Ahh Happy Friday

Not too much happening around these parts.  Other than I'M HUNGRY. I'm so sick of liquid I could spit nails. -Except I couldn't because I haven't had anything solid since December 17th!!  For the love of pete.

I licked the screen. I'm not even joking.

I see my surgeon again on Tuesday the 11th. They should set me free on some egg beaters, cottage cheese, etc... that route. Let me tell you who hates cottage cheese. Me, dang it.  But I'm going to give it a try just so I can have something different!  I dream of cheese. For real. I dream of melty cheese goodness. On a sammy, on some chicken, on a cracker, on a slime covered toad stool.  It's reaching critical people.

Today I feel pretty darn good. Not much pain moving around. No pain meds for 3 days now. Some soreness in my back is annoying. A little yoga could work that out if soreness is dialed down a notch in the next couple of days.  I'm so glad I have yet another week off. I love it ;)
My paperwork says I should take off until the 20th. Maybe I will...

Yee and Haw

YeeHaw I got me a band!  And something in there is pulling like crazy! Ouch I say!  Day by day it's getting easier though. I was sent home with an abdominal binder and that seems to help moving around for sure. Last night I slept in the bed -not well, but in the bed. That pain medicine sure is something else. It does it's job but I can't remember anything!

Day o surgery I was pretty nervous. Got up for my shower to wash with the antibacterialmicrobial soap and who decides to come to town? You guessed it. Can't do anything without Flo showing up. I was so damn mad that it took my mind off everything else! So we left for the hospital at 4:30am ish. Got there at 5:45 -no shuttle service until 6:30 so we had to hoof it in to the hospital 17 degrees! I was fully awake! Got there and signed in and all the hub bub. They took me to my little curtain prep area, I said bye to the Hubs, and they gave him all my clothes.  They then say no ma'am you cannot have that tampon. I said bite me. They said no really, sorry, but here is a giant surf board. (Moms, you soo know what I'm talking about - the giant 12 inch by 1 inch pad they give you after you've had a baby)  Yeah, surfing. So then I'm questioned and gowned and iv'd -and shaved?!?! What the???? If I had known that a Class III shave was in order I WOULD HAVE DONE IT MY SELF! Not with clippers that had a dead battery. It was as though someone was tweezing at high speed. That my friends, was pain.  So with the mortification of the day out of the way 1) flo 2) violation with bad trimmers, lets start the handsome man parade.   Seriously, ridiculously cute men were nurses, nurse anaesthetists, PA-C, and so on.  I just started asking for a lot of medication. I didn't want to have memory of anything else!!

And so I didn't. Until I was sort of waking up and someone called me tacky. I said -well I didn't dress myself now did I?  Turns out it was Tachy - like heart rhythm or something. But I'm groovy and they had a giggle. I'm not a good waker upper. Hubs didn't get to see me until 11:45 -and he was told 8:30 so he was semi-worried.  Once they had the ol pain controlled they said I could get up, then I could go home! I was supposed to stay overnight but they let me peel! I'm so glad because that would have sucked. On another loverly note I sort of remember signing paperwork for some blood work because my surgeon cut himself with my scalpel. hmmm...should I have more concern about this? Interesting.  It was a hell of a day.

So there is the debrief on the big day! It went well. I even baked a birthday cake for my husband the next day. Mind you that was all I did ;)

Ouch.

That is all for the moment. Ouch. Surgery went well. I got to come home rather than stay like they said I would - awesome! I love "liquid gold" and my bed. More about the adventure of curtain 75 at a later date! Thank you for all the support and love :)

2 Sleeps

Followers? Moi? I'm honored, Thank You! I hope I don't offend, bore, or suck your will to go on.  All are possible!

2 sleeps left before I'm senora bandora. Word. Given the behavior of my children the last week or so I think I will enjoy my 24 ish hours away!  I have decided to take 2 weeks off work. I was hesitant to take any (shhh it's a secret). But after a vague discussion with my boss, decided to do the FMLA paperwork. So if I'm bothering with that b.s.  I'm taking advantage of some of my built up time.  At first I had some guilt about leaving someone else with my share of work, but then I sobered up!

I need to finish wrapping up some gifts for husbands family Christmas tomorrow. Pack the fam for the possible weekend trip. I guess I should get to the store for some food to pack for my self as well!

On a super fun online shopping note I am anxiously awaiting my Click order to come. I need me some extra go in the morning. AND since at the time of the eggface bento giveaway I was a stalker not commenter- I in no way won that cute little thing. However, I decided to check out some eBay and found this little cutie! I hope I win! Nobody bid against me!! I think it's a sassy little thing!

