Putting the Wheels in Motion

Things continue to fall into place for the surgery on Monday, Feb 10. I was a bit nervous about my appointment with Dr. Schultz, my Primary Care Doctor. I did not make my decision to have this surgery in concert with him. When I went to his office to get him to sign my referral for the Bariatric doctor, he said he wouldn’t sign without seeing me for a preop checkup.  That was reasonable considering I hadn’t gone in for a checkup in the last year. (I’ve been disgustingly healthy, which he was kind enough to affirm when I had my checkup on Monday). He also affirmed my decision to have the surgery. As he left the examination room he said “You’ll live longer for getting this surgery.” WOW!

His only qualification was to encourage me to get a colonoscopy before surgery. It’s been 10 years since my last one and my mom died of colon cancer so that was also a reasonable request. I hate getting those things, though. I had been putting it off for as long as I could. But my back was up against the wall. My only hope was that the colonoscopy doctor would not be able to get me in before the date of my operation. Even that cog slipped into place. Dr. Sellers, right down the hall from Dr. Schultz's office had a cancellation so I’m on for the dreaded procedure this Friday at 12:30. As a result, I’ll be on clear liquids and the colonoscopy swill beginning on Thursday. That will mean I’m on clear liquids Thursday through the end of the next week. As I whined to my daughter, that should give the weight loss a big kick start! Yuk!

But seriously, it does make me a bit nervous. As I have said all the pieces have fallen into place so far. My last colonoscopy was clean, no polyps. But should there be any problems detected with this one, it could all fall apart. But I will not worry about that….as Scarlett O’Hara said, “I’ll worry about that tomorrow--or the next day, or the day after that.”

So, meanwhile, the day after my colonoscopy is the first meeting/training day for the Jeffco Incident Management Team of which I am a member. They always serve pizza for lunch. I’ll be having yellow or green sugar free jello (no orange or red jello because it appears as blood in the intestine) and unsweetened tea. I’ll make some Chinese jasmine green tea to take. It is very comforting and SO GOOD FOR ME! I really do like it alot. Oh, and don’t forget the Crystal Light!

Ah, yes, but it is all for a good cause. I am a good cause, right? What are a few days of discomfort compared to the benefits that will accrue to my health and quality of life.

Was grateful today for the friendship of a lovely lady with whom I have shared both good and bad times. She came out in lousy, snowy weather today to have lunch with me. We had a lovely lunch and a long, long conversation which buoyed my spirits and stiffened my spine. I spoke in my first post about the support system I know is there for me if only I will make use of it. This was an example of that. Thank, you, my friend.