Today has a been a rough day! We got to hospital at 10:20 for Deb's scheduled Noon surgery. We found out the first surgery going on in the room was running long. That is where the pain started. Deb had always had issues with them getting blood from her veins, apparently they "hide". The first nurse could not find one, so they brought in someone new to try 15 minutes later. They used some device that shows where veins are, but when she tried to go there, Deb was in SO much pain that she dug her nail into my hand that was holding her left hand. So they said they were going to get a specialist. Again that took about 10 minutes until she got to room. I think she took about 20 minutes checking both hands until she tried right hand. Success!!! In a pretty painless process she got the IV in. That was just the start of the fun. Basically every 45 minutes someone else would come in and tell us the room should be opening "soon". Well it was not until 5 PM that they finally got her. Needless to say we were both BEYOND restless at that point. Deb had not eaten since late Saturday night. So she was getting a headache.
So at 5PM, I gave her lots of kisses and told her she was going to do great!! We really like the surgeon, so should be all good
Well at that point I had consumed the sum total of about 8 ounces of water for the day. They gave me a $5 meal voucher, so I went down to cafeteria. The old me would have had a cheeseburger, fries and dessert. The new me broke my fast with a large water, a banana, and an orange. I needed to eat something. While eating I listened to a podcast with Ray Cronise, he is another of the diet guys I heard about on Penn's podcast. It helped me reassure myself that I was making the right change in my attitude about food.
I will post an update when she is out of surgery
Thanks to all who have given me words of encouragement, it means a lot!!!
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