So as i may or may not have said in one of my last entries i have looked into getting gastric bypass surgery and i have sense taken it a step farther. i have made contact with the U of U hospital and enrolled in their gastric buypass program and have been accepted. my have my very first app on Aug 18th. there i will meet the surgeon and his PA, the Nutritionist/ Psychologist, and then the Exercise specialist. The entire appointment will take about 4 hrs. They usualy split it up, but seeing i am out of town and everything they make everything all in the same day. I have been psyched about this whole thing and i cant wait for this to start and get underway.
Now not everything in all sunshine and rainbows with this decision to change my life, and the lives of the people around me (and yes their lives will be affected and changed). the more and more i look into this the more i find that i will have to give up and change. First off i will have to give up coffee, well the caffeine in coffee. this has been shown to cause ulsers along the staple lines and everything and can cause some sevier problems down the line. so instead of fighting that issue along side healing up, i have decided to give up the coffee and switch to the herbal teas instead. let me tell you it has been a rough couple of days. I also have to give up everything carbonated. that means soda and beer. not my beer!!! lol. im also going to have to really watch what i am putting in my mouth from here on in. i cant go back to eating the way that i have been otherwise i might as well not do any of this.
I have found a great forum of people that have gone through all of this and they have been very supportive and been answering all sorts of questions i have had with this new adventure. needless to say i am very excyted about this and for the most part everyone that i have told, and there is only a select few people that know. there has only been one person that i have told that was like “you shouldn’t do it, getting that done is the lazy way out. your just not working hard enough.” i knew that sooner or later i would run into people like this so all i told him was ” I appreciate the advice and the concern, but this is my decision and if he doesnt like what i have decided to do with my life and body to please keep his oppinions to himself.”
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