The Day Has Arrived

Well today is the day for my surgery. I got up at 5AM this morning and had a quick bite to eat since I can't eat anything 8 hours prior to my surgery. I went back to bed and had a really hard time getting much sleep. The anxiety is growing as the minutes slowly move by. Trying to get my head right and in a good place for this whole thing. I sure will be glad when it is over with. I will check in as the time gets closer.

Almost There!!!!

Hi everyone,
Been laying low and keeping myself as busy as possible. I have been doing my best to not think about my surgery tomorrow. For the most part it has worked fairly well. Really dreading tomorrow but I also want to get it over with. I want to get on the healing side of things and not the anticipatory and anxiety filled side, which I am currently on. Unfortunately my sugery isn't until 2PM EST. I am not allowed to eat or drink anything all day. As if I won't be miserable enough...now no food or drink. Not sure if I will write anything right after the surgery. I will have to see how I feel. I won't be able to eat any solid foods for several days. I tried that after the last surgery. It wasn't worth the pain involved. I stocked up on 4 six packs of pudding in various flavors and 2 cartons of ice cream and of course some cans of chicken noodle soup. Believe it or not, a person can get sick and tired of pudding and ice cream. I never thought it was possible until I had to do it. Give me steak, thin crust pizza and all of the crunchiest crackers that you can find...real food. Because tonight will be my last "real" meal for a little while, I am going to splurge. I have been wanting to try the new spicey hot chicken wings at KFC. So tonight it will be a small box of KFC hot spicey chicken wings and a large extra crunchy chicken breast. Tonight the diet goes out the window. I will definately make up for it over the next several days. Well, it's time for my walk. I will check in with y'all in the near future.

One Day Closer

I hope that everyone is doing well today. Only 4 days left until my surgery. Have you ever noticed that when you have something coming up, that you really don't want to do, time seems to slow down plus your mind gets preoccupied with whatever the situation is. Usually I can keep myself busy enough during the day that I don't think about the surgery much. Unfortunately I have to try to get some sleep at some point in time and it is at this time that my mind races around and gets to thinking about things. When I get to thinking about things, it usually leads to no good and I don't get much sleep either. I am also the type of person that when I know that I have to get something done, something that I really am not looking foward to, I get to the point where I resign myself to the fact that whatever it is, it has to be done. With that in mind, I hate waiting around for the "special" day to arrive. If I have to get it done, I would rather do it today, right now, even yesterday. That way I can put it behind me and move foward. The waiting drives me bonkers. I am sure that I am not the only one that feels this way. Can anyone else relate to this? I need to get going here. I have to go pick up my prescriptions that will be used on the day of my surgery and the days after it is done. If I have to get this surgery done, the least they can do is...GIMME DRUGS!!!!!