  It has given me time to talk with other bandsters.  They have been my support...my educators.  To my friends at LBT, you know who you are, thank you will never be enough to explain what the last few months of talking to you has meant for me.  I felt secure in my decision before I even met you, but you all have given me not only security, but more optimism than I have ever had that I will be successful in this.  Now, time to pack, get my groceries ready, get my house ready...and MOST of all....jump headfirst into my new life :) This time next year, I plan to be in a pair of leather pants on the back of the Harley with my husband in my arms and wind blowing through my hair :D