Well here I am, 7 days left until my surgery. I have waited and waited for this day. I signed up for the program at the end of January 2020. I was expecting to have it done by now. Covid came along and threw me off course. Yes, I didn't stick to the plan like I was supposed too. Had I done so I would have probably had it done by now, but maybe not, there was a delay at the hospital too. I finally lost the weight I was told to lose and did so by going mostly green. I had tried everything and the weight wasn't budging. Keto, low calorie and what not. Finally I looked up how to reduce inflammation in my knees and said to go alkaline, so I did. The weight came off, Finally. So now I have my date. November 10, 2020. I was so so happy when the receptionist called me with the date. She called around October 20th with that date. On October 23 they had me come in for my pre op appointment, to do an EKG and give me the pre op diet. The 28th I had a phone call with anesthesia. Wednesday November 4th I go and get a covid test. On the 23rd when they did my EKG they saw a little blurp, so they did it again. Said it was fine. The next day, I called to see if the cardiologist looked at it and they said he did and no further work up was needed. So relief. Then two days late anesthesia says it is normal sinus rhythm so I am good. So I start the preop liquid diet on Tuesday November 27th. All liquids, no caffeine, no sugar, no carbonated beverages. Today is the end of day 6. The first few days I was so excited, then it turned to fear. Will I wake up from the anesthesia? What if I have complications? What if this, what if that? Now I have looked up every complication in detail. I belong to a few groups on Facebook and one woman just died after 3 weeks. How rare is it that people die? Her friend that posted the post of course didn't give much information other than she bleed to death and her doctor prescribed her aspirin. So that was a couple of days ago and it really scared me and then I thought, you know I could die at any time of anything. I am going to be fine. So I guess that this was just a rant. If anyone has any input that will ease my fears please do share with me. I don't like this fear.
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