All right you giant bastard pill. I don’t like you and you don’t like me, but we are going to work together and you are not going to be difficult, right?
Right.
Huge
Category: weight loss surgery
I’m Home
We just got home. I’m going to bed. G’night.
Day One Post Op
The Doctor was just here. I described everything I feel and she says it’s all expected. She said I might be a little ahead of things and could be leaving today.🤞
My New Friend
PatchesBunny is keeping me company.
Still Alive
I’m still alive. Tired and groggy and dealing with some pain, but not too much.
This machine hates me and I think it’s a jerk face.
Waiting…
I was scheduled for noon. It’s 1:42. Still waiting…
Uh Oh
We are Here
Too late to back out now, he said jokingly.
I’m trying to upload a picture of the waiting room but it’s failing.
Today is the Day
Well, here we are. May 4, 2022. The day my life changes.
Surgery day.
Gastic Bypass.
I feel okay. I thought I’d be shaking in my boots right now, but I feel more anxious about just getting it over with. It’s time to just move on to the next phase. This has been hanging over my head to various degrees since last Fall. It all became real near the end of January, and the actual work started in early February. I think I just want to move on.
Let’s just do it.
Time Has Almost Caught Us
In the immortal words of one of the immortal guys in The Highlander, time has almost caught us, my friend(s).
12 hours from now I’ll be in the hospital trying to bottle up my freak out feelings like a good Irish-American stereotype. The 10:00 check in is a little later than I was expecting so I was able to punt a couple of little things from my to do list until the morning.
I did the most important things though. I reached out to, or was contacted by, all of the people I wanted to talk to today. Both kids called me. We had good video calls with both of them. I was very happy to hear from them.
Now I’m sitting up in bed. I was worried I’d be too nervous to sleep, but now that I’m here I’m pretty beat. I’ll sleep okay. I might get some Marvel movie time in first though. I’m still on Eternals.
I go under the knife at noon tomorrow. I’ll probably post 20 times before then, and I’ll definitely watch the MoonKnight season (series?) finale too.
Inside the Red Head's Head 