12th March 2009, 1am (ish),
Well this is it! I have been approved the money for my lap band surgery, so there is no turning back now. My surgery has been booked for the 31st March @ 11:30am. I must admit I am more excited than nervous @ the moment but I am guessing when it gets closer to the date I will feel nervous. I have to start in OPTIFAST soon to help me lose a little bit of weight & also help shrink my liver. After the surgery I will need to be on liquids for about 2 weeks. I am hoping I don't feel too ill after the surgery & recover quickly. I don't have a choice in the matter now, I HAVE TO DO THIS!!!! I mean, I have withdrawn alot of money for this surgery and I am defintely going to use it. Ofcourse Barrie (my other half) didn't want me to do it and says I can do it with excercise & diet. I told him I made my decision and he wasn't going to change my mind. Although, we never really sat down and spoke about @ length I think he came to realise this was a last resort for me. I mean this is purely for me.
I am defintely meeting with family & friends before I start on the OPTIFAST to have my "last suppers".
CHANGE!!!
I HAVE TO change everything about my lifestyle. I HAVE TO sleeping patterns (I don't sllep before 2am most nights), I HAVE TO change my excercise patterns. I HAVE TO CHANGE, CHANGE IS GOOD!!!
Lora your post could of been thoughts from my head. I to was feeling more excited than nervous. I had a week of"last suppers" I am a night owl. but my husband was behind me all the way.
ReplyDelete"decided after getting to the 100 kilo mark that I needed to lose the weight & keep it off & so decided to have the Lap Band Surgery. I have not always been overweight (although I thought I was in High School) I look back @ pictures & I wasn't. It's amazing how you perceieve yourself & how self-concious you can be as a teenager." This statement is exactly how I thought. You go girl