Okay, so Monday I had to go do my Pre-op work. This included blood work, EKG's and Upper GI's. If you've never had an Upper GI done before, Thank your lucky stars! That was horrible! And it started at the lovely time of 7:30am. What a way to start your day. You basically drink a lot of yucky crap and turn around alot, so they can get a good look at your digestive tract. I have a horrible gag reflex. So this was not the best test for me! But gratefully I made it through, and I got to go pre-admit for the surgery. The first thing they did when they took me back was weight me. Which is always a good time for the fat girl! I walk into this little room and the nurse fiddles with this huge machine. I didn't think much of it until she asked me to get on it. I than thought to myself "what the crap" does she think she's weighing an elephant! The scale was ginormous! I comforted myself by telling myself that it's a scale they can get wheelchairs on. Yay that's it! Next was the EKG. I am so glad that nurse was a woman! She comes in and tells me that she needs to puts 2 stickies on my legs, 2 on my arms, 2 on my upper chest and 4 under my left breast. I immediately apologize for the fur growing on my legs, because of course I didn't shave my legs. Than she leans me back and yanks my shirt up around my throat. I was like "HELLO" and so very glad I had a good bra on! Geeze, that was an experience and a half. The rest of the visit wasn't so exciting, just lots of paperwork and signing of the ole John Hancock. All in all it was a major learning experience. I've never had any major thing happen that I had to spend any significant time in a hospital. So I learned that there is just no being modest in a hospital...lol! So that was quite a way to start out a Monday morning. Only thing left now is the actual procedure. Here's to March 30th! 13 days and counting!
