Tomorrow's the day.....

It's the day before my surgery, and despite a few thoughts of "what am I doing" I've not been too anxious about letting a perfect stranger re-route my innards. My resolve is static - I've been unsuccessfully (sp) fighting my weight for 30 years now, and to no avail. I've lost 33lbs on the preop program (including 15 in the past two weeks of liquid diet), but if not for this surgery, I'm sure it would come back as 45lbs once I went back to old ways. That's what this surgery's all about - changing old ways. Where before I could sit down and finish off a whole bag of chips in a Sunday of football - after tomorrow, I'd be lucky to down 1/2 a chicken breast in one sitting.

Suprizingly, the liquid diet has been pretty well tolerated. I've kept myself in Ketosis with strict control on carbs. I've not really craved anything badly - though when the wife brings home McDonalds for the kids, or makes Pizza for them it makes it a little odd. I've just consoled myself with the thought that eventually solid food will be back on the diet - just in very reduced amounts. Strangely enough, I've mostly craved chicken breast, or other meats - not ice cream, breads etc.

I'm having surgery tomorrow at 7:30am, so hopefully by this time tomorrow I'll be resting comfortably in my room. If you're of the pursuasion, feel free to add my concern to your prayers, it would be well appreciated.

Until my 1st post op posting (?),