Thurs 4/8/10

Ok it is the day before surgery and we are pushing like mad to finish up the last bit on the project at work. Thank God we got it completed in time. Surgery is tomorrow am and I have to be in Plano tonight. I got Pat and I a hotel room close to the surgery center so we would not have to get up super early in the am and drive to Plano on surgery day.

I went home from work packed and got ready. Still freaking out I might ad.... the freak over the surgery was starting to creep back in as well as the failure fear that was still there. Pat came and picked my up and we drove to Plano. Got checked into the hotel and went for dinner. He took me to Salt Grass. Normally I would of had their filet, salad, potatoes and bread washed down with a couple of drinks. But I didn't. One of the things that I was a little freaked out about over the surgery as well that I talked to no one about really but Stacy was a pre-op diet. I had read on the boards at http://www.lapbandtalk.com/ how many doctors prescribe a pre-op liquid diet. I had not been put on one. Stacy did not have to do one either before her surgery. The purpose is to shrink your liver. The liver has to be picked up and moved during the lap band surgery and shrinking it makes it easier to work with. Like I said I was a little freaked out by NOT having to do the pre-op diet so instead of my normal stuffing myself I opted for their grilled chicken salad and water. I did not want to have alcohol because it is so dehydrating and I knew my liquids were going to be limted the next day and the thought of drinking right before surgery was just not very appealing anyway. Pat had salmon. He eats very well and has as long as I have known him...going on 11yrs. He already looks at food as fuel and eats to live not lives to eat. I have never had this mentality in my life!!!! But my relationship with food was drastically fixing to change. I know he will be a great help in that area plus it is a blessing that he does eat this way and prefers to eat this way because that will make this so much easier for me. Can you imagine if he was one of those meat and potato guys?!? I would be in trouble. He is also not a big sweet eater which is also a plus because that is prob my biggest weakness.

We had a really nice dinner and then went back to the hotel. I had asked him to bring his camera to take a "before" shot of me because I had not gotten around to doing so. We watched the Dallas Stars whoop the Ducks and went to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day!