It's official
Feb. 2nd, 2004 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demiurgentOn Thursday, February 19, at 11 am, I go for a Preadmission Consult and Anesthesia Consult, to get some things out of the way and make sure I can breathe during the procedure itself.
By Sunday, February 22, I am to have started a liquid diet designed to reduce the size of my liver to facilitate the procedure. They also do a liver biopsy during the procedure itself, just to make sure everything's cool.
On Wednesday, March 3... I have my Surgery.
The insurance is approved.
The date is confirmed.
I will have it that day. Period. It's done. It's all done. It's done.
For some weeks afterward, I will recover and begin the prescribed exercises. I will be on an all liquid diet while my stomach heals. Then, I will slowly phase in pureed foods, almost like a baby, almost like being reborn. And slowly, I'll go on solids in an entirely new way to accommodate my new stomach, capacity and lifestyle?
And then?
And then I live the rest of my life.
I've said it before, but you can't understand what these words mean unless you've lived it. Some of you have, for reasons similar or different than I do, so you'll forgive me if I repeat it.
I get to live.
And I get to enjoy it.
This is where the fun starts.
By Sunday, February 22, I am to have started a liquid diet designed to reduce the size of my liver to facilitate the procedure. They also do a liver biopsy during the procedure itself, just to make sure everything's cool.
On Wednesday, March 3... I have my Surgery.
The insurance is approved.
The date is confirmed.
I will have it that day. Period. It's done. It's all done. It's done.
For some weeks afterward, I will recover and begin the prescribed exercises. I will be on an all liquid diet while my stomach heals. Then, I will slowly phase in pureed foods, almost like a baby, almost like being reborn. And slowly, I'll go on solids in an entirely new way to accommodate my new stomach, capacity and lifestyle?
And then?
And then I live the rest of my life.
I've said it before, but you can't understand what these words mean unless you've lived it. Some of you have, for reasons similar or different than I do, so you'll forgive me if I repeat it.
I get to live.
And I get to enjoy it.
This is where the fun starts.
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Date: 2004-02-02 06:02 am (UTC)(Although I have the oddest image of a roast in the blender now.)
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Date: 2004-02-02 06:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-02 06:55 am (UTC)'Nuff said. :)
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Date: 2004-02-02 07:37 am (UTC)*happy dance*
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Date: 2004-02-02 07:49 am (UTC)My problems are in a head full of loose wiring, and in the bad patch-jobs I've done over the years to compensate, but I think I can relate a little.
I get to live.
And I get to enjoy it.
Congratulations, and I hope to join you soon.
— slacker (aka
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Date: 2004-02-02 07:52 am (UTC)::PERK::
That is awesome. :) I am so happy for you... I can't even begin to express the joy I feel. :)
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Date: 2004-02-02 07:52 am (UTC)Congratulations that the surgery has finally come through.
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Date: 2004-02-02 08:28 am (UTC)I don't need svelte, though. I'll be happy with "able to sleep in a normal bed, able to climb stairs without pauses, able to fit in normal chairs, able to stand more than ten minutes, able to reduce or eliminate medication for multiple conditions...."
In short, I don't care if I'm pretty. I just want to be happy. :) And alive. And this is my shot. And it's OFFICIAL!
(Snoopy Dance!)
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Date: 2004-02-02 11:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-02 09:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-02 09:41 am (UTC)Good luck!
About fr*&&%*)%@1ng time...
Date: 2004-02-02 09:26 pm (UTC)KG
Re: About fr*&&%*)%@1ng time...
Date: 2004-02-02 09:45 pm (UTC)Snoopydance!
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Date: 2004-02-02 09:33 pm (UTC)I can't tell you how glad I am to know that you will be remaining on this mortal coil to spread your special sense of humor and *interesting* twist on life as it happens....ought to get veryinteresting after surgery.....Now I have to go find just the right straw for you to use, to keep you smiling through the liquids stage...
Hugs!
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Date: 2004-02-03 12:21 am (UTC)May the operation and healing go as swiftly as possible.
You get to *live* again! You have worked so hard for this!