And before you know it...

I knew the time would go by quickly, but here I am, just about 8 days from my surgery date. That's pretty exciting. I've been sampling more protein drinks to see what will work best, as far as flavor, but know I will have to drink clear liquids at least the day before. The menu after surgery will be more prescriptive, still only liquids but at least I can have some good protein drinks. I got my chewable Centrum Silvers, some liquid tylenol, still have to get my chewable or liquid calcium. What is the difference between calcium and calcium citrate? I need to make sure I find out from my doc's office exactly what they want me to take. I have a trip to make to Costco to get the cups I'll use to measure my two and four ounce servings of various things over the next three to six weeks. I also want to go by Walmart and get one of those really large water containers so I can measure my intake with that, too. I've gone away from bottled water at home and am just using the water from the fridge purifier. I have a really good Brita pitcher somewhere in storage...guess now would be a good time to pull that thing out.

So many people want to know if I'm excited. I would have to say the answer to that is DUH! I'm not afraid, I don't have enough health issues to be afraid to go under, and as active as I've been at work, I think my legs are really getting into pretty good shape, at least they are getting used a lot! So, yes, I'm excited, and yes, I am anxious to see how everything goes. Believe it or not I may actually go back to work two days afterward, depending on how I feel. I told her as long as I didn't have to stand all day and could sit in the shade, I would try to come in. It's our huge grand opening sale and it's all hands, although she said she certainly would understand if I can't come in. I do need to keep pretty active, as far as walking, so I can get up and walk around if I need to, then sit and everything when I need to. So, yes, call me crazy, but hey, I want to get my active lifestyle going as quickly as I can.

So that's all that's up for now. I haven't heard when my pre-op appt. is yet, but she will be calling me this week to set that up. Let the countdown continue...

JULY 9TH!!!!

Wow...I can hardly believe it's actually scheduled. It's still two weeks away, but still. It feels like that time will go by so quickly, and I have lots of preparation to do! Stay tuned for that!

Pay the Piper!

Well, that day has come. Delicia and I are heading down to pay, in full, for my surgery. Wow. I'm really hoping that means they will hurry along my scheduling, and maybe we'll find something out when we go down there, but probably not. I'm going to email the office to let them know we are coming, and hopefully we will be able to sit down with the gal who does the scheduling, but at this point, I'm not keeping my hopes up too high. All I know is that I'm ready whenever they are. I've been ready...and the next post will be my scheduled date. :) Really. :)

Hurry up and WAIT!

So, here we go. I got the check from my 401k only to find out it's five business days to hold it before I can get the cashier's check for Dr. Snyder. The great news is I have all my pre-op testing done! All that's left is to pay the remainder, but I have to wait. Next Tuesday is the magic date. I guess that will push me out of the end of June, but hopefully not too far into July. I know they have been scheduling a week out, so if they schedule me next week, that's the first week in July. The waiting is killing me, but it's not like I am afraid it won't happen. I know it will, I'm just excited for it to begin!

Almost there!

Yesterday I had two of the three things on Dr. Snyder's list of labs. This morning I am sitting here waiting until nearly 8am to go get the final labs (blood work) and then I can send the results to his office and WAIT! My end of June surgery date could very well be met! But we will have to wait and see. In the meantime I need to get all my measurements into the website so I can keep track of things data-wise as well as clothing-wise. I'm so very excited!!!!

Not in Kansas...but close!!!

YES, THAT'S A TORNADO!

Can you believe it? That was taken just off the east-facing corner of our garage, you can see the tip of our roof and that is just over the neighbor's tree, about a mile or less away. A bit scary today, but it seems to be gone for now. Yikes.


But my post isn't just about that, really. I'm getting down to the wire. I have three appts. in the next week and a half and I'm done! Maybe I'll still be on track for the end of June! I get my Pulmonary and Psych evals on Wednesday, the 10th, then on Monday, the 15th I get my final labs done and then I wait to hear when I'm scheduled!!!! I'm going to start reading back through my book again after my two evals and keep my finger's crossed it can happen soon! I'm more than ready...more...