After my little spell of anxiety yesterday morning, and a good nights sleep, I'm feeling confident again. When I first went in for my consult weigh in, to the day I started my preop liquid diet, I gained 9 lbs. Not terribly disturbing to me because at that point I really wasn't watching what I was eating, and I gain weight very easily. I certainly wasn't dieting at that point and ate things I don't normally eat often because I was thinking it would be a long time before I could eat those things again. I'm not saying that I will have foods that I cannot taste or have a very small amount, I just can't eat the whole thing. Anyway, I'm not sorry I did this and those pounds are gone now. Thinking that I can never have certain foods is kind of daunting, so I'm trying not to think that way. I just have to be very careful of what I eat and the amount I eat for the rest of my life. This is a life change.
Yesterday, before I went to see my surgeon for preop, I went to Atlanta to see my dentist and have an impression made for the temporary tooth I will wear for 6 weeks after the inplant surgery. I try and combine all my trips down to Georgia because of gas prices. While I was there I got some sad news. My sweet dentist, Dr. Lehr, who has been my dentist for the past 29 years is retiring. Yesterday was his last day. He assured me that he will come back in and take care of my crown after the implant has healed. I love this man. When I first went to him, my mouth was a mess. I hadn't been to the dentist in many years, mainly because of fear. Like many, I had some bad childhood experiences at the dentist, and would not go back. I can honestly say that Dr. Lehr has never hurt me. From the very beginning, he was very gentle and supportive of me to get all the work done. As you can imagine, all that work was/is very expensive. He has always let me pay him as I could. I have always payed something every month and at times, I have even been current with what I owe him. He is a generous and caring man. Anyway.....I went with the office staff to take him to lunch before I went on to Gainesville. I couldn't stay long, but I got to be a part of his retirement celebration lunch.
The preop physical went well and then I went on to the hospital to register and have my lab work, EKG, and chest ray done. I got my preop instructions and headed back home. My surgery will be on Tues, Oct 16 (that's this coming Tues.!) at 11:55am. I have to be at the hospital 2 hrs early. Edel, my trusty support person and best bud, and I had thought we would spend the night with Larry & Charlotta Clark. They had graciously offered to let us stay the night before to keep us from having to drive so far the morning of surgery. Since we can leave at 8:15am and get there in plenty of time, we're going to just stay home and drive to the hospital that morning. We are going to spend the night of my discharge at their house. The surgeon wants you to be close to the hospital after discharge in case there are any problems. So, I will be discharged Wednesday late afternoon and go to Larry & Charlotta's (the big ass river house), spend the night there, and then head back to NC on Thursday. Just goes to show you, I have friends wanting to help out in any way they can.
I got home earlier that I thought I would but still it was a long day. Herman had babysat Phoebe for me because I was going to be gone most of the day, so I was greeted by that happy little dog when I got home. She is a delight. My kitties are loving and greet me when I'm gone, but Phoebe is hysterically happy to see me. I have my own little fan club at my house. Pets are wonderful.
That's enough for now. I have a couple of questions that people has asked and I want to address them. They are good questions and explain why I am doing this in a little more detail. The other is an anatomy question. Maybe I can do that this afternoon or tomorrow. I'm working my last 3 shifts today, tomorrow and Saturday before leaving for surgery. I plan to be out for 4 weeks postop.
So, stay tuned.
Woof, meow and xoxox from Bonnie
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