So today I had my consultation with my Dr. I really like him. I thought he was funny and he seemed very caring. I felt completely at ease with him. We discussed ALOT of things today which I am excited to start. Starting tomorrow I will be on a very strict diet until my surgery which will be in 3 months. I have to wait that long because I have a lot of tests and things to get done prior to the surgery and I have to have some other appt's that my insurance company requires. All in all the next three months will be busy which comes at a bad time. I got a phone call today from our SGT who said he was informed to tell us to report to work at our scheduled times in the AM. It still doesn't mean we will get paid on time and if the government is shut down they may still not be approving sick leave for Dr appt's and things which could really put a damper on this. Hopefully tomorrow I will find out more and be able to talk to someone with some sense.
I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed with all I need to do with regards to all these other appt's but I am glad they want to make sure there will be no surprises during the surgery. I have to have a EGD in a couple weeks....not really looking forward to it but I understand the reasoning and am grateful the Dr takes his time to make sure I am in good health and up to par for this kind of thing. I also need to see a psychologist ( I know about time huh? lol) to make sure I am mentally ready for the changes to come, and I have to see a cardiologist due to my high blood pressure and my family history which again...I'm totally fine with. Also because of Leiden factor 5 I will need to see the hematologist to make sure there won't be any blood clot issues hopefully with the surgery. Mostly to better understand where I'm at with it.
All in all I am excited to start this process. I already went over the rules with my husband about the first part of the diet and he is on board with it up until I told him about the liquid diet part. He looked at me and said," no way am I doing that" lol. I told him he didn't have to but if he stuck on the other part of the diet that would be good for him. He is a snacker though so I will have to get used to some things being in the house and I will just have to ignore it. The diet we will be starting off with is a low carb low sugar high protein diet. I have been reading the paperwork tonight to try and memorize what we can and can not eat. basically as the DR and nurse put it...if it has 4 legs I can eat it. I can have as many veggies as I want as long as it doesn't grow underground ( good bye yams *insert sad face here*) and no corn and peas. I have to stay away from most fruits due to the sugars but if I need to I can stick with berries like Raspberry's etc. I can eat yogurt and eggs and stuff like that so I am set :)
I know I can do this. :) :)
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