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I am feeling good , had a good nights sleep. I was so tired last night. I ate a little more today than yesterday but the nut says to eat six times a day and I think that is impossible!! I have an appt on friday to get the stitches out and I think then I will be told to switch to purees, I am not looking forward to that stage of it!!

i had my surgery on january the 15th and I came home today the 21st , In belgium they keep you for 8 days. Here they skip the clear liquids and go to full liquids (dairy mostly) . I had surgery on monday, didnt drink water for the first time untill Friday. Then today  right before I left  I had vanilla custard at the hospital  about 2 tbs. drank some water then came home. For dinner I had 2 tbs of cottage cheese with protein powder. That kinda stuck in my throat a little. I am now going to bed even though its only six thirty ,I am so tired.

I just smoked my last  cigarette, I am a little jittery from all the nicotine but hoping all will be well when I wake up, please pray for me and my family that I am not too cranky in the morning, God is good and will protect me through all of this.

I am quitting smoking tomorrow I know I sound like a broken record but this is it for sure. I gave my cigs away to a friend and am going to do it cranky or not. I really want to quit before surgery. Does anyone have any advice or comments on this?? I wanted to quit four weeks pre op but my husband gave me a scare when he collapsed at the grocery store and now I found myself smoking again. I quit so that I would be done smoking for a month prior to surgery but now it is one week out so I am hoping my doctor gives me the go ahead when I tell him. I hope all goes well, thanks for all the well wishes!!

well, wednesday the 3rd of january, my whole fmaily took a trip to the commisary to get groceries before my mom gets here, and as my husband was standing at the delo counter ordering luchmeat he turned his head to the sied all weird, hit his head on the delo counter and fell to the ground and had a seizure. he had one when he was ten ...over eighteen years ago but this still was a shock for all of us, I was screaming for help as my kids stand there crying and everyone looking at me helplessly, i layed on the groud and talkied to him and cried. He shook,and foamed at the mouth, bit his tongue. Then the whole fire department where he works was there .  It was just a long sad day. he is now in the hospital and refuses to let me postpone my surgery but my doctor may want to do so anyway because after the whole thing was over and My hubby was in the ambulance I bought a carton of cigarettes and smoked the day away. I know I am a bid girl!! I need desperately to quit for good but it s so hard!! so for now I dont know if I will have my surgery but I am confident that the whole thing is in Gods control so we will se what tomorrow holds!

well, right around thanksgiving I got the patch and quit smoking . About three weeks later I picked up the cigarettes and started smoking again. Then again I quit for a few days , and then pick them up again. I was never told by my doctor to quit smoking, and I never even asked him if I should . I have read on here and on the web that most doctors require it so I decided to do it to reduce my risks during and after surgery. If I had been told by a doctor that I had to quit then it would have been easier to quit. I am now 2 weeks away and quit again for the third time last night (new years day) . I am freaking out because I am not sure 2 weeks is enough time and if I need more time. I want to ask my doctor what he thinks but at the same time I am afraid that he will cancel mu surgery date. this is what I have been stressing over this week.My mom comes on Friday morning and I am 13 days away from surgery.

wow only 3 more weeks untill my surgery.....time has really gone by fast, I have had my days of being scared and wondering if i am doing the right thing but for the most part i am just so excited to begin the rest of my new life. my friends have been so supportive and willing to help me with anything i need that it really has shown me thaqt the lord has blessed me with wonderful friends. my mom will be here in less than two weeks and i am so excited because ii have not seen her in three years and i miss her so much. she is going to be here for five weeks and the week before surgery her and i are going to paris just the two of us.During the week stay in the hospital she will be caring for my three children, and then for me the three weeks after. on my birthday i am starting rhe liquid diet and will be doing that while i am in paris but hey we will be occupied with lots of stuff other than food i hope. i am still waitng on the call to go see the anestesiologist since he had no openings before my surgery i hope he calls me soon and i hope he does not call while i am in paris...that will stink.....other than that i had a great christmas we wpent it with wonderful friends both christmas eve and christmas day and had lots of fun,,,,and food. today i have been in bed all day because i am so tired and sick to my stomache ,i prob caught a bug or something over the holidays. well gotta go will post soon, have a great new year everyone!!

I got a call today that I was approved!! Yipee....now just one more thing to do (snestesiologist) before my surgery date !! YEAH

I got a date!! My surgery is scheduled for January 15th, 2007!! Woo Hoo! Now I just have to wait for tricare to approve me and I am good to go!!

O.K. so tomorrow I have my second appointment with the surgeon, and for some reason I am so nervous!! The first time I went to see him he asked me why I was there to see him and I said that I was interested in getting the gastric bypass and he said well, there are many things you have to do first you cant just come in here and say you want the surgery. So I dont know if he mistook what I said or if he was just being a smartass, but I really hope this appointment goes better. Since I saw him last I have gone to all the appointments he asked me to, gotten my psych eval and done all the blood and urine stuff, plus I lost 20 pounds and quit smoking so all I need is him to accept me as his patient then I can send the paperwork off to tricare. I have already been told I will have no problem getting approved from tricare with my BMI and medical problems, but I am just worried that he himself (surgeon) will turn me down , and he is the only surgeon that tricare approves for this surgery here in Belgium, so he is my only hope as far as surgeons go. He has done the surgery for 3 of my friends and has a lot of qualifications,(otherwise tricare would not approve him as the one and only) but I am just so nervous . Oh well I guess I just need to ask God  to help me calm myself and think positive thoughts. Sorry about ramblin I just need to get this all out before I go to bed. Luckily my appointment is first thing in the morning,so I will be back here sometime tomorrow after my appointment. Pray for me to have peace and to not throw up O.k..........Thanks :)