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Okay so I went to my pre-op appointment-I thought it was called a pre-admitting appointment-wrong! So my pre-op appointment was at 11:00am this past Tuesday (11/24/09), I thought I was gonna go in, give name and insurance info get a packet of what to do before surgery and go home, so…..I also scheduled a 3:20pm with my primary to get all my current meds refilled before surgery-it was a dreadful day!!! To start I was out of Zoloft and had been for a few three days so I was just a little too tightly strung. I may not have mentioned earlier but I am raising my 13 month old Granddaughter, she lives exclusively with me, my husband and 9 year-old son. I get to the hospital (Tampa General Hosp TGH), unload baby, baby stroller, baby bag and a good book reminding myself that this could take an hour or so, so just mentally prepare and deal with it. Long story, short-I didn’t leave TGH until 3:00pm and had a 15 mile drive to my next appointment and had a very stressful pre-op appointment. During the appointment I met with someone from the Anesthesiologists team/dept, my surgeons ARNP and had to have blood work, EKG and chest x-ray done. All would have been fine except my Granddaughter doesn’t like strangers very much and at one point there were three nurses and the ARNP trying to get my lab work & paperwork done. Three EKGs came back abnormal because baby was crying so much no matter how hard I tried to relax they would not read correctly, nurses come back and say Cardiologist won’t clear me with bad EKGs (mind you I have NEVER had a bad EKG)….ugh!!!! Stressful! My Mom was upstairs working in her unit (NICU), she was sterile and in the middle of a procedure and couldn’t come hold baby. My good friend (actually my exes girlfriend who is kinda Step-Grandma to my Granddaughter) was gonna come to my appointment with me and entertain baby-she bailed out on me earlier that day. And well my daughter with her overall lack of responsibility. I was mad at the world! I was so afraid the surgery I have been working on getting for over a year was gonna get pushed back and I would have to start over again w/doctors appointments. I just knew it was too good to be true and something was gonna come up and screw things up now that I finally allowed myself to get my hopes truly up!!!   So now it is a day short of a week after my pre-op appointment and 4 days until my surgery date and I am sooooooo everything-scared, worried, excited, happy. I just wish it was one week from now and the surgery was over and I was on the road to recovery and forever weight loss. I can’t stop looking at the b4 & after pics on OH and I can’t stop looking at all the cute clothes online. I really need to get a Christmas tree up so I don’t have to worry about it after surgery!!

11/22/09-I go the day after tomorrow for my pre-admissions appointment, and would assume I get my “what to pack and do for surgery day packet” that’s exciting! Surgery is only 12 days away, wow, this is really happening quickly now.   I made quite a few new friends on here recently, most getting ready to have surgery too. I think my date may be just a few days or week or so before my new friends, so……..I promise to try and update regularly so you guys can know what to expect. I’m sure we are all in that same state of disbelief that we hit the body lottery, ha-ha!   To do list -Take a pre-op pic   I can’t wait to -Buy all new undergarments   I can’t stop -Looking at all the before and after pictures