Almost there!

Ok, well, 24 hours from now I will be in pre-op prep.  I am scheduled to check in at 5:30am and the surgery is set to begin at 7:30am.  It should take 60-90 minutes.  Once done, I will be in recovery for 4-6 hours and then if everything is good, they will put me in my room.  They will let me sleep for 4 hours in order to let the anesthesia work its way clear of my body and then they make me walk.  The nurses get you up every hour, on the hour for basically the next 2 days.  I will also be using a spirometer 10 times an hour, every waking hour.  The walking is to help from getting any clots and the spirometer is to help to keep from getting pneumonia.  I am set to be in the hospital for 2-3 days, depending on my recovery.  The day of surgery, my 1st meal post op will be a medicine cup of broth and a medicine cup of jello.  This will be a full meal for me, and I am totally ok with that.  For the 3 weeks to follow, I will be on a full liquid diet, which includes Cream of Wheat, of all things...lol.  For the 3 weeks following that I will be on a soft food diet.  If I can mash it with a fork, I can have it, but again, only about 2 tablespoons full will do.  At 6 weeks post op, I will be able to introduce regular foods back in.  I have been told it will be hit or miss for a while, as both my tastes and tollerance will change.  Foods that I could eat before may make me super sick after,  I also have to take all bites I eat to be no larger than a fingernail, and then must chew it a minimum of 20 times, even jello.  I am never to drink from a straw again, no cabonated beverages, which is ok as I quit soda over a year ago, basically nothing with white sugar and a minimal amount of fresh fruits due to sugar content.  No white starches.  There a lot of other restrictions, but it will be well worth it.  So today is 1 day pre-op.  Today will be interesting to say the least,  At 7am, I will begin my cleansing.  I will take 4 tablets of opti-cleanse with 8 oz of water every 15 minutes for the 1st 20 pills, basically for 1 hour and 15 minutes or 5 times.  Then I wait for it to work.  Once it has done its job and my tummy settles a bit, hopefully around 1pm, we will drive to Phoenix and check into our hotel.  7 pm begins round 2.  I will repeat the 7am routine, but only 4 times this round.  Then once my insides are completely empty, I will have to take a shower and wash with special cleansing soap, to be repeated tomorrow morning before going to the hospital.  And that my friends is it.  I am ready.  I am excited.  I appreciate everyones happy thoughts, well wishes and prayers through these past couple of months and simply ask that you continue sending them my way over the next few days.  Love to all!