As of this moment, today I will spend an hour with the EKG machine and ten or fifteen minutes in the lab giving blood samples and some quality time with the surgical navigator and the nurse.
The next week, I will enjoy two hours with the psychologist - we will find out exactly why I think I need this surgery…besides being medically obese… they need to know why, mentally I think this is necessary. There are many large people in the United States - a highly concentrated number actually, and I do NOT have to continue to be one - it really is that simple. I choose life and according to the surgeon, if all goes well, I am gifting myself an additional 12 years on the planet to do such thinks as watch my grand children come into the world, make more artwork and generally relax on the planet that is my home.
Then we will go to visit the nutritionist for some advice on pre and post surgical consumption of nutritional materials. I am not going to call them food because for the first month or so it'll be more like post consumer , pre-digested organic materials. I need to disassociate that with things like nachos, burgers, cheese, bananas, salads, tuna that have textural benefits- this group of nutritional entities will have none of that.
When food and I make our 'peace' with one another, then I will find a new group of food that is more me-friendly.
At some point i have to do some other medical maintenance - mammogram , colonoscopy - yippee, and ob/ gyn confirmation of clear pap smear. Human testing guinea pig.
looking forward to all of that - as each prep appointment continues I will post a weight, a summary of the prep appointment and my smart remarks - those i will never give up.
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