3 Little Days

3 little days and a wicked lot to do!!!   

After 6 months of waiting, and the last 9 days of liquid protein diet, it is almost time. Wow. I am just ready at this point.  As of this morning I am 24 lbs down. I can't see where that came from... It just opens my eyes as to how far out of hand my weight has gotten. I look at pictures don't like what I see, but as I sit here I don't feel that fat?! The brain is a crazy thing. Fo sho.

  

The women in my family spend New Years Day at the spa. So I must pack up my family Wed. and have our bags ready. Surgery is Thursday, and we peel out Friday. I'm hoping I feel like going. I've had laproscopic surgery before and was fine the next day so I'm hoping I'm up for a car ride. If not, well I had stuff ready just in case. I really don't want to miss that spa day...

Merry Christmas!

Here we are at Christmas Eve! We've just got the kids to bed, and I'm so excited for tomorrow morning I don't know if I will sleep! I haven't been this excited in a while! I hope the kids have a lot of fun! We've laid out Santa's cookies and my girl was so excited to get to bed we skipped the milk. She said "ok that's enough I HAVE to go to sleep!"  Ok then!

This has been a busy week. We will do bullets to try to reduce ramble-age.

*  Tuesday - Got all the pre op stuff out of the way. Pre-registered, future appts. set, and prescriptions filled! Ready to rock! Oh and got the confirmation # from the ol insurance company! I was worried about that crap.

*Wednesday - Picked up the laptop again  from Best Buy. And bright and early this morning I took the damn thing back. This is #4 so we should be looking at a Lemon Law situation and I should be able to get a new one. One never knows...

*Thursday -     I  told my boss I was having surgery. Didn't tell him what for, but just told him I'd be taking some time off. I have like a month in sick days, and not having more babies sooo why not use some?!  I also told him of my concern for privacy. Last time I did fmla paperwork was when I was pregnant and he congratulated me before I even told "general population" so someone at human resources let the cat out of the bag. I also talked to H.R. and told them of my concern. They just couldn't understand how that happened. I said "would you like to see some email?" So they better step up their game.

       I also told my MIL what was going on. She was pretty excited for me so that was a nice relief. I knew she would never say anything bad, but I wasn't sure I wanted too many peeps to be in the know. However, I'm glad I told her because one more in the support system is a good thing.

*Friday - I was 100% sure I was going to spend Christmas in my pj's lounging and not cooking (bare minimum).  Lil change in plan. My in laws had a big ol change in their plans -due to my husbands 95 year ol gram that lives with them. So my in laws (the best in laws in the world) are coming over to watch the kids open presents. So I'm doing a little cinnamon bun action for that. Then last minute style I yanked a apple wood smoked turkey thing out of the freezer and am going to whip up a last minute lunch. Not fancy. Not fancy because I can't eat it and I'm bitter er excited to eat soup with protein powder added.  AND I'm not getting out of my pj's.  -ok I don't actually wear jammies, they get twisted up in the bed and that just sucks. Sweats all day baby!

So that takes me to this moment. I'm going to read over some bloggage for some pre-op "meal" creativeness. I'm sooo over the shakes. They all have the same after taste. ick.  I am digging yogurt smoothies with protein powder added. And I add unflavored protein powder to my soups. I also have some isopure drinks that have 40g protein in them. Liquids suck. I ate 1/4 cup chex mix today. I had to crunch something. I have intense guilt.   But tomorrow is another day!

One more day...

until the liquid diet begins! What?!  I've been haunted by "last supper" thoughts. Followed by panic. I haven't acted on the thoughts, haven't had giant illegal meals or anything. I was thinking tonight as I ate spaghetti for dinner, Oh Lord how I love spaghetti. Especially putting it on some yummy butter bread. I did indulge in a slice tonight. I haven't been having bread with spaghetti in forever -too many carbs!  I savored every bite of it!
 I savored every bite too. Locked it in the memory.
 
Fast forward to today, Saturday. I'm at work for a bit...bummer. AND I'm protein shake-ing it. 2 weeks? Seriously? I think supper times will be the most difficult. That's when I tended to go crazy because I was stinking hungry from "being good" all day. Oh the changes.  After work I will head to GNC for some isopure(?) I hear it is a nice break from the shakes. The shakes all seem to have the same aftertaste. It's gonna get old fast. But onward! Eyes on the prize!