Two Days To Go

I can't believe my surgery is the day after tomorrow! It seemed to get here so fast! I guess I've been keeping busy with all of my preparations. I am not even feeling that nervous right now! I don't know if that will change or not, but for now I'm feeling good.

I picked out my protein powder at Max Muscle yesterday. I decided to go with the peanut butter fudge flavor of the gourmet protein. Of the flavors I tried, it was the least overwhelming and wasn't too sweet.

For the record, I asked my surgeon about which kind of protein to get. He loves the Max Muscle brand. I thought the gourmet protein would be a bad choice because it's a little higher in carbs than the others. But he said it's still plenty low enough so just to pick what tasted the best.

Also yesterday I got to have lunch with my sister in law at Olive Garden. The soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch there is sort of our "thing." I was so happy to get to do that with her one last time. We've been doing that for lunch about every month or so for the last couple of years and it's one of my favorite things. I know someday, I can do this with her again when I'm on solid foods, but I'll have to have a teeny tiny bit of soup and just little bites of everything. So it was nice to have one last time where I could really enjoy the full amount of food. I had a bowl of my fave soup (pasta fagoli), a plate of salad and I think 3 breadsticks. Yummms.

OK SO... Today I have my pulmonary testing at 1:00pm, and then at 2:00 I have my pre-op testing at the hospital, and at 2:30 my pre-op appointment with my surgeon. My husband is taking a half day at work because he has his own pulmonary testing at 2:00pm. My dad is going with me to all of my stuff because he is the man with the checkbook hehehe. So when we all head home (I think we will get home around 4:00 or 4:30) we are going to Famous Dave's which is my fave restaurant, so I can have my favorite dinner as my "Last Meal." LOL I feel so silly but, I really need it.

Tomorrow I'm on clear liquids only, and at about 10pm I have to stop consuming anything in order to be ready for my surgery. Thursday morning I go in about 10:30am and my surgery will be sometime around 1pm.

Also, GOOD NEWS! Ian got his surgery scheduled for sure! It will be on June 3rd, exactly two weeks after mine. All of his pre-op appointments will be on June 1st.