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It has been some five monthes! Am already half way towards goal, bit past half way actually. And it has been pretty easy. Yes I can only eat a small bit some days, but other days I eat a nice (small) portion.  Seems to go in cycles.  I can honestly say that I am not truly ever hungry, and the things I once craved, ie chocolate, I realy dont miss at all. One thing I never thought I'd miss, my ass.  Its gone ::sniff::, gone! I have the flatest behind. Was a cute (bit large, but cute) bubble butt.  Now it looks as if I've pressed myself up against a panel of glass and walk around with it, lol. But I wouldn't change a thing I've done, am very, very happy with my results so far.  Happy Holidays everyone!

So I said I would write more about the surgery when I was more up to it and that would be now, lol.  First off, everything leading up to being rolled  up to the surgery table was a breeze. Heck to be honest, they parked my stretcher outside the surg door and asked me to walk in, lay down, count to 100...and bam! was waking up in recovery.  Some things to know about recovery, gas bubbles, pay attention now, GAS BUBBLES.  They are EEEVIL, triple E-vil.  And painful, close to killmenowplease pain, but not quite a 10 on the pain scale because they don't last forever.  And the pain is mostly on the left side only.  Even have some extra bruises on left side, unless they dropped me, lol.   Day 2 was ever so much nicer.  Was up and walking and sipping my Chicken Broth (which btw, was the best damn broth I've ever had, you go Hackensack Food Service People!!). I had a very good friend stay the first night with me and she was a blessing, helping me up the first time.   Day 3 was heading home.  Note to you all, try not to piss off the person driving you home as they can realllly make it uncomfortable.   So 3 days, 2 nights at the lovely medical center, nice place, almost hotel like.  Great Staff, nice private room, could use some new carpet but I'm just being picky. (carpet truly was tackylicous.) 

Quick thoughts on being home.  Am already sick of clear liquid diet.  No broth I've tried at home matches the one in the hospital, so sad.   Am looking forward to mushy stage. Love me some mashed potato's, no butter needed! Still feeling tender and bloaty, but way improved from day one.  And thats all for now. ~ Merrysprite

I'm home!  Yay!  Things are still going pretty smoothly for me.  Walked when they said I could, drank my fluids when they said to so only had to stay two nights.  The nursing staff was amazed at how well I was doing.    Between the walking and drinking and breathing exercise I'm actually pretty darn busy.  Where's the resting? lol, kidding, I do rest. Still, I get tired quickly so this is going to be a short post.  I'll do a lengthier one later with all the gory details! ~ Merrysprite

My surgery is set for 7/14/11.  Just one day away really.  I can't believe how easy it has been for me so far.  Yeah, I said easy.  No issues with insurance or any of the pre-op requirements, no PATs gone wrong, not even a problem with getting the appointments on the days/times i wanted.  So.... am nervous that all my problems are going to be post-op!  For instance, I'll not lose one single ounce or they reroute my intestines wonky or any number of things.  I have a support group of people who are going through this at the same time as me, every single one of them have had pre-op problems, except for me.  I almost don't want to say much when we meet because its gone so smoothly for me so far.  I feel guilty, like I cheated or something. 

On a separate but related note, to keep my nerves from shattering I've gone on a cleaning binge.  My house sparkles now.  I told my husband, jokingly, that if anything does go wrong at least the house looks good.  He said did I think that having a clean house would get me into heaven?  I said of course, cleanliness is next to Godliness, lol.