My Hospital Stay
My Hospital Stay Hey there everyone! It’s been a while since I have had the opportunity to write. It’s been a little crazy and once I was back in the office and felt like writing, I had work that had to get done. But I promised a breakdown of my hospital stay in my last…
Surgery Day
Surgery Day Hi guys. The last time we talked was a couple of days before my surgery. Today is 10 days post-surgery and I am finally feeling up to getting in the office long enough to do a little writing. I want to break my surgery, post-op hospital stay and post-op home stay up into…
Week two of pre-op…
Week two of pre-op… As the surgery date nears and there are less than two days until I am in an operating room, my nerves are getting the best of me. I have had several surgeries in my life. A tonsillectomy and myringotomy (tubes in my ears) at age 6, major reconstructive surgery on my…
Two weeks pre-op.. the first week.
Going into the two weeks before the surgery I was a little anxious and nervous. The week previous I could only think about the things I wouldn’t be able to eat for at least 6 weeks if not forever. I made steak and BBQ ribs. I ate my favorite kinds of ice cream ( ‘Moose…
The process….
Here’s the checklist that I had to complete to get approved for surgery.
The journey begins…the background
A little about what got me to the decision to have gastric bypass surgery.