Body Transformed
A Journey of Surgical Weight Loss

Sleepless Night
July 11, 2004

Well, tomorrow is the big day. I have to be at the hospital at 8 in the morning. Surgery is scheduled for 10:30. I am strangely calm. I decided long ago to put my faith in the hands of my very competent surgeons. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't trust them with my very life.

I'm not supposed to eat anything after 11 p.m. We've joked all week long about my "last supper," the one that's supposed to be a total pig-out for the last time in my life, but I really don't have any desire to pull up to the trough for a food fest.

Instead, my mom and husband and I are going out to Olive Garden. I'll have the soup and salad and maybe some light pasta dish. No alcohol. I haven't really been drinking any alcohol since being diagnosed with diabetes anyway, and I won't be able to have it after surgery, either. I can't say that I'll really miss it.

My bag for the hospital is packed and I'm really just anxious to get this show on the road.

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Making the Decision

07/14/01: Making the Decision

08/23/01: Leaving Bill

09/18/01: No Job

09/20/01: Just That Quick

The Family and Friends Plan

09/19/02: Why Not Me?

12/26/02: Comparisons

03/22/03: Jumping on the Bandwagon

05/20/03: How I Met Ed

08/18/03: The Big Squeeze

11/06/03: New Body, New Husband

Seeking Approval

02/04/04: Time to Get Approved

03/12/04: Journey Begins

04/26/04: I'm Approved

06/13/04: Pre-Op Testing

06/20/04: In the Waiting Line

Making the Cut

07/10/04: Saying Goodbye

07/11/04: Sleepless Night

07/15/04: The Surgery

Strange Changes

07/22/04: Yummy Water

07/30/04: Smaller Tummy

08/16/04: 37 Pounds Down

09/07/04: My First 50 Pounds

10/31/04: Different Food, Same Love

New Body Countdown

11/07/04: 67 Down and Counting

11/12/04: Melting Away - 73 down

11/20/04: Breaking 200

11/26/04: Giving Thanks - 83 pounds

Holiday Madness

12/08/04: Slowing Down

12/15/04: Fortune 100, and Counting

12/27/04: Weight GAIN?

Quiet Rewards

01/06/05: Jeans Older Than My Kids

01/19/05: No Lap, But I'll Take the Luxury

01/28/05: A Most Unusual Revelation

02/07/05: Body and Sole

02/14/05: Flowers in the Mirror

Ready for Summer

03/31/05: Batwings and Tummy-Tucks

A New Life

12/15/05: Finally