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Really glad that I had surgery!!!  Feel like so many things are changing for the better for me.  I already have more energy and wanting to get out and do more things.  (Wish I could still feel like cleaning the house more)  :)  But I guess things have to come one at a time.  I go to the doctor for followup tomorrow.  I have a couple of questions that I want to ask him.  Having a love/hate relationship with my short-term disability.  Why do they have to make everything so hard?  Still having some soreness on the left side.  Not sure if I will be ready to go back to work when I wanted to.  Dont really want to go back with my side pulling and sore.  Plus I cant bend down and pick up things off of the floor.  

Overall, I am still really, really glad I had the surgery.  Want to hear what Dr. Mason says tomorrow and hopefully, he will be really pleased with my progress.  Wish me luck!!!

Well, winding up my work week before surgery on monday!!!  Have to finish work for today, (Friday) and tomorrow night and then I'm off on Sunday to get ready for surgery bright and early on Monday morning!  I was SO busy this week.  Went for sleep study on monday.  Had educational class for the sleeve on Wednesday.  A very informative class.  Class took 4.5 hours and cost $250 but I feel so much more prepared.  On Thursday I had final preop with Dr. Mason (my surgeon) and then I had to go to the hospital for all my preop testing and physical.  After that, my husband and I went grocery shopping.  Bought some stuff for my hospital stay and also groceries for my eating phase 1 after surgery.  Bought listerine strips for possible bad breath and dry mouth for hospital stay.  I figured the nurses and my husband would appreciate that.  :)  Been doing really well on my preop diet.  Haven't cheated once.  Down 11 pounds so far on preop diet alone.  Im not required but I am going to do just a liquid diet on sunday to be sure that my liver is where it needs to be and to just get use to the idea of drinking my meals for the next couple of weeks.  Im ok with that!  I have been so happy these last few days.  Hopefully its just a shadow of whats to come.  God Bless me and my family as we embark on this journey together!!! 

Howdy ya'll!!  My name is Stacy and my weight loss journey begins here!  After procrastinating with the idea for 3 years, I am finally getting ready to have my gastric sleeve operation.  My journey was suppose to have started 3 years ago, but for different reasons never came to fruition.  One time I had taken the almost 6 months of jumping through hoops for insurance approval and actually could see light at the end of the tunnel and then I had to switch health insurance companies.  So in the past 3 years, obstacles would keep coming up to prevent it for whatever reason.  :(  Looking back, it may have been a blessing because 3 years ago I was looking into the Lap Band and was scared of the sleeve.  Now after further research, my surgeon and I feel that the sleeve is probably a better fit for me.  So... my VSG is scheduled for April 1st at 7:30 am and the countdown has started!  I am doing my pre-op diet now and after only 1 week, I have to say I have done well.  I haven't cheated but I'm not gonna lie...I'm starving!  I am thoroughly excited about the next few weeks and am looking forward to the weight coming off.  In pre-op diet alone I have lost 17 pounds and already feel a difference in the way my clothes are fitting and the way I am feeling.  I am missing my caffeine though.  Because I work nights as a pediatric nurse, I have really been tired these last few nights.  Urgh!  So I'm not sure if my body is just tired from dieting or the lack of caffeine.  This is actually the beginning of many "firsts" for me!  First time writing in a blog....first time being part of a support group...and hopefully the first of many pounds to fall off!